tranquility
Trees line the sides of the rough road to Sabang. You will see them rise and fall, turn from green to brown to burnt ash, and give way to inroads to the forest or to one secret beach waiting to be discovered. Mountains loom from the distance and as you get nearer you see vertical tracks on their sides that years of erosion and water beating down on them have made. Then the van lurches forward because of a nasty bump on the road and your head hits the window and for a moment you think you are dead. Welcome to paradise.