I planned this trip for weeks, read a lot of blogs and study the map itself. Every planning needs to know the budget and who are the people that you need to contact. I called my travel buddies if they want to join my trip and as always the answer is a big YES! I chose Zambales as our next destination because not only the serene place, beach and pine tress but also I am very curious what will be our life (in just one night) without electricity and cellphone sites.
From Cubao, we took Victory Liner around 7 am bound to Iba and may cost you Php 300 / person and may take 4 hours of travel. Once in San Antonio, take a tricycle to San Miguel to meet our boatman Mang Johnny (Cell # 09202224687). We proceed to Mang Johnny's house to get some utensils and tent (he charged us Php 2,500 / for the boat and tent good for 4 persons already). NOTE: if its too hot and sunny better bring along your shoes. Sobrang init sa paa and parang naluluto dahil mainit yung sand. Took almost 2-3 mins walk from the road to the boat.
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| ANAWANGIN COVE |
First Stop, Anawangin Cove - considered as common campsite. Unfortunately, the place is too crowded that time but still we took our Lunch and relax for a while.
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| relax in my duyan that I bought for only Php 150 |
Next Stop is Nagsasa Cove, took us I think an hour or two travel from Anawangin Cove. A bit far and the waves are much stronger because of the current but still its all worth it. I love the place!
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| NAGSASA COVE |
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| view from our tent |
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| time to swim with Pauline and Laarni |
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| Laarni, Anching and Pauline |
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| Surprised and happy when we saw Summer (classmate way back in college) along with her boyfriend and travel buddies . |
After an hour of swimming and just relax its time to set up the tent, we decided to prepare for our dinner and bonfire. We have a lot of things to talk about with my girlfriends from family, embarrassing moments and also our love life. Night time and its a bit cold already but still bonfire kept us warm.
Morning Time, a bit sleepy but still need to prepare our breakfast and prepare for the 2 islands that we have to visit.
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| coffee first thing in the morning.... |
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hungry.....
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After we arranged the tent and all our things, start with our island hopping.... CAMARA ISLAND. We enjoy literally the SUN, the BEACH and the WHITE SAND.
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sobrang babad lang naman sa dagat :)
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We stayed for almost an hour before we proceed to our last stop, CAPONES ISLAND. Too many rock formation within the island.
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| Me :) |
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| Laarni |
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| Anching |
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| Pauline |
After our photo shoot its time to go back to Manila (back to reality)! We did enjoy our escapades in Zambales and vow to return and spend another solemn night especially if you wish to do soul search :)
Here are the details below for the cost of our trip 2D/1N Zambales Trip:
(Cost for 4 persons): PHP 1,625 / PERSON
PHP 600 / HEAD = Bus Transfers Cubao – Iba – Cubao
PHP 100 / HEAD = Tricycle Transfers San Antonio – San Miguel – San Antonio
PHP 2,500 / GROUP = Boat Transfers with Tent good for 4 persons only
PHP 300 / HEAD = FOOD AND DRINKS FOR THE WHOLE DURATION
Thanks Kuya Johnny for the hospitality and good service (09202224687)... till next time! :)
