By 5 in the morning, we arrived at Naga Central Bus Terminal.
Catched some breakfast and prepared ourselves for another 1-hr long land travel
using a Hi-Ace Van to Sabang Port. Since the sun isn’t that flashy, the clouds
were still low that time.
We passed by fields, houses and some
establishments. We noticed a very beautiful mountain that we thought it was the
beautiful and the perfect cone mountain named as Mayon Volcano because the
summit/peak was still covered by the clouds. But of course, we’re definitely
wrong. Hence, Mayon Volcano isn’t located in Naga but in Albay. And as
we noticed from the map that we have, we found out that the mountain was, Mt.
Isarog.
We reached Sabang Port as early as we can and we felt
the exhaustion from the travel already. With the luggage and bags we have, lying
in front of us is another hurdle of the travel.
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| With my classmates and our professor: (Top to bottom, Left to Right) Kheyyen, Josephine, ME Echo, Jen, Ms. Bing Dee/Deane |
After the long 2-hr ferry ride, we reached Guijalo
Port wherein we were disappointed to the porters available. The porters in
Sabang Port accept and received gratefully how much monetary value we can give.
Unlike ones here, the work done by them were much shorter and easier than in
Sabang. Porters in Sabang were soaked in water, fought against the battle of
the waves so that luggage and bags won’t get wet while in Guijalo, all they need
to do is carry it from ferry up to the vehicles. Yet, you can see their faces
that a ten peso coin won’t be enough. I was totally dismayed by the attitudes
that welcomed us from a long and tiring journey.
There are lots of fields along the road.
Rice Fields! I screamed inside my head. It’s because, rice fields became the first
thing that will pop out of my mind after seeing a field. But at the second thought,
I knew it wasn’t. Though I still can’t name what kind of crops will be
harvested soon.
There were also carabaos, of course!
The difference is that, they weren’t working; instead, they were taking a nap or
a short rest in a kind of mud or swamp.
We reached the West Peninsula Villas after a 15-minute ride
which offered us a visit to the town of Caramoan. The town was simple; there
are no urbanized establishments and food chains like McDonalds, Jollibee, KFC,
etc. The life was plain, yet they didn’t look less than a person in the city.
And I admire them for that.
The
rooms at the first floor were about to 3-4 rooms too.
The
afternoon part of the day gave us more tiredness. After a couple of minutes, we
departed the villas and went to Bikal Port for our island hopping, which said to
be the highlights of the tour. The weather isn’t good when we leave the Port,
but as we get farther from the land, Mr. Sun showed us his mighty rays.
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| (Left to Right) ME, Jen, Daisy, Leth & Josephine |
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| With Jen |
Caramoan’s powdery white sand
beaches, interesting rock formations, and lush greenery make it the perfect
setting for numerous franchises of the reality television series ‘Survivor’.
We
visited another two islands nearby Matukad Island but prefer not to go down the
boat due to tiredness. Hence, the islands were really beautiful, uninhabited,
and looked perfectly reserved. We attempted to fool around but our body pushed
us to just say “NO” and look forward to rest as soon as possible.
When
we arrived back at the villas, I tried dipping into the pool for some serenity
after a tiring and of course an exciting and full of adventure day. Words
aren’t enough to witness how blessed the Philippines was when it comes to
natural resources and adventures. Truly, it’s more fun in the
Philippines!
The
day completed by having a buffet dinner in the open dining area with a delicious
viand again. The dessert was great. A really great compliment of the
meals we had.
The
night crept in and we fool around in our own rooms with whatever trip we had.
But mostly, we do a lot of eating! Hahaha! After our jaw got tired of chewing foods
for midnight snacks, lights off approached us and that’s how we bid DAY 2, a
peaceful goodnight!
