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| Moalboal, Cebu |
During my backpacking escapade in Cebu, I visited Moalboal (pronounced as Muwalbuwal). It is a homey quiet white beach, very different from the bright lights and loud music of Boracay. And because I was short on budget (as always), I stayed at the public area of the beach instead of getting a cottage in a private resort.
Sadly the public area is not that well maintained. There were lots of plastics, food wraps, and water bottles floating in the water and/or lying on the beach. Of course, my obsessive compulsiveness (and concern for nature, NUUKS, HAHAHAHA) kicked in. I ended up just picking trashes around the area.
Doing so felt good, until a guy, who clearly saw what I was doing, threw a water bottle to the sea. He was standing right in front of me.
I was dumbfounded. I felt insulted and annoyed that I recklessly shouted NO! at him. He just gave me an equally baffled look - as if gesturing a "what, what did I do?" kind of look.
I walked away, and just sighed my disappointment.
We cannot say we love nature (or the sea, the beach, and/or the mountain), and yet continue to hurt it in more ways than we can imagine.
Disappointed,
Arlet
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That's sad :(
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately so.
DeleteYeah, I noticed that too while I was in Moalboal. During my snorkeling experience to see the sardine run, I also found plastic bags under the sea. :(
ReplyDeleteIt will get better, I hope. One by one, maybe travelers and locals will be more responsible.
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