Dolphins Show Up Without a Memo in Dauin

Location: Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines.

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One of the dive masters shouted “dulpin!”, he pointed at the far horizon and made a hand gesture intended for the boat captain.
I was busy looking at people napping on the boat.
Two Korean guys infront of me were both tall and lean donning the same hairstyle and were in almost identical napping position, a middle-aged Taiwanese couple beside me looked very deep into slumber as the wife’s head rested comfortably on her seated husband’s lap. Their two teenager boys, meanwhile, were silently sleeping (as opposed to their only other state: wide-awake bickering) at the boat’s upper deck.
Either I was too preoccupied or I hardly understood the context of what the dive master was saying. Until moments later, everybody rushed towards the front edge of the boat and the dolphins became visible under the clear, deep blue waters of Dauin, Negros Oriental.
There must’ve been a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand dolphins alternately surfacing the water deep blue water! I didn't count, of course, all I know is that they were all over the sea. Some dolphins were staying closer to one another, most of those within our view were staying in small groups as if racing and playing with each other. 
I don't know much about dolphins other than they're adorable, but my good guess is that there’s one important trait Filipinos and dolphins share: our love to entertain! That impromptu dolphin show was nothing short of magical.

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