Posts Tagged “Lian”
Somewhere in Lian, Batangas, my in-laws’ relatives own a private resort. I couldn’t recall the name of the resort or at least the barangay where it is located but definitely it’s not in Matabungkay so definitely, it’s not the Matabungkay Beach Resort. Though something tells me that it could either be Humayingan or Malaruhatan because those two names sound closest to when I googled for the names of barangays belonging to Lian, Batangas. Or maybe it’s neither of those two.
Anyway, we went to that private resort as part of the yearly reunion among my in laws and their relatives. We left the house at exactly 3 o’clock in the afternoon as scheduled though we only got actually on our way to that place because we still had to pass by a children’s party and pick up other relatives on the way.
I’ve never passed that high-way going to Nasugbu before so I was just staring on the road on the trip. I saw some interesting views including a house that looked like there were two giant firecrackers waiting for a set detonation. Too bad I wasn’t able to take a photo because the speed of my father-in-law’s driving only caused blurred images on previous attempts and asking him to stop even for a while just so I could take a decent photo is like asking Taal Volcano to erupt right in front of me. Though I was able to take this photo of a truck carrying sugar canes.
Yes, there were several sugarcane plantations along the highway and there were sugar refineries, too, causing unpleasant aroma along the highway.
The sun already set when we finally arrive on the resort but I was still able to take (bad) silhouette photos of a boat docked near the shore.
When we arrived, the shore clearance between the beach waters and the cottages is barely an arm’s spread but it got wider and wider as it midnight approaches. Our two-year old daughter and I both took dips in the water an hour later but my wife is still busy with my mother-in-law and other relatives preparing the food and whatever “housewife thingies” they can busy themselves with.
It was already dark but the spotlights coming from the cottages were enough for us to see the sands under the water and whatever creature lurks underneath. The water is clear so I was able to see so many starfishes under the waters so I called the small kids nearby to show them what I’ve been seeing. They were so excited with that discovery so we started taking them out on the shores. I’ve never seen this many starfishes so I, too, was excited. We got more than 20 starfishes so I told the kids we should cook for kilawin which caused them to stare at me as if I said something like the “F” word. There were also hermit crabs and other small crabs on the shores so we raided them, too. One of the kids even caught two red snake-like fishes. I don’t know what those were but a parent suggested they could be some sort of eel or sword fish. I told the kid they were water snakes to scare him.
