Sanmo: The Legend of the Galleon

Aside from the superb beach resorts and wondrous hotels in the island, there is still a touch of natural beauty hidden in a well developed tourist destination at Mactan. I've always been looking for something different in the island of Mactan.

Today, we presumed to be going out to check out museums at Mactan, but it turned out to be more than that. Supposedly we are meeting at Mactan Marina Mall for leisure at the museums, but it turned out that the museums are closed. We never realized that museums are closed during special holidays. It turned out to be our luckiest moment at that very instance. But since we are already there, might as well check out other things to do.
Afternoon can never be too late for an adventure. And what makes it even sweeter is when you are together with your friends. This makes it a sweet afternoon adventure special. It’s a good thing that we have Sir Giovanni Enecio with us who suggested to visit his treasure park.

The treasure park is just around the vicinity of a subdivision. Though the place has been developed as a residential area, you can still see a place less traveled by people. Then there could be a reason why that area is less visited. On our way to the place, Tyler the Great happened to have a little chitchat with the pedicab driver. According to the pedicab driver, the place is called as “Linao sa Sanmo”. It is very famous for its enchanted story, like the ghost galleon ship and the treasure underneath the seabed. Locales would say that that a galleon ship would dock around the harbor and divides the shore passing through a stream that with shallow rocky seabed and eventually disappear. Sir Giovanni claimed that he heard a rumor that a treasure chest is hidden around the area, buried underneath with rocks forming a skull that suggests it is dangerous.

But what is more evident to me is the beauty of the lagoon. More than any treasures hidden around the place, I consider the facade to be the very treasure itself. It is more than the items caged inside a box at the museums. It is more than the enchanted stories that we hear. It is nature. Enchanted, treasured, and purely fascinating.