Monday, April 28, 2008
july 2007 white beach, puerto gallera
A few weeks before my aunt died…me, mommy, sister, ditse, jopen and evita went to white beach puerto galera…it was one of those spur of the moment, unplanned “lets go away this weekend” thing our family is famous for.
We stayed at Lan-sei Beach resort in white beach, beautiful place, clean, complete facilities, reasonably priced, very nice people, and excellent service. I guess the only catch is, its not along the shore…but its ok the pluses more than compensated for it. It was my second time to stay there, and it has always been consistently pleasant.
We went there separately because mommy, sister and ditse will be coming from QC, jopen from Laguna, and me and evita from Cavite. those from QC took the early morning bus from Jam terminal near Edsa, Kamias and was at Batangas City pier around 9am. Jopen was early too. Surprise of all surprise Us who’s the closest to Batangas were late…blame it on the colorum van we took from Robinsons place dasma to the pier…it was hot...crowded and very slow. I called my mom to just go with Jopen to white beach and we will just meet them for lunch in one of the restaurants along the beach so that they wont waste time waiting for us.
The boat ride was exciting, even though im used to to riding them when I go diving, I would have to admit that even I still felt a wee bit nervous…when the boat driver suddenly stopped the engine, in the middle of nowhere because the wave was just too strong. Everybody( maybe 40-50 passengers)went still for a few minutes as the driver and his assistants tried to maneuver the boat manually using just a long pole. One of the passenger (a foreigner, maybe European), sitting maybe 5 seats away from me….got totally drenched with sea water. One minute she was just sitting there then a wave from the window suddenly hit her from the back causing an isolated shower just on her spot. She was shocked and speechless for words…the passengers beside her were quick to hand out tissues, towels and clothes so she can dry herself.
We had lunch at a Korean Filipino restaurant near the shore…service is slow …and food is so so… 50% of the food in the menu is not available….but Im just too hungry to care.
We walked around for a bit, took pictures then we went to the resort to rest.
I slept on their beautiful open lanai area made of bamboo and shingles, while the others sing out to their hearths content at the free videoke.
I woke up almost dinner time. We’ve decided to just eat at the resort rather than go restaurants near the beach. We swam on the pool, played billards and tried the Jacuzzi before we finally retired for bed.
Early the next day we went to the beach to eat breakfast afterwards we swam on the beach until the sun gets too hot. It was my mom’s first time to swim in an open water at the age of 68. Me and my sister persistently asked her to try the water until she finally joined us. then we hit the shops to buy some trinkets for ourselves and for pasalubong. I cant remember which boat we took back …my guess was it’s the 2pm boat to Batangas city pier.
We stayed at Lan-sei Beach resort in white beach, beautiful place, clean, complete facilities, reasonably priced, very nice people, and excellent service. I guess the only catch is, its not along the shore…but its ok the pluses more than compensated for it. It was my second time to stay there, and it has always been consistently pleasant.
We went there separately because mommy, sister and ditse will be coming from QC, jopen from Laguna, and me and evita from Cavite. those from QC took the early morning bus from Jam terminal near Edsa, Kamias and was at Batangas City pier around 9am. Jopen was early too. Surprise of all surprise Us who’s the closest to Batangas were late…blame it on the colorum van we took from Robinsons place dasma to the pier…it was hot...crowded and very slow. I called my mom to just go with Jopen to white beach and we will just meet them for lunch in one of the restaurants along the beach so that they wont waste time waiting for us.
The boat ride was exciting, even though im used to to riding them when I go diving, I would have to admit that even I still felt a wee bit nervous…when the boat driver suddenly stopped the engine, in the middle of nowhere because the wave was just too strong. Everybody( maybe 40-50 passengers)went still for a few minutes as the driver and his assistants tried to maneuver the boat manually using just a long pole. One of the passenger (a foreigner, maybe European), sitting maybe 5 seats away from me….got totally drenched with sea water. One minute she was just sitting there then a wave from the window suddenly hit her from the back causing an isolated shower just on her spot. She was shocked and speechless for words…the passengers beside her were quick to hand out tissues, towels and clothes so she can dry herself.
We had lunch at a Korean Filipino restaurant near the shore…service is slow …and food is so so… 50% of the food in the menu is not available….but Im just too hungry to care.
We walked around for a bit, took pictures then we went to the resort to rest.
I slept on their beautiful open lanai area made of bamboo and shingles, while the others sing out to their hearths content at the free videoke.
I woke up almost dinner time. We’ve decided to just eat at the resort rather than go restaurants near the beach. We swam on the pool, played billards and tried the Jacuzzi before we finally retired for bed.
Early the next day we went to the beach to eat breakfast afterwards we swam on the beach until the sun gets too hot. It was my mom’s first time to swim in an open water at the age of 68. Me and my sister persistently asked her to try the water until she finally joined us. then we hit the shops to buy some trinkets for ourselves and for pasalubong. I cant remember which boat we took back …my guess was it’s the 2pm boat to Batangas city pier.
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