Monday, February 23, 2015

February 24th 2015 Guimaras Island- Day 4 Beaches and Mangoes!

It is nice to have the whole beach to yourself on weekdays here. I booked 3 more days at Raymen Resorts and will head back to Iloilo on Friday morning.

The poor mans resort right here. Nipa hut central.
Walking along the beach I found this huge jellyfish the size of a football. Being the nice guy I am I put it back into the ocean. OK I didn't "put" it back but I kicked it back into the ocean but it was the THOUGHT that counted!

Having a craving for Vitamin C I headed out and got some more of Guimaras's sweetest Mangoes!
I like to peel my mangoes like a banana before eating them.

Oh yeah! Nice juicy and sweet mangoes!
With mango all over my face I didn't know what to do as I didn't have any napkins until I remembered TEA TOWEL LADY and the tea towel she sold me. I guess that blue tea towel DID have a PURPOSE!!

This morning I woke up and had my coffee and breakfast and headed out for a quick swim at the beach. After an hour I was developing a headache so went back to my nipa hut and had some advil. As I lay on my bed I was wondering what I needed to eat to feel better. After a couple minutes I realized I needed VITAMIN C!! and MANGOES immediately popped into my mind so I headed out in search of the best priced Mangoes. 

The resort sells them for 130 pesos per kg and the first place outside of the resort sells them for 120 pesos per kg so I walked 40 feet to the last stall (They got cheaper as I passed every mango stall) and they were selling mangoes for 90 pesos per kg so I bought 2kgs worth (7 mangoes) and a bag of chips. Of course I can do the math in my head of all the groceries I buy and knew they would come to 213 pesos but regardless of simple math she pulls out a piece of paper and pencil and starts doing the math and I see her carrying the "1" up to the next column and comes to the grand total of 303 pesos!! I told her it was 213 pesos and that I would require 7 pesos back as change as I said "90 + 90 + 33= 213 pesos". We take simple math as grade 1 and very basic but even when I went in to pay for 3 more nights at 700 pesos a night I said "That is 2100 pesos" but she didnt trust my math and pulled out a calculator and punched in 700 X 3.

It is 1:30pm right now so I am going to head to the nearest town which is a few kilometers away and check it out. I am booked until Friday morning at Raymen Resorts and will be then heading back to Iloilo as I need to go to the Bureau of Immigration and extend my visa on Sunday (if they are open) or Monday before heading onto Roxas for a day or two and then to Boracay on March 4th.

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