we traveled to Romblon in November 2018 .
The island has been a primary marble quarry for hundreds of years . Everyone living there seems to have a knowledge of working with the marble stone . The main port and town are active from sun up to way past dark . With great food and tourism offered with a smile . This is a quiet and clean island group ,away from the main tourist spots . Their tour around the island takes about three hours if you don’t hurry .
In search of coral we first found the island of Cobrador where there is a school , arena and library along with beautiful reefs . The library is built from gathered plastics filling plastic bottles and plastered over . Schooling includes environmental and ocean standards for the future protection of the world and everything in it . We were impressed by the clean beaches and reefs around Romblon .
Finding the coral wasn’t hard , there is plenty of young growth everywhere . We spent four days touring above and below the surf , never exploring all there was to see around us . What I can say about the clarity of the ocean spills out of my mouth in awe . At depths of over five meters I could see dime size shells . The color of the Turtle we encountered was brilliant as was the eel , both in depth of four to five meters . Coral outcroppings were splendid and a variety of colors to dazzle the eye . I don’t feel we found the old growth sites but what we found gave a healthy review . We’d like to return to Romblon in the near future and see how the coral is prospering . We enjoyed searching through the town for marble carvings or watching people from a street side restaurant . The simple things in life .
