My Pawikan Experience

Thanks to The Girl Scouts, I was able to visit many amazing places such as the childhood house of a president and many more! But it all starts at the house.. at 3:15 am.

We were to be picked up by the van at 5:30am at a place very far away from my house, so we had to wake up early. I, of course, set the alarm too early, so I woke up an hour earlier than I was supposed to. I meant to set my alarm for 3:50 in the morning, but I set one for 3:15 instead. Talk about a big brain moment. Anyway, I woke up at 3:15 and was unable to go back to sleep.

After a few minutes of lying down, I gave up and just ate a very early breakfast while reading random books.

When I finished reading, it was already 3:50, so I got ready. I packed my bag, got dressed, then woke up mother, so that she could prepare too.

At around 4:10am, we left to go get picked up, we were able to book a Grab driver very quickly, but something wasn’t right. When we booked the Grab driver, he was 5 minutes away. After 15 VERY long minutes, he was still 5 minutes away. So, we canceled on him and looked for another driver.

After a while, we were able to book one more, we got there somewhat early and stopped at Ministop to get food. When we were eating, mother noticed that her bag was strangely light. Apparently, while we were running, my jacket that she had borrowed, fell off. I was a very horrible start for a very amazing day.

When the whole group got picked up, we went to Museo Ni Ramon Magsaysay. We learned about his childhood, his family, his clothing, his house, and how he died.

The topic I found most interesting was how he died. He died in a plane crash. What makes it interesting is that they couldn’t determine the cause of the crash. Some say it was overweight because of the cargo being too much. Some say it was a bomb. Others say it was shot down. There is no way to determine for sure.

After waiting for a bit, we went out to go eat, I ordered Lechon Kawali (because it's my favorite food) and milk. The place we ate at had a very urban feel. It had no walls keeping it from the outside and the only isolated place was the kitchen.

After our little lunch break, we went to the beach where the main event will be held.

After a long walk on the coast, we arrived at an estuary. This is where the river meets the sea. Our guide jokingly calls it Alabang because the tubig alat and tubig tabang meets there.  We swam for a bit, tried to find fishes, and played games. I learned how to skip a rock there because our guide taught me. After a few minutes, we found a fish. It was very very small and pretty quick. After that there was not many interesting things that happened during the swim. 

After a while, we were called to a hut so that we could be briefed about turtles. The briefing was very short but I learned a lot. Like the difference between turtles and tortoises. Apparently, they were very different! We also learned about the 7 different Philippine turtles, how they lived, and what they do. Apparently, when the turtles are born. After 35 years they come back to lay more eggs.

 After the briefing, we were called outside to watch and protect the little turtles as they crawl into the sea. 

It was a very tiring day but I think it was worth it.