highest of highs and lowest of lows

I gotta say this. My bicol trip has its highest of highs and lowest of lows.

First...

Swimming with the biggest fish in the world is one heckuvan experience!

I was utterly amazed by those gentle giants swimming across the open sea with their mouth's wide open aiming for millions of planktons to feed. I was really tempted to touch the one our group was swimming with pero since it was prohibited to do so, I didn't.

The last dive was when I was given a go by the boatmen but fear got the best of me. LOL! I didn't even know that such a thing exists in my system. They said that since it was the last dive before we head back to shore that I should touch the body or dorsal fin of the whaleshark. I tried. My hand was inches away from it but I got eerily scared by the thought of it slamming my face with its tail (one of the boatmen shared this story about a persistent and hardheaded Australian who gripped the dorsal fin of the fish real hard and when he let go he got slapped in the face by the tail. Since the whole skin of the whaleshark is like sandpaper, the skin on the face of that dumb tourist got scraped by the tail, WTF?? After the said incident, the government of Sorsogon with the DOT, issued this ordinance prohibiting anyone to touch any part of the fish).

But over all, even if I didn't have an underwater camera, just being able to swim on top of it for a good 15 meters gave me one of the most awesome and most exhilirating experiences in my life to date. It would take something extra to top this one off. Probably, when I can do S-bends and Raleys with my wakeboard then this butanding experience will come next. Or maybe skydiving. :)) LOL!

That's the highest of highs.. But before we get to the lowest of lows. There were other places that I got to visit and new experiences that happened and each one is worth putting here. LOL!

 I carried a huge rock with the Mayon Volcano and the Cagsawa Ruins behind me.

And I also got to visit the Mayon Planetarium strategically situated along the slope of the volcano.

One of my FB statuses: 

" I guess I have no one else to rely on but mahself. So now, I'm here at Bigg's about to eat their pasta platter with rock n' roll iced tea. Capital A-L-O-N-E. Nice tunes, btw @ Bigg's."

 and I did something really memorable. :)

Then we headed to CWC. Unfreakinbelievable as it may sound like but it was the place where I experienced the lowest of lows of this trip. The fact that it was the only thing that I looked forward to before this expedition even began, made it what it is. The lowest of lows! (I'm getting sick typing this phrase over and over again. LOL)

 The cable park's disturbingly fucked up!! 

I know right?? How freakin lame was that!! I wanted to learn new tricks. I wanted to feel the wind against my face while I'm standing on a board gliding on the man-made lake purposely constructed for extreme water sports. I wanted to try out doing raleys and 180's and kickers and other obstacles. Shitty! It definitely was!!!! I'm so sick of this that honestly, it kinda made me feel like I shouldn't have come to this trip after all. I will not elaborate on this anymore, that's how pissed off I am.

Bicol Trip: April 2-4 2011