Casera Reunion at Molopolo Beach

My cousin Maricel's husband Edgar secured a few cottages at Molopolo Beach in Southern Leyte. I heard it referenced as "white beach". We weren't sure what to expect or who to expect, so there were a lot of confused expressions.

We were the first to arrive so we put our stuff down in a cottage and got right into the water. So refreshing.

Beautiful water .. there was another blue starfish found here...

 

I tried to keep notes on who was going to be where on my trip, but in the end, I didn't know that we had 3 cottages. My cousin, Maricel was in the 3rd cottage with much more family that I can't even name at the moment. One of the guys in her cottage looked like a younger version of my brother. We were joking that Michael's younger self had time traveled here and that he shouldn't be here. We gave my brother trouble about his "younger self" lighting a cigarette a little later. I still haven't figured out who that guy is...

When my childhood jam (Country Roads) came on the karaoke, I walked around to capture a bit of the reunion.

  

sari-sari store

I mostly collected sea shells and beach glass and people watched. And ate.

More fresh coconut

Caseras

Cute cousin baby and wonderful food

BBQ on the beach

Not sure if the boats contained cousins

Beautiful family

More beautiful family

Casera Cousins

Hanging in the shade

Men BBQing

Dancing Queens

Cutest baby on the beach!

Dancing Queens

Michaels and Arvie

Caseras

So pretty

Cousin introductions in the first cottage. I should have gotten introductions from the other cottages but I wasn't sure who was family and who wasn't at this point.

Beach dancing happened...