BREATHER IN DARKNESS

A Travel Blog

Article Type: Travel Memoir

Target Audience: People who need a quick
escape from their problems.
Topic: Dingalan, Aurora

Last year was full of challenges and tears, everything that

happened last year was still a puzzle to me. I kept asking
myself how I fight all those depressions and anxieties. How
did I become a stronger and more positive person after all
those things that happened last year? How sad tears became
tears of joy? Then I remember, I start believing in myself
and became a stronger person when I travel Dingalan,
Aurora. The Batanes of the East. Before I travel Dinagalan,
Aurora all I did was go to my work and attend my online
class at the same time, pretend that I’m okay and I can finish
my work and my class without messing up between the two,
after that I went home with a big smile plastered on my face
so that I can give relief all those people who keep cheering
me to be stronger and positive but after that, I will lock
myself to my small room and cry quietly. One day, my
boyfriend’s family ask me to join them in what they called
“Joiners” and I said yes. On the day of the trip, I was really
anxious because I’m going to leave my comfort zone at that
moment, my room. But when we reached the province of
Aurora my anxious and clouded mind was blown away, and
all I can feel are relaxation and peacefulness. After we ate
our breakfast in a very relaxing “carinderia” with a view of
the rising sun in the back of the mountain I have this feeling
that this travel will heal my wounds.

When we reached the white beach after riding a 20

minutes boat ride from the port all I can say is how
majestic the place is, I feel like I was in Switzerland,
with all of those mountains that I’m seeing while my
feet are buried in the cold water of the sea, I feel like I
was reborn again. We stayed in our cottage for 30
minutes before our tour guide called us to go trek the
two beautiful pacific view decks. It was really tiring
especially with what I’m wearing because I’m wearing
a white short dress, with maong short shorts, and
crocs that have high heels, so yeah imagine what kind
of trekking I did. But anyways, all those tiring walks,
slippage in mud, and all those bruises that I got is
worth it. When we reached the pacific view deck
there’s no word that came out to my mouth it was all
in my mind saying “I think I’m in heaven”
 My boyfriends and my family took a lot of pictures they even
offered me to take a cute pictorial. After that we trek again
straight to our tent on the white beach, actually, there is
another view deck that we need to trek, it was a lighthouse
just like in Batanes, but we are too tired to trek that, so we
decided to go straight down to our cottage and take a dip in
the cold water of the sea. While we are swimming in the sea,
I can help myself but complement how gently the wave
touches my skin, how relaxing the sound of the sea is, how
much happiness the salty air can give me, and how I love to
burn my skin in the ray of the sun. It was all magical it feels
like I’m in a different world. After an hour the tour guide
called us again to eat, and they prepared a feast. After eating
we ride again a boat back to the port where our van is
waiting to take us to another place which is “Tanawan Falls”.
Just like in the view deck, it was not easy to go to Tanawan
Falls so we decided to ride a tricycle to reach the Falls. It’s a
little bumpy on the way to the Falls but just like in the view
deck, it was worth it. I enjoyed every place that we’ve
visited, some places are really tricky to go to but when you
reached it? It was worth it.

After our trip to Dingalan, Aurora all I can think is that

everything has a second chance, everything is worth
fighting for, everything can have a happy ending,
everything is beautiful if you know how to appreciate things
and everything is not all about the problems, it’s all about
rising and standing proudly. Sometimes life is too bumpy,
too unfair, too tricky, and too slippery, and you might fall,
but for you to reach the view deck where all the beautiful
things happened you need to stand up and continue to slip,
bump and fall. Just like the rising sun that is hiding in the
back of the big mountain you will shine and rise again. Just
take a deep breath and think of ways on how are you going
to overcome that problem. Maybe you just need to travel,
maybe you just need a breather in darkness.