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Two awesome folks I got to hang out with at @danjuganisland 💙: - @davebarefoot, Executive Director of the PRRCFI (Philippine Reef and Rainforest Conservation Foundation Inc.) 🐠🐙🦅🦇 - @kaila_ledesma, marine biologist & Danjugan camp lecturer, and artist-entrepreneur behind @catkaihandmade 🐢 • It's a privilege to have met you both and to have spent some time with you. Know that you have a Danjugan advocate in me, and I look forward to working with you in the future, whether as just me or with @muni_ph. ☺️ . . . . . #danjugan #danjuganisland #phreef #rainforest #phrainforest #ecoescape #conservation #responsibletravel #ecotravel #mindfulliving #zerowasters #nomadmanager #latergram #adventureunfiltered (at Danjugan Island)

Ah, New York. The reason why I’ve got jet lag, and am now up after a “nap” from 6pm to 12mn. 😂 . This photo was taken during the Manhattanhenge, as popularized by Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History. . “Manhattanhenge, also called the Manhattan Solstice, is an event during which the setting sun or the rising sun is aligned with the east–west streets of the main street grid of Manhattan, New York City. The sunsets and sunrises each align twice a year, on dates evenly spaced around the summer solstice and winter solstice.” . Notice how the pedestrian lanes are occupied by folks trying to take photos of the sunset. Myself included lol. . 📷 July 13, 2018 | 8:17 p.m. . . . . . #newyork #nomadmanager #manhattanhenge #summersolstice (at New York, New York)

The sun sets on one day to rise again on another. . We have the resources within us to help us find peace and wisdom in our life experiences, though the answers may not always come instantaneously. . As I've been told many times lately, "be kind and patient with yourself". . All we need to do is put in the work, do what we feel is right (what feels right for us, and does not hurt the planet - not as much as other options anyway), and trust that the universe will conspire to make your patience and perseverance worthwhile. . Though the course may change sometimes, rivers always reach the sea.

It was an unusually arduous journey coming to Moalboal this time around. Whereas on my previous trips, it was just a ~3-hour bus ride away from Cebu, this time, I was coming from Bacolod, and I was bent on doing the trip by land and sea vs. flying into Cebu. • I intended to start my journey at 6:30am(-ish) to arrive in Moalboal by noon-ish or at least mid-afternoon. I wound up starting the day at 7:30am, which I would later regret because an anticipated 2-2.5 hour bus ride to San Carlos city was more like 3 hours, which made me just miss the 10:30am ferry to Cebu by 15-20 minutes. So I had to wait until 12:30pm for the next one. But I was cool, I was patient. That's life. • I was a bit worried going into the ferry ride, about how rocky the ride may be. It was mostly okay. Until perhaps the last long 15-20 minutes (felt more like 30) when we were approaching the dock at Toledo, and boat's rocking got rather wild, and we were told we could not dock immediately due to large waves. Then, the girl beside me started to puke. On the floor. There were a couple more people who puked after that. And I was patient, I endured. • Upon arrival in Toledo, locals told me I would have to take two buses (which is the info you would find online), except that a co-traveler at that time got my hopes up that there was a direct bus to Moalboal from Toledo (which is why I was convinced to take the ferry at San Carlos vs. further down South at Guihulngan). But I was patient. • Little did I know there wasn't a proper Naga terminal and that this bus was headed straight towards Cebu city. When I realized we had past Naga - and going up north, when I should have been traveling south, I decided to just get off the bus, cross the road and take another bus headed towards Moalboal. So I did. • I had been traveling 8-9 hours at that point already, and I just couldn't wait any more. After a long period of looking out, I finally got on a bus, no seat, but I was on my way. • And finally, I arrived at @halemanna. • Check out my Instagram stories in this piece of paradise. Will be posting more pics soon. 😍 . . . #travelmishaps #nomadmanager #bacolodtocebu #sancarlos #toledo #moalboal (at Moalboal, Cebu)

Loved the quiet sunrises over at Moray Lagoon at @danjuganisland, accompanied only by the sound of thriving birds on the island, which serve as a natural, smile-inducing morning wake-up call. 😊 • . . . . #danjugan #danjuganisland #sunrise #birders #negrosoccidental #negrosisland #travelph #trylocalph #philippines #nomadmanager #responsibletravel #ecoescape #ecotravel #latergram #bluemind #waterismedicine #100daysofblue #adventureunfiltered (at Danjugan Island)

Sitting area outside one of the mud huts at Typhoon Beach at @danjuganisland. • Mud huts are reinforced with bamboo, and then woven in with rice straw/stalks, rice husks, mud, and coated with lime. • Housing made this way utilizes more natural vs. man-made materials, making it more cost-efficient, and remains cooler indoors, which make it more comfortable to be in. :) • . . . . #mudhuts #sustainabledesign #sustainablehousing #greenhomes #responsibletravel #ecotravel #ecoescape #danjuganisland #danjugan #negrosisland #philippines #travelph #trylocalph #nomadmanager @danjuganisland #wheretonext (at Danjugan Island)

Epic Lio Beach sunsets. Hard to believe that many days on the island, I'd forget to go out toward the beach and look up. • As such in life, sometimes we just get so caught up in it, we forget to pause and appreciate where we are. And epic sunsets like that can be found even in the congested streets of Manila (though of course they're better in Palawan), all we need to do is look up. • . . . . #sunset #liobeach #lioelnido #elnido #palawan #philippines #worldsbestisland #epicsunset #wheretonext #nomadmanager #travelph (at Lio Tourism Estate)