Camiguin Then and Now: Returning to Where the Journey Began
"I still remember very clearly my first time here: January 2010."
"It was a birthday trip with Tina, since we share the same birth date,"
"when our friend Lot invited us to celebrate in her hometown of CDO."
"We spent an entire day ferrying to Camiguin and road-tripping around the island."
"Definitely, fun times."
"Sixteen years later from my first time here (I went back again in 2016),"
"I’m now a little—okay, way—older, a bit wiser, a few pounds heavier,"
"but still wide-eyed at the beauty of White Island and just as curious about the rest of Camiguin."
"This time, there’s also an added purpose, with renewable energy advocacy in the mix, and the worry of how a war on the other side of the world can ripple into affecting tourism livelihoods here."
"There are many worldly concerns, yet countless moments to meditate and absorb positive energy—from the soft, powdery white sands to the imposing peak of Hibok-Hibok—as I pay homage to how Camiguin shaped my earliest days of traveling, even as I’m already looking forward to CAMIng-aGUIN."
