Marveling at Marbuena

After the wrath of several typhoons, the sun is slowly showing up. And since it is the semestral break, teens are eager to leave the comforts of their home to see what the "outside" has to offer.

In this generation this can mean two things though; one: go to the island of Boracay and party till the wee hours of the morning or go out of town and party till the wee hours of the morning... hmmmmm.... right..

But there are some people who are the exemption to the standard rule. These people are rebels of their generation. They don't want to go to gimmicks, clubs and parties, all they want is the peace and quiet that only mother nature can offer.

There are many islands who can offer what these "anti-party" people want. And Marbuena is one of them...

view of Panay island and Marbuena's sand bar

people come here to observe the Lenten season

Mt. Pan de Azucar

parked boats

insects are abundant in the island

mangroves

Panay Island

rocky beach

old tree

mangroves flourish in the island, sadly, parts of it is plagued by thrash

there are several species of birds that calls Marbuena their home, the most prominent are the night herons and the local sea hawks

moss

bats hanging out

at dusk, bats start to fly around Marbuena to look for food

Mt. Kanlaon, Negros at dusk

night heron

sunset at Marbuena

Panay Island, dawn

Marbuena, sunrise

birds zero in to Marbuena as they come home after a night's feast from the neighboring islands and from the mainland

the last bird to comeback to Marbuena

a night heron spreads its wings

birds riding the thermals

local drug smugglers used to catch monkeys and stuff their stomachs with illegal drugs, thus the term "shamu" (shabu and amo- the local term for monkey)