Firefly Watching
Donsol River is a 100 kilometer long, 100 meter wide, winding river lined by mangrove forests, coconut trees, and shrubs. The water and the thriving vegetation makes this the perfect habitat for fireflies. So perfect, in fact, that thousands to millions of fireflies can be seen dancing in the trees and rippling through the water every evening. Just before the sun sets, a banka (a small boat) will row you down the mouth of the river, and when you are a few meters down and as the sun begins to set, be awestruck by the beautiful view of the sunset and feel yourself melt as the color of the sky changes to a deep orange and the sun falls into the calm Donsol river waters.
Further down the river, heart melted, and skies dark, signifies the start of another wonderful adventure. As the sky blackens, little sparkles start to appear. And suddenly, you see more and more, until the trees and the surrounding sky starts to shine with the dancing lights, that for once in your life you can't tell the stars apart from the fireflies. If all the lights overhead don't catch your attention enough, look down into the water and watch the river water river glow as the boat's movement activates the plankton's luminescence.
And when it is all over, you can't help but shed a little tear, thinking how beautiful the world really is..with the picture of lights from the water to the skies up above continues to dance in your mind.
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