Leaving Malapascua meant we had 1 final ferry scam to encounter but, more worrying, was actually the act of getting on and off the boat. Boarding and disembarking the ferry were interesting balance exercises, complicated by carrying a 15kg backpack. Boarding involved climbing a narrow plank that moved up and down as the tide rose and fell. Disembarking required crossing to another boat then descending a steep plank to some flip flop-unfriendly rocks. My sense of balance behaved itself for once and I avoided plunging into the sea. To compensate, the rough seas on the journey itself (courtesy of an approaching typhoon) gave everyone a liberal dowsing with salt water, a parting gift from an island where I'd been showering in brine for the last week. WIth an early flight to Clark the following day, we
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