Under a bright blue, cloudy sky, at the receiving end of the beautiful radiance of the sun, we set sail toward our destination: the dotted islands off the coast of Inopacan, which the locals appropriately refer to as Cuatros Islas. Our short boat journey started off with nothing out of the ordinary; looking ahead, I fervently wished we could magically cut the distance: boat rides bore the wits out of me, even if I deeply love hopping from one island to another in this archipelagic country of ours.