If a picture paints a thousand words, this one here is the most memorable, unforgettable and emotionally attached to any true blooded Diatagonian.
These three rock islands (pulo) are not only mysterious and mesmerizing, they also remind us of our past. They haven't changed a bit and looked the same 30 years to 40 years ago. Almost all of us have our childhood black and white or colored pictures with these islands as the back ground.
Back with the Lianga Bay logging Company Inc was still in operation and prosperous, Causeway beach is the refuge of families every weekend. Families have picnics on the rocky beach bringing with them lupak, sinugba, biko, pansit bihon and beer or tanduay. The kids tirelessly swim and bath with the waves of clear blue water as their parents set up a temporary shelter made of blanket and straws. Those were the days.
Today, Causeway beach have changed a lot. The diving boards are gone. The turbo propeller cesna planes are gone. The hanger that house the planes are gone. The big gasoline tank is gone. The guards in the hangar are gone. Even many of our love ones are gone. But the view of these there remained the same.
One day, we will all be gone, but these three islands will remain the same in the next hundreds or thousands of years. They are the silent witness in this world how mortals like us have come and gone. They are like stars that look so near and yet almost unreachable. I bit 99% of Diatagonians have not come near these islands before.
Personally, I am proud to say I have climbed two of the these rock islands back with I was 12 or 13 years old. They are actually huge and full of big birds we call "Lapay".
One day, I'm going to come near these Islands again to take a selfie. Or I may even climb them again if time permits. For me, they our very own mount Everest and only few dared to come near and climb. Glad I was able to come near them, touch them and climb them. Its something only few Diatagon can say "I've done that."
- Jun Abines
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