Day 27

All day travel from 5 am to 7 pm. Aircon minivan from Tacloban City, Leyte, then ferry From Bato, Leyte to Ubay, Bohol. Then regular bus to Tagbilaran City via Guindulman and Jagna. Checked into Traveler’s Inn on Main Street, TC. It’s so good to have a refreshing and cleansing shower, even though there’s no hot water. The tap water is not really cold.

In Bato, there were the, what we call, swimming beggars. These are little boys, probably 9 to 13 years of age. They come swimming right next to the ferry and urge the passengers to throw coins and they dive for them. After a while, their cheeks are bulging with coins as they keep their prize in their mouths.
We saw several small islands with white beaches.