A visit to the mangroves en route to Borachay

One of the great things this community has done is plant some 170 hectares of mangroves in the local area, in order to encourage some more natural regrowth and stuff (after a lot of it was destroyed by war and stealing and the like). So, on our way from Kalibo to Borachay, we stopped to walk through some of the mangroves across this gorgeous path they had created out of bamboo ...



There was plenty to keep me amused!



After all this, we were escorted by those marching guys in costume again, along with a lot of the gorgeous kids from town, to our bus, which would take us to our boat to get to Borachay. Here's some more of those village kids:



Whilst our initial boat to Borachay appeared to be grand ...



... we ended up getting this little one ...



... driven by this little guy ...



... which EVENTUALLY, with a few splashes, got us to Borachay - though the last 30 metres we had to do in knee high water in the darkness! Which was kind of cool, in retrospect.

Ah, Borachay ... it's great to finally be here! =)