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KayaKo ‘to

September 21, 2009

 

Witnessing the second leg of the 2009 Philippine Kayaking Series held in Corregidor gave me a flashback of my kayaking experience at Dos Palmas in Palawan. I had the scare of my life then, along with my travel buddies. We paddled too far out the sea where the strong wind and not so gentle waves threatened to knock out kayak over. The man in the cottage 100 meters away only waved back when I tried to call for help. He must have thought I was just too happy to be out in the sea. We must have been paddling in synchrony to make us appear professional kayakers.

I was more scared then than when I thought I’d fall off the rice terraces in Batad. 

It was not that I couldn’t swim. The life vest will take care of it.  The possibility of sustaining head injury when the kayak overturns was just too real for me. 

After a series of “left, right, left, right” we made it to shore unharmed…and relieved, realizing the strength of our characters in the face of trial. We could’ve died together. For the second time. A day before that, a snake almost hitched a ride on our boat at the Underground River.

But that is another story.

 

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Posted by issai at November 17, 2009, 11:32 pm

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Posted by liez at November 18, 2009, 10:30 am

are you still a medico legal? just found your site while randomly browsing the net. anyway, how are you doing now? do you have a family already?

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