Road Trip: Lanuza (Part 7)

We left the boys (Joey, Chi and Maxie, Joey's friend) out on the waves and Father Cid brought us girls (Mama, Maite and me) and Ed to the Gold Bar Restaurant to have lunch.  Let's see, what did we have?  Binagoongang rice, fresh lumpia, tinolang malasugi, and tilapia.  And like any gracious host, he wouldn't let us pay... he wouldn't even let us see the chit, claiming all he had to do was sign it and we were done.

By this time, the beach house was ready and cleaned so Ed dropped us off there.  After that, he went about returning Father Cid to the convent and picking up the tired surfers and bringing them to the house.  It was easy to laze away the afternoon, with the cool ocean breeze and the sound of the surf in the distance.  As the sun was setting, we went out for a dip.  The water was amazing!  It was so calm, so clean and so clear!  That night, we had dinner on the beach (crabs, prawns, clams and chopsuey), courtesy again of our host and drinks (red wine) at the house of the Provincial Tourism Officer.  Unfortunately, we couldn't really keep up with the developments because we were all soooo sleeeeeepy.

The next morning, January 6, we were served breakfast again on the beach and then we had to say our sad goodbyes to Father Cid and Maxie, with the solemn promise that we would be returning soon.  Our trip was finally coming to an end and we would be on the road back to Bukidnon.  We took the shortcut at Lianga, through the mountains dividing Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur and came out just outside Prosperidad.  We headed north until Butuan City where we had our lunch (at around 1:00pm) at a restaurant called Rosario's.  Then, with a short side trip to the new Suspension Bridge, we were on our way.  We made good time and arrived home at around 6:00pm.

Joey departed for Manila early the next morning...  And so another turning point in our lives as travel coordinators has developed, and so begins another chapter in our journey to know the Philippines!