view from the top of governor's island
this is a delayed post of our family's pangasinan vacay. of course i didn't forget to tell you about the trip. it's just been really crazy at work that's why the late posting. i know i won't be able to finish the whole adventure in one sitting so i'll be making another series just like my boracay series (part 1, 2, 3 & 4).
this first part is all about hundred islands. details after the jump...
with only 4 hours of travel, we arrived at hundred islands at 5 in the morning. it was still very dark and really cold but there were already a lot of manongs waiting for tourists to arrive at the national park. one of the men, mang jojo, was kind enough to give us advice on how to enjoy the island tour. he offered his services to us such as boat, snorkel, vest and aqua shoes rental with a HUUGE discount. that or he was just too confused to compute the many items we rented. he also showed us where we could buy delicious daing na bangus + tomatoes + calamansi w/ soy sauce + generous servings of rice that we can take on our trip. come 6am, a group of students on an educational trip arrived in buses. to avoid the crowd, we boarded our boat and took off before the students did.
mr. sun peeking from the clouds
it was quite a cloudy day so i thought it was going to rain. but then again..at 6am, the sun's just risen so it isn't really shining at it's best yet. at least, we didn't get sunburnt during the whole island hopping.
since we hired a special boat faster than the rest, we were the first to arrive at every island we went to. such an advantage as we were able to have a little privacy before the groups arrived.
first stop is at governor's island where you climb a hundred plus steps (?) to have a breathtaking view of some of the islands. i'd say the hike up was well worth the pain in the legs. really awesome view (see the very first pic of this post).
pinoy big brother; lone bird perched on a tree
after our photo op with the great view, we then trekked back down the island to the big brother house which, our guide told us, can be rented at 10k per night.
quezon island
our next destination was the most popular among the bunch, quezon island. it has fine white sand but it's still a far cry from the boracay sand. they said this place was best for swimming, snorkeling and other water activites but i'd say NOT! i was really excited to go snorkeling again that i bought a snorkeling gear before the trip. but i was so disappointed with the beach there. it's full of seaweeds that annoyingly cling to the body, lots of giant rocks that pierce the skin once you go near it, and most of all, no beautiful fishies in sight. sheesh!
after getting bored and bruised at quezon island, we then went to children's island, called so because the beach is so shallow making it suitable for children to swim. even though the water is super duper cold, this is probably the place where i enjoyed bathing in the most. no big rocks and seaweeds. the surface is not sand though..more of corals..tiny corals so it's quite painful to the feet. many thanks to our rented aqua shoes, our feet were protected from the sharpness of those corals.
dark cave
our last stop was at a cave which name i can't remember. our guide told us that the cave was believed to have gold composites or even buried treasures of some sort (yamashita's?) so some foreigners dug holes around the cave at night. other than that, there's nothing really special about the cave at all.
welcoming us to puerto del sol
afterwards, we head back to the national park's tourist office, changed to dry clothes and travelled another hour to our home for the night, puerto del sol. details of it on my next post.
my other posts in the pangasinan series:
puerto del sol bolinao
other bolinao sights
the summary
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