Fish be with them

I embarked on a three-day bahala na sojourn in Laguna over the Lenten weekend and I saw myself making stop overs to experience local color in four towns.

I didn't have wheels to mobilize my wander lust self and I didn't get one of those packaged commercial trips. It's practically all under my guts and modest pocket money.

The routes were spontaneous and off the beaten path that eventually led me to meet people asking me why I was traveling alone. I also did get point blank questions from nosy but gentle folks. And also some shots of lambanog and some shots of wisdom from these kind strangers.

Although sometimes, it's nice to be veiled by a shroud of mystery, letting one's guard down will help ease things and be welcomed in their turf.

This post starts a series of video and photo I made during my retreat in Laguna. Here's a video taken in Paete, Laguna, on Good Friday of 2010, a few minutes past three in the afternoon. They are mamalakaya preparing their fishnets and would sail into the Laguna Lake at sunset. They' ll be back at sunrise the next day. They were working on a holiday and I heard no complaint.