At four pm, the water started to go down and the seaweeds that cover the deeper parts of the beach started to become visible. Mom decided to head out to the hunasan to see if she could find some lukot. I decided to tag along and boy, was I thankful! It was an amazing experience. I’d love to do it again!
When the tide is low, the seas come alive.
The beautiful residents of the Oslobanon seas
Starfish and white sands
Right after me, mom and the gang went down on the beach, other out-of-towners came in hordes to see what the fuzz was all about (we were too noisy because we are an ingorant bunch. LOL). When, the beach was totally dry, there were probably more than thirty people scouring the beach with us. Hahaha.
4:30 pm
4:45 pm
5:00 pm
Mom, dad, aunty and uncles.
5:30 pm
View of the beach and the Oslob mountains.
I don’t know what this is. hehehe
Starfish nation!!!
I think they call this balat.
This dude is called a donsol. Donsols are one of those creatures that evade predators by squirting this dark-colored ink so they can scoot right away (see video below). Donsols produce the lukot that we were looking for. (Read: it’s their solid waste. eekkk!).
Mom found some lukot.
How a donsol protects itself.
Dad found this strange-looking shelled-dude. I think it’s a hermit crab.
One of the tentacles of a really strange creature.
The famous tuyom or sea orchin. It has orange and blue eyes.
It’s not really clear but those 6 brown things in the water are actually very small sea horses. Wow! They’re really awesome!
This dude is a kind of sea cucumber locally called bat hanginan. When it gets exposed to air, it ejects this white sticky substance. I don’t know why. (See video below)
You have to be careful, now! Some areas are just tuyom territory. So it means, back off!. =)
A species of tuyom with not-so sharp needles.
A clam!
I think this is called an anemone. I think. =)
This jellyfish was stuck in a huge rock. Poor thing.
This school of fish – locally known as a duot – gets stuck in very shallow water. Wow! I’ve never seen so many fish together before.
This topic is so coooool, it reminds me of baranggay Luyang(Carmen). Manginhas man sad ko sa una. Pero di jud ko mogunit sa donsol but i eat lukot.Pics next to hermit crab is bahag2x. Mohilak ko sa una kon naay mo etsa ug bahag2x sa ako, mura manjud ug bitin.
Hi Land, cege ko katawa sa ika unom na pics, tae nga bas.
Jealous ko sa inyong Easter holiday. cheers
Wow! Sea creatures are gorgeous. Be careful though, some are poisonous. I love the ocean view!
These are some pretty neat photos! Nature never stops amusing me. Just when you think you’ve seen the coolest thing ever, another one shows up and even better!
@Inday Myrna – wala gyud ko kabalo nga naa diay beach duol sa luyang. hehehe
@ianne – mao lagi. i was actually swimming once didto.. paghaw-as nako sa tubig to catch some air, mao gyud akong nakita ang blue sea snake sa akong atubangan. dali dali kog languy. adrenaline gyud to. lol
@islandcruzer – thanks. yeah. daghan pud creatures ko nakita nga karon pa gyud ko nakaila. hehe
fishing village man ang Luyang Land,
they have cottages for rent too. How about this coming June “San Juan” for a swim there.
@inday myrna – yeah… i think free ko anang june for the san juan… adto unya ko… =)
cege Land, pra ma meet nimo sila Eric, Liezle ug Irien (Isabel_line)
WOW!!!
yup. nindot gyud didto. =)
Wow! makapahinumdom man ni sa akong kaagi sad sa bata pa ko da! kada alas 3 or 4 sa hapon maoy time ting panginhas. 3 years ko nakapuyo sa akong iyaan nga maestra ug nakaeskwela sa elementarya sad sa Santa Lucia Asturias duol ra man na di ba? Nindot gyud diha Uy!
hi there guys!!
I am a proud OSLOBANON please help the BURNED church..
you can go to the secretary at the SMA school T.L.E. building…. tnx™
mark anthony lirasan…..
hi im sorry to hear a church was burned i just hooked up with your name i was trying to search oslob becuase im going home there this coming may after many long years..my lola is a “lirasan also”..maybe we’re relatives..(mark antony lirasan”
nice picz!!
im Nancy from Camburong Oslob Cebu .mahilig sad ko manginhas sa akong pagkabata ug hangtud sad karon peru nia naman mi puyo dere sa Cavite so talagsa ra tawon ko makapaule diha sa ato.Au unta nga atong tabangan ang nasunog natong simbaha kay looy tawon kaau wala pa gani mga lingkurana kay niule man ko niadtong May kay namatay man akong Mama.Komusta na ang tanan nakong mga class mates sa Saint Mary’s Academy batch 78 hope to hear some newas from u all.
i miss all my class mates and ralso all my relatives and friends all over the world
hello sa tanang mga oslobno hope na magkikita ta sa aton pohjon