SUNSURFERS meeting on the Philippines: How It Was

SUNSURFERS meeting on the Philippines: How It Was

From 20 till 30 of April, 2015 the fourth Sunsurfer s meeting was held. This time we gathered in an incredibly beautiful location, hidden from the eyes of tourist — on the island of Siargao, Philippines.

About 50 travelers or bright, sunny people from different corners of the world focked to this island paradise — like moths to light

It was not easy to get there. Most of the guys took 5 -6 fights, others spent 15+ hours on ferries and local buses. I, for example, few via Istanbul, and spent there 1 day.

I recommend the Emirgan Park to all visitors of Istanbul.

In Manila, I met two girls and together we got on a plane to the island

Every year the island of Siargao is visited by thousands of surfers.

Cloud 9 — known in the Philippines as a spot for surfng. Our meeting took place here in the morning.

In oceanfront gazebos we gathered every day at 06: 30 am to meet the sunrise and give each other warm embraces. .

There we practiced Hatha and Ashtanga yoga

Every second day a couple of sunsurfers from Kazan delighted us with magic lessons of acro-yoga.

Local children liked to «fy» with us. Expats from the island wrote that children still practice some acrobatic asanas, but now they do it themselves

Every day at the acro-yoga classes we had different unusual tasks.

Task for mutual trust and team spirit

Master class of Thai massage: everyone learned the basics of massage.

One day we did a powerful practice of yoga — 108 rounds of Surya Namaskar or Sun Salutation. Most participants successfully coped with the task and turned in upon themselves in shavasana. A local dog came to charge with free energy

After morning practice we had fruit for breakfast. Hundreds of kilograms of mangos, papayas, watermelons and pineapples were eaten.

I learned about a new fruit: durian

papaya

After breakfast we started active program – Traveling by motorbikes or surfng

We traveled all over the island

I saw the biggest population of bats 4 milion

The smallest monkey «tarsier»

I met Russian settlers. 10 families have been living there for a few years. They have banana, pineapple and coconut plantation

They showed me how to punish their slaves

In the evenings we had lectures, where participants shared their knowledge and experience.

We sang, danced and played musical instruments

We were lucky enough to see it s. . .

Under the night sky one can dream, eyes closed, listening to the sound of waves, meditate, embrace a loved one, sit with your friends around the campfre and just listen to the silence.

You can see a thousand of other galaxies, fnd new constellations or simply «drown. «

Siargao Island has magnifcent nature, crystal clear water, colorful skies.

Rock and coral ocean foor.

Soft white sand green palms on the beaches.

We did not stop to admire the beauty of nature and goodwill of local residents.

We met only happy and joyful people

The Philippine children guarantee you a smile 24 hours a day

On the beach, we came across the Philippine children. We played in the sand with them, and they climbed the palm trees and treated us with coconuts !! They even sang songs in English, and Philippine rap. It was really fun!

We were happy to have a whole day trip to the neighboring islands by boat.

A pyramid of people was built on the sand.

Organized horse racing in the distillation.

position «chair» from acro-yoga

These are the frst three letters of the word Philippines.

A photo shoot in branded t-shirts of Sunsurfers

We were lucky to have 3 professional photographers.

We had 10 magnifcent days together and realized — we are strong and have a very powerful energy of love!

We are all different, everyone is individual and unique. But we are all united with the desire to love, to get better and be healthy and happy.

We felt happy staying in the company of like-minded people.