Day 288/289: Oh Look, Sabang Again

Still stuck in Sabang. Wash, rinse, repeat. We wake up, eat ramen, watch Attack on Titan, walk around a bit, drink and play cards, and then go to bed early because the power and internet goes out.

Our waiter friend from Relax said that sometimes the port will send boats out despite the weather so we woke up at 4:30am to catch one. It was closed :(

The next day, we see our Relax waiter friend again because he normally has working wifi. He didn’t, but recommended we head to La Laguna hotel because they have 24/7 wifi. It was a treacherous and sketchy journey because it was a walk along the coast and the tide was a bit high…we made it.

We sit down for a drink and try to plan our escape. Eventually an Australian couple comes running over and starts to chat. Tim and Gail are dive masters also stuck on the island and are trying to escape. We learn that they have been working to get a private charter off the island and a shuttle up to Manila. They teach us about the Coast Guard announcements and a website called Windy where you can watch the typhoon wind patterns. They are thinking we can escape on the 25th or 26th and there will be an update October 25 at 5am and 11am on the weather. We take down their number and head back to our sad powerless apartment.

After a bit of research, we realize La Laguna is only $20 more than our current apartment and it comes with power, wifi, Tim, Gail, and staff that will help you. We decide to make the move and cook a bit of breakfast.

We get a text from Gail and apparently a boat might leave at 11am! We hurry to back and run over to La Laguna and join them for breakfast. We learn that Tim is a retired Australian Army officer and volunteers his time in the War Games office while Gail works in food security. They have two kids and are just living life to the fullest.

11 am rolls around and the water still isn’t safe to cross. All four of us need to rebook our flights because we won’t make it out of Manila 🥲

While we wait to check in, we received free drinks and cookies from La Laguna. This was the spot to be. We work on our travel insurance claims and re-organizing our days in Vietnam. At 5pm, the Coast Guard gives the all clear to leave the island!! Unfortunately it’s too dark to go so we have to wait until October 26 at 5am. We are soooooo game.

Hotel: La Laguna Dive Resort

Food:
Pizza
Pork Sisig
Ramen
Leche Dawali
Lomo Noodles
Beef Tagalog

Spots:
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