Caramoan + CWC Trip - July 15-18, 2011 Day 4

Woke up 5:15am to catch the shuttle to the airport.

Bye CWC!

Caramoan + CWC Trip - July 15-18, 2011 Day 3

Bye Caramoan! Took the 8am ferry ride to Sabang port. Waves are rough. Quite an adventure!

CWC

Love that it's a hotspot.

Had lunch at CWC after checking in.

After lunch, we registered and started with kneeboarding. After two successful rides, we went to learn wakeboarding. I'd say it takes a lot of tries to learn how to ride a wakeboard. Time will also be consumed taking turns. I love the speed but I love surfing more. :)

We only had an hour to wakeboard because we have to go to the market and buy pasalubong. We also went to SM Naga.

Their bar is called Happy Ending. Pretty cozy and nice staff.

Going to CWC made me wonder how it's like in Lago De Oro. Much closer.

Caramoan + CWC Trip - July 15-18, 2011 Day 2

Call time: 7am. Nah, changed it to 8am instead.

More island hopping today.

Going low tide.

This is one of the many islands that Survivor went.

Night ended up meeting new people after some drama.

Caramoan + CWC Trip - July 15-18, 2011 Day 1

Companions: Di and Nic

Flight to Naga - 6am. Our flight was delayed for an hour. A funny experience, the three of us lined up for a different flight time and a different airline. So embarrassing!

Naga

Arrived in Naga around 7:40 in the morning. We took the shuttle to Sabang port hoping to catch the 9am boat.

From Sabang port, it's a 2hr boat ride to Caramoan.

Caramoan

We checked in at Villa Juliana Inn (the pink house). Lunch was prepared already when we came in. We were so hungry, we weren't able to take pictures.

Island hopping

Villa Juliana's backyard.

Love the full moon.

We took advantage of the videoke placed on Di's request.

Calaguas - Bagasbas Trip - July 1-3, 2011 Day 2

We left Calaguas with a drunk boatman around 10 in the morning.

Bagasbas

We stayed at the Surfers Diners Inn (not so sure if I get this right) but this place is cool and the staff as well. Prices are also affordable. Surf instructors not so bad either. I wish they let us use the fiber boards though.

Lessons learned: Not to get the lady reflexologist, it's torture. To wear the lace with the room key.

Calaguas - Bagasbas Trip - July 1-3, 2011 Day 1

Companions: Mabs and Gracey

In search for better waves, we ditched LU for Bagasbas. We took Philtranco's 9pm bus to Daet. There we planned to go to Calaguas. Among us three, Gracey is the most excited learning we're going to Calaguas. She's gone there and we told her she'll be our point person for this trip. It's about 6-7 hour bus ride to Daet. Good thing Gracey contacted the boatman to the island.

Obstacles

No tent, no lamp/flashlight, no cookware, no utensils, no beddings

Daet

We immediately went to the market to buy food, charcoal etc. We also created a quick menu for Calaguas. We had breakfast at Jollibee Daet then rode a tricycle to the port.

The boat ride costs Php2000 for the three of us and it took us 2 hrs to reach the place.

Calaguas

This island has a long shoreline with powdery white sand. Water's clear.

We arrived Saturday, 10 in the morning. We put our bags in one of the nipa huts then looked for tent rental.

Our rent for the tent costs Php400/overnight. The tent can accommodate 8 pax. There's another tent for rent costing Php300 which can accommodate 2 pax.

The part of the island we stayed in doesn't have cellular phone signal.

We swam, drink, eat, sleep and meet people.

Evening came, there are fireflies and thousands of stars. We also have bonfire and roasted marshmallows.

Anniversary

On July 25, 2011, I will celebrate my 1st year of blogging here in Blogspot. Looking forward to more years!

Cheers!