In '01 my youngest and I took the night bus to Legazpi intending to get off at Naga City. At around 2 am she tried to wake me up telling me we were already there. Not possible, I told her. Not having realized Philippine transport times have improved considerably since I was last there, I quickly drifted back to sleep. Later on I was jolted by her elbow on my side and her almost scream of 'Mommy, look out the window!!' And there in all her majesty framed by the bus window, was Mayon Volcano, a perfect cone outlined in the early morning mist. It was such a wondrous sight! We were already at the outskirts of Legazpi.
As Mayon was spewing smoke and ash at that time and because the air was becoming thicker and grayer as we approached the city, she vehemently demanded that we get off our bus right away. So, in the middle of nowhere we did then got on the first bus to Naga that came by, never mind if it was a rickety one at that.
I would have been thrilled to see red molten lava flowing from Mayon's mouth for real.
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