Brown Buds

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As it is our first day back in Siquijor we were excited to get out snorkelling, so we were up early for a pre-breakfast snorkel. The tide was low so we had a little way to walk out, minding we didn't step on any sea urchins.

We saw lots of fish and a very colourful crab sitting on the coral. We also saw lots of anenome fish, all together. We counted over 20 on one anenome which we had never seen before, there are usually only 3 or 4. We saw some bamboo fish cages, dropped by the local fisherman to catch the reef fish.

As the sun wasn't yet out the water got a little chilly so we headed back for hot drinks and breakfast on the terrace looking out to sea and Apo Island.

After doing research for later in the trip it was time to head out for lunch. We found a nice local cafe with delicious food and sat chatting with the owners. We then headed off to buy some fruit and the kind stallholder offered to cut our mango and served it up for us to eat at a table on the beach ... How lovely!

A few local fisherman were building a new boat in plywood and coating it in epoxy. We chatted to them for a while before we headed out for an afternoon snorkel further down the beach.


Dinner was more yummy BBQ and then off to the other side of town for the reopening party of one of the beach bars, Republica. When we arrived the local support band were playing and they were really good. Next came the main act, a band from Bohol called Brownbuds, a reggae band.  They were amazing.  They did lots of cover songs but also lots of originals from their various albums, must be pretty famous in the Philippines!  The bar was packed with locals and tourist and the atmosphere was great.  We stayed 'til the end, having enjoyed a boogie and tried to dodge the rain on our walk back.


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