July 16th Wednesday, 3 pm
Hi Everyone, 

   I hope to email this some time today or tomorrow morning.  Just depends when it actually gets finished.  Randal’s computer is still out of commission so we share, 75/25 because he does lots of boat work on the computer.  He is off doing boat chores at a super marine hardware store.  We have a very thorough boat cleaner here so I am supposedly supervising.  We chat, I type, we have a cold drink and chat, I email some more and check on the All-Star game, Go J.D. Drew!!  Sox, keep it up!

I’m back tracking to our Puerto Galera adventure with Carol.
Tamaraw Falls   (Tam’ a raw the raw at the end rhymes with cow)

The very first page of our Philippine Rough Guide is the title page.  The backside of that page is a full page photo of Tamaraw Falls.  “The mother of all cascades here is the mighty Tamara Falls, 30 minutes by jeepney outside Puerto Galera and not far off the road to Calapan.  Here cool mountain water plummets over a precipice and into a natural pool and a manmade swimming pool.” 
My 3 favorite things about Tamaraw Falls:  1.  Watching Carol climb everywhere all over the falls to take photos of Randal and me.  2. Tamaraw Falls is named for the small, native and endangered water buffalo. 

3. I finally had my photo taken on a water buffalo! 

  I never said they were real!  It was a lovely spot.  If we hadn’t had other fun things planned we would have gotten into the water ourselves.  There is a natural pool and a man made pool.  But after several photos we climbed back up to the road, got back into the car and continued onto our journey.  We had 2 more stops.  Ponderosa Golf Resort and White Beach!

Ru