"We're losing it!" I shouted in a mixture of excitement and panic as the 4x4 jeepney we were riding stirred dust across the vast arid land. The big ball of fire is slowly dipping in the horizon and the sea pine trees --- which under normal circumstances I would find delightful --- were blocking the view. We're losing it, I whispered again, this time in a tone that was coming from a place between sadness and frustration. We just lost the sunset. But there was no time to be unhappy. The vehicle accelerated under the twilight skies, illuminated by the afterglow of the sunset that we just missed. The weak sunlight hurdling the horizon became our guide and there we were in the middle of … [Read more...]
