Tourists flocking to Caramoan usually skip Aguirangan Island, and may not have heard about it at all. Prior to our Camarines Sur trip, we haven’t heard of such place either. The island is actually just a thirty-minute boat ride from Sabang Port in San Jose, where boats going to Caramoan also depart. To get there,…
beaches
Whirlwind Bohol Tour
Great Santa Cruz ‘Pink Beach’ Island, Zamboanga
July 2006, my Zambuangeño hosts invited me to go to Great Santa Cruz Island a day after we visited Basilan’s Malamawi White Beach. I was still overwhelmed with the fact that I stepped on Basilan territory, and can’t believe we will go next to a pink beach. The small port for Santa Cruz Island-bound boats…
Kwebang Lampas
Patar Beach
The driver of our hired van should have at least consulted a map before driving to a province unknown to him. Instead of taking the route from Camiling, we drove all the way to Urdaneta-Dagupan-Lingayen to reach Alaminos. Then from Alaminos, to Bolinao. A trip that took 8 hours (which should only be 4-5) before…
Don’t Tell My Mother I’m In Basilan
It is unfortunate that only the brave can travel this part of the country. I wouldn’t have dared too, if not for the Basileños I’ve befriended in Zamboanga. They said Basilan is not as dangerous as the media projects, so long as we stay away from certain unsafe, off-limits Abu Sayyaf areas. This was back…