Amihan, a kite and windsurfing school, is located in the middle of the village of Teneguiban. The beautiful unspoilt nature and friendly community that we are quickly forming here, are fantastic. This beach will be home forever. We stay here for almost two weeks and the rhythm of the days is dominated by the wind. We kite, snorkel, chill and eat Lily-ann's delicious vegetable curry. The tide differences are big on this beach; at low tide a large stretch of beach is exposed with the fauna of Darocotan Bay; different sorts of crabs dart away from us during the sunrise walk. During high tide there is hardly any beach left to launch your kite. The sea only leaves us a thin strip of sand before the palm tree jungle starts to lushiously grow. People live on the beach in small houses and life is mainly outdoors. There are colorful pieces of laundry hanging everywhere, and pigs are roaming around on a string. On the beach lies a half-destroyed yellow and white cruise ship, a reminder of times that never were.
This is one of those beaches that is steeped in the roots of the fishing village, and is laced with nylon threads in all the colors of the rainbow. At the same time, you also find the largest Giant Clam and Lambis Shells we have ever seen. Man and nature have a proportionally strong presence here. The sand itself is somewhat gray in color up close and appears to contain soil in addition to sand. Yet there is nothing dusky about this beach, and it is one of the most beautiful we have ever seen.
