cross channel swim -

if you have a world map handy, go to the southern-most island of the philippines (Mindanao) and look for Davao City (just left of the top of the inlet at the bottom of the island). You should also see another, much smaller, island named Samal.
This morning I, along with a bunch of people I didn't know, swam across the channel to the island of Samal. Laura knew a girl that was planning on going and gave me her contact information. She picked me up this morning at 5:30 am and we were in the water by 6:30 (it always takes pretty long to get organized here). You can see in this first picture, as Joan and I start the swim, our final destination in the background.
I think it's approximately 2km...but maybe that was just someone throwing that out there. Maybe it was 2 miles. It wasn't that far. and only took about 35 minutes. It was pretty easy actually, I barely had to kick - i guess i'm used to sinking in fresh water..swimming across Sunset Bay