Hospitality on the island of Tuluran

For a few weeks now, one tropical cyclone after another has been chasing the Philippine islands and the South China Sea, coming from the Pacific. So far we have been lucky and were only reached by gusts with a maximum of 100Km / h, but they not only bring a "fresh breeze", but also tons of rain. Under these conditions it is of course bad to take photos and this also explains why there have been no current logbook entries and pictures lately. But back to the weather: Surely you can imagine that it is advisable to look for a completely protected bay in such storms to weather the whole thing. When one of the storms gave the impression that it wanted to pass directly over El Nido, we sailed to the west where a few hours from El Nido there is a narrow natural channel protected on all sides which gives us protection. The typhoon is not directly overhead, but we were happy to be protected from waves and swell here in front of the island of Tumbod. The wind is over and we set out on a tour of discovery. Even before we have reached the village, local fishermen come towards us to help us moor the dinghy and to welcome us. No trained "tourism welcome", but honest cordiality from these amiable people who have not yet been spoiled by tourism. They lead us to small waterfalls, show us their small, very simple but clean village and everywhere people wave warmly to us. Mabuhay… Welcome. The question "Where are you from?" has not yet achieved the insane status of "racism" as in Germany, but is simply just interest and curiosity. (For me the proof there are clearly fewer idiots here than in my home country!) We are invited with some of our new friends and their fishing boat for a picnic on one of the following days. Hospitality although these people have little more than what they need to survive on a daily basis. They slaughter a chicken for us, catch fish and crabs, we buy gasoline, cola and beer and we are carted to a floating house with the deafening noise of the small motor of the fishing boat, where we spend a wonderful afternoon. We will weather the next storm that is already approaching and continue to enjoy the real Philippines and its amiability away from tourism.