grinning Aztec visages
presumably of Mexican influence and
was brought over by the
Galleon Trade. The Enchanted Cave
is also worth a visit.
Found deep inside one
of Bolinao's many coral
caves is a body of
fresh water that is
believed to heal diseases
including arthritis. Most
who have gone
dipping into its clear
waters described the
experience as a "defined
spiritual, soulful
moment, that although it
lasts only a
handful of minutes, it is
enough to last a
lifetime."
But perhaps the moments
that would be best cherished are the ones spent at the ten-kilometer
stretch of white sand at Patar, just looking over the sea-a
place that looks like Boracay before the bikini clad tourists came.
Time flies as one sits on the beach or in one of the many open huts
to watch the waves roll in and the coconut trees sway with the
breeze. "Do nothing and the grass grows by itself," says the famous
guru Bhagwan Rajneesh. "Sit silently doing nothing, just being in
the utter silence of being." And here in Patar, we were able to do
that. Taking a short
