Only in the Philippines would you experience a banca towing another banca! Sa dinami-dami ng bangkang pagpipilian going to Puerto Galera, we picked the one that was almost a dud!
Actually, Vic already warned me about these boats but just like any Pinoy who just throws caution to the wind, we just shrug off these concerns and think of them as hazards of living in the Philippines! Of course, being stranded in the middle of the sea in a boat with a dud engine is not really my idea of a good way to start a weekend on the beach!
But it did happen to us! You would hear the engine of the boat just straining itself too much to the point that it was exerting so much effort but you could feel that the boat was only moving at 1mm per hour. Yeah, that's millimeter - and the boat is at the mercy of the waves!
Of course, you can see in all the passengers faces that this was nothing alarming and the boat crew were really looking busy trying to make it appear that everything was ok. Well, around 5 kilometers from the beach of Puerto Galera, a boat from a rival company, mercifully towed us, yes that picture there is that boat towing us to the safe sands of Puerto Galera.
Nakakaloka talaga!
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