Coco Grove: What a delightful resort!
White sand beaches, with lovely clear blue water.
Will snorkeled here and reported it was some of the best he has ever experienced.
Unique accommodations . . .
With light, airy rooms . . .
Bananas growing high . . .
And low on the trees . . .
Beautiful Sunsets . . .
Even a beach wedding celebration.
Pools sparkling in the last rays of the sun . . .
A beach BBQ, complete with good friends - Elder and Sister Anderson.
A fun program, including good music and fire dancing.
Warm sunshine . . . with good swimming . . . and tanning . . .
Fine dining in pleasant surroundings . . .
An art studio . . .
Check out this picture carefully, and you may discover a surprise!
Extraordinary wandering paths . . .
Stunning colors and fragrances . . .
Cultural delights . . .
A great massage place . . .
And interesting non-edible plants.
One morning we visited "The" Banyan Tree. Rumor has it that if you touch the Banyan Tree, you will someday return to Siquijor.
From the root area of the banyan tree, there is a fresh water spring which forms a pool. You sit on the side of the pool and put your feet under the water and fish nibble at the dead skin on your feet - a healthy thing! (I'm told!)
It is important to always have your camera ready. Along the side of the road, on the way to the banyan tree, we saw this fine looking gentleman.
By Tuesday at noon, we were needing to leave Coco Grove and travel with the Anderson's back to the ferry to return to Dumaguete.
Down by the port area, there is a place called Squatter's Row.
Mary, a faithful church member, lives there.
Mary has a tindahan in the front of her very tiny home.
I had never seen the inside of a small home behind a tindahan. Since Mary bakes unleavened bread for the sacrament each Sunday, Sister Anderson asked if she would mind showing me her clay oven.
This is the oven.
This room is the living room - the entire room.
Here Elder Sommerfeldt and Elder Anderson are going into the kitchen to see the oven. The entire kitchen is about half the size of the living room. You can see the ladder going upstairs to a bedroom area. Mary raised her six children: 5 boys and one girl in this home.
Outside, the neighbor kids gathered around to visit Mary.
The large green fruit on the table is used only for medicinal purposes.
It is called a calabash.
Mary, ever the hospitable hostess, offered us Seregolias.
The skin looked like it should be pealed, but actually this small fruit is eaten like an apple.
Before we left, we had our picture taken with Mary.
A 63 year-old sweetheart, who speaks English, and loves the Lord.
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