Lovelier the Second Time Around
I paid a visit to the twin lakes again. The trip was not on our itinerary but the governor suggested that I take our media friends on a tour of the lakes. I was more than willing to do so. No time is wasted in seeing the twin lakes of Sibulan. We left the hotel at around 6a.m. for an early morning trip to Sibulan, an hour’s drive from Dumaguete. We traveled mostly on a dirt road, though portions of it are already paved by the local government. Upon reaching the end of the road, we found ourselves on top of Mount Talinis, and a few feet from the road is Lake Balinsasayao. It was 7a.m., and the morning mist still canopied over the mountains. We descended onto the basin of the lake, where we saw a kid fishing on shallow water. As we approached him, we discovered that there were already three tilapias in his basket. I simply had to take his picture. The simplicity I saw in the scene was one of the most beautiful I have ever encountered. Royal blue bancas line one side of the lake, ready to...