i am at the perfect place at the perfect time

woke up around 3am inside my rented beach hut. not able to sleep any more, and i had enough of the sounds of the waves and hours of staring blanky at the nipa bamboo ceiling. so i decided to walk around.

i always love waking up at a different location. opening my google map, it provides what will be my next potential adventure would be. so i found this falls "nearby" and it is a good one and half hour trek from my place. i said to myself, well i've experienced a 3 hour trek in sagada so it's nothing. it's 3 am, no bus, no motorcycle, and definitely no hail-a-taxi in this southern most part of this island.

it was a wonderful walk:
-a beautiful seaside cliff
-the scent and the sounds of a provincial town
-a view of a waxing crescent moon that appears to be smiling

so these motivates me to go on. until i reached the steepy slopes, a forested and an uphill entrance to the falls.

it was pitch dark, and, if i didn't bring my built in flashlight on my phone,  i only have the stars and the moon as my main source of light. the idea of wild beasts, creepy monsters, aswang, or even the idea of falling off the cliff didn't fail to permeate me. so honestly, it was scary. i want to back out, but i've already tavelled so far so there's no way im giving up. besides, lolo franklin reminds us that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself".

as if my ongoing calvary is not enough, somewhere in the middle, i never knew it was an uphill climb. i remember singing and trying to grasp what miley cyrus trying to say with one of her songs to distract myself from my aching legs.

then here's my final station. after a scary and tiring trek, the entrance for the falls have a signage which screams:

CLOSED

what?! fine, i arrived too early but definitely this falls should not be privitized. it shouldn't be subject for any restrictions. nature is not owned by anyone or by a governing body, yeah? besides, im a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars 😅 i find myself laughing at the signage as if that's the lamest joke i've ever came acrossed, like wth?

so i went over the bakod and yes, in a sense or in somebody else's perspective, i trespassed!

heaven on earth, i get in, running, with all smiles and such thrill getting inside and come face to face with nature's wonder.

the words to describe this moment are:
-a saintly trance
-emancipated
-ecstatic

what a better way to see the falls in its grandest glory when it is fresh from the night before and now, with the sun rays miraculously angled at the main point where the water (literally) falls!

so, with all the turmoils i went through, i must say that:

i am at the perfect place at the perfect time.

so i basked with the purest elements this oasis can bring, embracing, as a part and entirety of the universe,  before the main "touristy" crowd gets in and ruin everything.