Because Zambales ;)

I have heard of this place last year. Me and my college batchmates have planned a getaway to this place but it did not materialize. Good thing, I have two desperate officemates (itago na lang natin sila sa pangalang Kim and Fidel) filled with wanderlust that took a chance with me to discover this summer paradise at Zambales.

From Metro Manila, Zambales is a 4-hr ride. From the bus stop at San Antonio, Zambales, you need to take a 10-min tricycle ride to Pundaquit beach and from there, you take a 20-min boat ride to Anawangin cove.

All would have went well. EXCEPT that there are many “San Antonio” in Luzon and unfortunately, we took the bus ride that took us to San Antonio Nueva Ecija instead of Zambales. So we ended up sticking our buts for another 4 hours from Nueva Ecija to Zambales. Literally wasted the whole day. HAHAHAHA

By the time we arrived at cove, we witnessed the ever-stunning beauty of the sunset.

We were so dedicated to do it the hard way. There’s no electricity at Anawangin island nor any signal so it was really a break from the city and all the stress your phone has to offer. We cooked dinner using wood (OH YEAH) and had bonfire while watching the night sky.

With Kimerrs

SPEAKING OF THE NIGHT SKYYYY OMGGG I KENOT AFFORD TO DESTROY THE MOMENT SO NO PHOTO HERE, AND MY PHONE CANNOT CAPTURE THE EXACT BEAUTY OF THE CONSTELLATIONS ANYWAAAAY! I JUST HAD THE BEST-EST VIEW OF THE STARS IN MY ENTIRE LIFE LYING DOWN THE SEASHORE, WITH THE WAVES BENEATH MY FEET AND WITH MATCHING CLASSIC LOVE SONGS OMMMMGGGGG AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW SHINING ALGAE ON THE SEASHORE!!!!  Well, it did not really looked like the photo below but I saw many of them being carried along by the waves towards the seashore! YOU CANNOT MISS THIS!

Bottomline: go there. See it for yo-self!

And then we slept inside the tent (SO LOVE THE FEELS) and we enjoyed the cozy sleep big time!

The next morning, we embarked the great climb so we can enjoy a higher view of the awesome place.

Medyo pagod kiddo ^_^

The top view!! Whoa!

Why such beauty?!

And then we “sort of” experienced Korea at the further part of the island.

And then we enjoyed the beach. I guarantee you that it’s one of the cleanest beaches I’ve ever beeeen! And my eyes did not even hurt as much as it usually does when I open them underwater. So I guess this means it’s really clean. ;)

At the later part of the day, we went island hopping to Capones Island. Awesome beach as well.  Vanity overload!

The Little Mermaid

And we also dropped by at Camara Island which is also a beauty!

We are not exhausted.

Afterwhich, we went back to Pundaquit beach and had our dinner and off we went to the busy Metro Manila. Overall, the getaway was so refreshing! It reminded me of how beautiful our country is. One proof of how fond I am of this place—I shall be back soon! HAHAHA :D