Mindoro Island is derived from the Spanish word aoro, which means "land of gold mines", and when the Spanish colonized the Philippines, several gold mines were discovered on this island, so the island was given such a name.Mindoro is the fifth largest island in the Philippines, with a length of about 160 kilometers from north to south, 84 kilometers from east to west, and the 140-kilometer-long High Lorraine Mountains running from north to south of the island.The highest peak of the High Lorraine Mountains is Mount Alcoon in the northeast of the mountain range, this peak is as high as 2,585 meters above sea level, and this island with an area of less than 10,000 square kilometers is home to less than 700,000 Filipinos, but most of these inhabitants live in coastal areas, and only a very small number of aboriginal people live in the High Lorraine Mountains in the middle of the island, so most of the island is still quite primitive.The yacht chartered by Morris departed from Manila and took more than three hours to reach Puerto Galera, the northernmost port city on the island of Mindoro.The capital city of the entire island of Mindoro is Calapan in the province of Mindoro Oriental, but Puerto Galera is the most prosperous, populous and beautiful port city on the island.Before the yacht entered the port, I saw hundreds of small and medium-sized yachts in the strait outside, and the water here is extremely clear, and even the coral reef under the water can be clearly seen from a depth of several meters.Gege stood on the deck at the bow of the boat, looked at the sea and exclaimed, "The quality of the water here is so good, it's not inferior to Hawaii, I really want to go down and swim around." ”"Hehe, if you want to go down, it's not easy?
Either you stay here for a dive and swim when you get to Puerto Calera in a while, and I'll take Chris and the others into the mountains, and I'll pick you up when we come out of the mountains. ”Gege bit his finger and looked at the clear sea water for a while, and then looked at Yang Jing, looking hesitant.Obviously, the sea water here is really tempting for her.The port of Calera is located at the northernmost tip of Mindoro Island, and today Yang Jing came from Manila and ran more than 70 nautical miles on the sea, so they only ran for three hours.If the Batangas on the other side of the Karafa Strait come over, it won't even take an hour.Puerto Galera may not be a port city, but the city is best known for its tourism industry, with Sabang Bay declared a UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve since 1973 and one of the most diverse coral reefs in Asia.That's why you can see so many yachts here, which are rented locally by divers from all over the world and come here to dive.The coral reefs in Sabang Bay are comparable to those in Cyprus, and although not as large as the Great Barrier Reef in the Great Coral Sea in eastern Australia, there are no fewer coral reefs here.Gege is also a girl who likes to dive very much, so when she sees such a beautiful coral reef, where can she move her feet?"
I said daughter-in-law, don't worry about it.It's not a good thing to go into the mountains, there are all primeval mountains and forests, there are no roads, and there are all kinds of small bites, poisonous snakes, and spiders in the mountains, if you don't pay attention, if you are bitten, it will be troublesome.I know you want to follow me into the mountains to see what secrets those locations hide, but that's a big deal, when I get there, I'll just use my satellite phone to video connect with you. ”"Hmm" Gege looked at the blue water hesitantly, and finally gritted his teeth and nodded, "Okay, I'll stay here with Rovisha."
But you have to remember that you're going to have to video link me when the time comes, and if you forget, you won't be allowed to go to bed when you get back!
”This punishment is cruel enough, so you can't forget the video connection when you say anything!
The yacht docked at the marina in Sabang Bay, and as for the port of Calera to the south, it didn't matter if you could go or not.Sabang Bay is the essence of this port city, with luxury hotels, restaurants and bars everywhere.And because this is a well-known tourist destination in the whole of the Philippines, the security here is quite good.Gege's two female bodyguards, Rovisha and Valentina, both from Norway in Northern Europe, were two female special forces in Norway's women's special forces "Hunters", who had participated in security work in Afghanistan and Iraq, and fought in Syria for two months before being poached by Chris at the end of last year.However, Yang Jing did not only keep Rovisa and Vallentina, but also kept Mark, Sean, Thomas, Jackson and Brian in Morris's team.It won't take so many people to enter the mountain this time, and leaving the five of them behind can also increase Gege's security force.After getting off the boat, Yang Jing left the Sabang Bay pier with seven bodyguards and took three taxis all the way south to the port of Calera.Mindoro is actually a very primitive island, only prosperous in the coastal area, as for the inland High Lorraine Mountains, it is actually a wild area, not to mention the roads, even the people can hardly be seen.The two places recorded in Alfred's notes were all located in the High Lorraine Mountains, one north and one south, with a distance of more than sixty kilometers in a straight line.Therefore, it was obviously not appropriate to use ground transportation to survey these two sites in a short period of time, so they had to go into the port of Galera to rent a medium helicopter and enter the High Lorraine Mountains from the air to find the two hidden sites.And one of the most critical reasons why he chose to use a helicopter is that Yang Jing judged that the locations and coordinates recorded in Alfred's two notebooks were probably not so accurate.Yang Jing used his identification skills to identify the two notebooks, and determined that the two notebooks were written by Alfred himself, and also determined that Alfred wrote the two notebooks in 1946.The autumn of that year coincided with the time of Alfred's death, which means that these two notebooks should have been written by Alfred during his lifetime.However, in the 40s, there was no satellite positioning at all, and in those days, the only way to accurately locate a location was to locate it on a large-scale map.The coordinates generated by the map positioning are certainly not as accurate as the current satellite positioning system.Therefore, if you want to find the exact location, you need to explore it in the air first.According to the coordinates of that era, it is difficult to find a hidden place in the vast mountains, especially if these places have been in the mountains for more than 70 years.It's like the first place Yang Jing got in his notebook, that is, the location of Kabugao on Luzon Island, there are only two hints in the notebook, "Luzon" and "Kabugao", plus the deciphered coordinates, even if you look for it against the high-definition satellite map, you can only see the vast forest sea, and nothing else can be seen.Although Kabugao is a small city, it is located in the mountains, no matter how small it is, if it cannot be accurately located, it is impossible to find the hidden place located in Kabugao.As for the two hidden places on Mindoro Island, they are about the same as Kabugao, and even if there are coordinates, judging from the satellite map, there are no useful clues at all except for the tree and the river.It's like the first hidden place that Yang Jing and they are about to look for is the two place names of "Mindoro Island" and "San Teodoro", and after the place name of San Teodoro, there is a deciphered coordinate - n1331e12094.Although he could fly there directly with the exact coordinates, Yang Jing wanted to take a closer look at the difference between this hidden location in the air, so that he could also accumulate some experience for finding other hidden places.