Take me home…sweet home
18 December 2005, 6:25p
In three days time, I’ll be heading home to Baler. Am so looking forward to that trip. Sure, I’m taking some work home, but on the whole, I’ll have a grand R&R time while there. I only hope it won’t be raining much.
It’ll be another 8 hours on the road, more than half of it spent winding through rough and steep roads in the Sierra Madres, but that has never really bothered me. The trip’s always worth it. I guess because Baler is where I feel I belong the most. Life is slow and easy. No malls, no movie theaters, just beach and mountains. I prefer the rivers and mountains myself, though, where it’s nice and cooler. I don’t travel much during evenings, but I loved it most when I traversed the mountains at night. Dark and beatiful, cool and serene. This time of the year is always the longest I stay at home. Almost two weeks…that is life.
I don’t really know if I like the fact that people are starting to discover Baler. Somehow, if it becomes a big tourist spot, I think it’ll lose the magic for me. Fortunately, while there have been increased interest, it’s still nothing like the other tourist areas in the Philippines. That I’m thankful for. Kind of selfish, I know, I mean increased arrival would spur economic activities there, which is certainly needed, but I don’t know…
Whatever…right now, I’m just looking forward to going home…
