Ughhh, Tiring Calicoan Island!

A Part of Linaw CAve

Our second destination of our fieldtrip was Calicoan Island. We went there on the second day of the trip. The place has white sand and windy. Waves were big and seaweeds were evidently sporadic on the shore. Afternoon of the said day, we walked to Linaw Cave. We walked through paved road to sharp limestone rocks or the remnants of the corals to be exact. It was an underground cave. I did not go down of the cave. But according to them the water was salty instead of its natural water taste. We also saw sink holes as we went along the cave. On the night of the trip (same place), we assembled nets specialized for catching bats. We placed it on the opposite side of our camping site because it was a forest-like place. 3 nets were setup and hanged until 2:00am. We caught only 3 bats on the entire night of waiting. While waiting for the bats to be caught, we setup our quadrats on the low tide sea around 11:00pm. Quadrats are used to identify the diversity of species in a habitat. Our group had seen many species and had drawn it on a paper because the slate was missing. It lasted until 2:00am. Quite tiring yet fun! I had walked for a long period of time during the day and soaked my feet on the seawater when the twilight was coming in. I don’t know how my feet would react as long as I savored the very moment to enjoy and learn on this day. If I would to comment on the second day of the trip, I would barely say that this day was the most tiring and lots of works to do rather than of the Pearl Island escapade. Whoooo! I’m amazed of myself that I had did this for the first time. 

At Calicoan Island on a Hot Afternoon