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| White sand beach at Tiamban Beach Resort |
I vividly recall decades ago, my sister, Cha, brought home some marble
wares like dolphin, mortar and pestle and ashtray from Romblon. She had nothing
much to say about her trip, but she made it quite known to us that true to what
we learned from our Sibika At Kultura
books in grade school, indeed, Romblon is the marble capital of the
Philippines. I have imagined most of the houses there, at least, have marble
fixtures in them. Since then— brought by
too much curiosity about the place—Romblon had been on my list of “Places
to Visit” in Luzon.
Maybe because it holds a special spot in my consciousness that
I decided to make it the last province I’d visit in Luzon for my 80before30challenge. I wanted to hang on to the excitement of seeing what’s in there. Is
there more to Romblon than just its vast marble reserves? I wondered.
