Province Life (Scenic Nature's View Along The Way)

October 14, 2023

I couldn't agree more when they said that "it's a privilege to live most of our lives in a province." Even though provincial life is simple, you can still live a content and happy life. You'll get a chance to switch off from technology and pay attention to your surroundings. Additionally, it's a place to connect with nature while admiring its beauty.

The splendor of nature is around even when traveling to the city. It is a never-ending, completely free nature viewing. And just staring at them is relaxing.

There are a few ways to travel from our town to the main city. We can travel either by land or water. It may be a hassle trip, but the experience is great. However, it depends on how you perceive it, bad or good. Everything has bad sides anyway. It's far way different from Hong Kong transportation. I've been used to riding trains: convenient, fast, and comfy. I just wish that our country will be as developed as others, and mode of transportation will be improved.

When we wish to avoid congested roads, we choose to travel by water. Despite the improvements to the main roads, traffic is something that has not changed. By water, however, we must travel from our village via habal-habal or motorbike taxi to the port where we would board a small ferry to the city. Another trip will be taken inside the city. In other words, it typically requires up to three different rides to get us to our goal. Kind of hassle, isn't it? Being close to nature is a benefit of living in the province, but road congestion is a problem.

But instead of feeling stressed about transportation hassles, I just wander my eyes around beautiful creatures of nature.

We call our beautiful town, Basey, which is pronounced as Basay, and the people are called Basaynon or Mabaysay which means beautiful. This is our humble town which is one of the survivors of the strongest typhoon Yolanda in Philippine history.

Meanwhile, this is the entrance to our Baranggay or village. That white building from the distance is our former store which is now closed, and below it is our house.

Look at that greenery and mountainous backdrop. There are a lot of mountains in our province, but I don't dare to hike them. Aside from the fact that it isn't safe to hike without a guide, the trails aren't good which could make one lost in the woods.

Hopefully, someday, I will be able to hike some mountains in our town.

(All photos are mine)

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