Valentines Day Largey: Island Hopping and Camping at Nagsasa Cove

It's 3 am on Valentines Day. The girls and I are off to the North, our game: beachineering baby! 

Who's excited? Kahit walang tulog, smile lang. :)

The call time was a little early yeah, but that's how we like it. We actually made the request to adjust the time. It's a weekend, a sweldo weekend at that, a bunch of people for sure were thinking the same thing, that is escaping the busy metro. And we sure were glad we made the request. What with getting lost along the way and all, our supposedly 3-hour travel time took significantly much longer than that. Long enough that when the sun broke (by the time I woke up) at around 6am we were still in Bataan, asking for directions. I was asleep most of the time so I guess I didn't really mind. It would have been better however, if the timeline was closely followed. More beach time, chika time, and photo op. Anyways, I think I dozed off again and we were already in San Antonio when I opened my eyes again. Barangay Pundaquit will just be a short distance away.

A quick stop at San Antonio market. Chel and I got hats for P100 each, cheapo right? 

While Ate Joie, Echie, and Jayson were buying supplies, we also took the time to do some last minute chichirya shopping since they'd cost more than double in the island. 

And then after some more driving, tadaa we've... landed? hehe

Pictorial sa Pundaquit. Sorry kuya bangkero, hindi pa kami ready e. :P 

Better. :) This isn't the whole group, though, it's just us from the office with ate Joie, our organizer. 

Island hopping time. Leaving Pundaquit. Medyo mahangin sa labas. Hehehe 

Again, mahangin sa labas. :P

The first stop - Camara Island. 

Apparently, the most decent shot is the one where I was not present.Pssh Wait, so, I ruin the photos? Hahaha 

We, from the office, traveled with these new friends. Ja, Jay, Jayson, and Echie. (Er, Echie, our adobo master, I've met before.) The latter two were our guides and are with Ate Joie in the biz.

Where's Waldo? Where's Joie, I mean. I had to make this photo bigger, in case you can't see Ate Joie dangling from that big rock formation. #astig :D

Next Stop. Capones Lighthouse. :) At this point of the tour, pictures were taken using my phone and obviously the resolution's lower.pfft Had to leave Luna, my trusty p & s on the boat because the water here is higher above our waists. High enough to make protecting just one gadget a challenge since I wasn't able to waterproof all my things. Girl's got a lot more to learn in "beachineering 101" hehe.

Capones' rocky beach. My view from the steps going to the lighthouse.

The steps in question. The lighthouse is about a good ten minutes of hiking from the shore. And even though the hike seemed intimidating from the boat, you'd reach your destination soon enough. Easy peasy, heh. Sooner than you could take the perfect jumpshot when you've reached the landing from these steps, which, pfft! Needless to say failed attempts of said jumpshots would not be posted here. hah!

zeh lighthouse in Capones

Photo op again, of course. :) 

Back at the shore before heading to our last destination and our home for the day - Nagsasa. :D  


After being (slightly?) battered by the waves, on the rocky beach of Capones, it's now time to head to the cove which will be our home for the rest of this vacay. Yay! And since it's already past lunch time, needless to say, we're hungry but our destination won't be in sight until after a half hour or so. But our guides had that covered, we're going to have lunch right then and there. Yes, at the boat. Everyone's already too hungry and tired that no one thought of documenting this part of the ride. 

Or so we thought. Heh. Thankfully Miss Ja took a few shots before eating, so again, yay! 

(c) Miss Ja

And this was what shut us up, hahaha. The experience of eating this after the challenge of getting on the boat; on that rocky, slippery, and wavy Capones shore was just wow! Exagg ba? We don't think so. Shout out to our bangkeros for the yummy lunch! :D 

Now, with our bellies full, we're all a little sleepy. And the gentle swing of the boat was like a hammock for us. Hayy, baboy lang ang peg? Hahaha Anyways, whatever opportunity of napping we had was snatched away when it started drizzling, which, oops! Of course we still haven't changed and were still wearing the clothes soaked in Capones but no one was ready to get rained on, right? Thankfully that was it, just a drizzle and it didn't turn into a full on rain. We reached Nagsasa Cove dry, uhmm almost.

Now with our tummies full we can have all the time we have for beach bumming. Ohhh, this is the life 'sall I'm sayin. We dread for 'going home time' to come. But for now pictorial pa more! Hahaha 

Touch down. Change outfits. Pictorial. Boom! hahaha 

LOVE. Because hey, it's Valentines Day.

Sorry not sorry. pa-cute pa more :P hahaha

And there you go. The Nagsasa Cove leg of this vacay will be posted separately. :)


We would like to thank Ate Joie of Joie's Events, Travel, and Adventure, and our guides Echie and Jayson. :D