Isla Romantica: Islet Meets Dog

Okay, so we have arrived in Isla Romantica, what's a dog to do then?

It's a little hot outside and we arrived around 10 AM with the sun almost directly above us. After gathering myself and urging the hoomans to cool off in the water, we were gone.

Manang and I were getting ready to go explore the island. The small makeshift hut at the back is where we deposited our things. We only paid Php 100.00 ($2.00) for the entire day's use of this hut. Except for that, staying in the island was free!

Hurry, manang!

Last one to the water is a rotten egg!

I love playing fetch

I think that it is best played in water... woofy!!

man, am I good at it or what?

manang, here is my ball.

can we do it again?

(sorry, the sun is directly above us in this shot)

and again!

whew, I'm beat.

I'm retiring for the moment.

Don't think I'm done yet.

I'll be back for you Mr. Water, so don't you dare ebb.

manag R', I'm bored.

can we go back into the water again?

manang R', manang tin and Ms. Clavel brought me to the other part of the sea near another nearby island. I had lots of fun playing with the sea weeds.

What are you?

A star--fish, you say?

But why aren't you up in the sky where you belong?

Bonding with Manang R'

and stepping on her foot in the process

hurry up manang!

why are you so slow?

me and the girls just right after our visit to the nearby island

are we missing another 'girl' here?

bonding time with my sisters was fun, but I am a man's man

and I need male company (just so I won't go soft all over... BOL)

manong taught me how to snorkel, isn't that cool?

I am now officially known as Achilles the snorkeling dog.

Hwwatt?

I hear sounds of distress!!

Wait, you mortals, Super Achilles the Snorkeling Dog will save you!

Hold on tight, manong.

I'll get you to shore.

After bonding with all of my human companions, what else is left for me to do? Apparently, a group of rambunctious kids were eyeing me from the corner. At first, everyone in the water (except for my humans) would shriek in sheer terror as if I were about to remove their spleen. Finally convinced that no amount of reassurance from my humans would make them change their minds, I have decided to bridge the gap by giving each of them a big, fat, drooly salty kurukukoy kiss. Soon enough, everyone was my friend- Mission Accomplished. *insert smug look here*

Swimming with the heavily tanned visitors

My new friends

Do you think I am a gentleman for letting them lean on me like this?

The best part of the day was making a stranger open up

and trust you with their lives, even for a bit.

This kid said I was his new bestfriend...

It's almost 3:00 PM.

We've been here for almost 5 hours already.

The sun is no longer as hot.

I am totally beat.

Is it time for a last lap?

Give me a few sec, okay?

This will be done in no time.

That sealed the deal for all water dwellers.

Officially.

Please watch out for our last segment: Saying Goodbye. Also, we will be posting the videos in a separate post because it is just to heavy altogether. Hope you enjoyed our little trip.