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Zamboanga Trip: Picnic at Sta. Cruz Island aka Pink Island

Aside from the Merloquet Waterfalls adventure, I was also excited to visit the famous Pink Island of Zamboanga. Aside from wanting to spend a day on the beach, I was curious how “pink” the sand was.

Zamboanga Trip: Sta. Cruz also known as “Pink Island”
December 7, 2012

I was told that the corals before were bigger compared to these corals now.

Prior to the trip, we went to the Department of Tourism (DOT) to inquire about the day tour to the island. I’ve heard that tourists need security escorts to avoid unfortunate incidents like kidnapping. To be honest, I was a little hesitant because of this; but we were assured that it’s safe so long as we had these military men with us.

We registered our names at the DOT for reservation. Alternately, you can directly go to the port in Paseo del Mar as walk-in clients.

security escort with his rifle to Sta. Cruz Island

nice day to be at the beach!

At the end of every travel series, I usually write an article about tips and things to know about that particular destination. The same goes true for my trip in Anawangin Cove, Nagsasa Cove and Capones Island in Zambales. It’s been two years since I waited for this trip to happen. One feature that enticed … Read more

Zambales Trip: Anawangin Cove, Nagsasa Cove and Capones Island

Just got home from another set of adventures during our trip from Cebu to Clark wherein we headed to Zambales to experience and see the amazing views of their islands and coves.

I’ve been meaning to visit this part of the Philippines ever since I saw photos of pine trees on the beach and the vast landscape. Took me about two years to finally reach this province and I’m glad to have conquered it.

Beach on one side, lake on the other. Pine trees in between and mountain ranges at the back. I’ll be posting more entries about each spot in the future. I just thought I’d share a couple of snapshots because I don’t think I’ll be able to write my experiences any time soon.

ANAWANGIN COVE

This is the most famous among all the spots in Zambales and I fell in the process of going down from a climb. I’ve a couple of scars that will soon vanish in due time. Will write more about it later.

Anawangin Cove, Zambales

pine trees on the beach

NAGSASA COVE

Nagsasa Cove was the main spot I wanted to visit because of how everybody said it’s a better option compared to Anawangin. I still prefer this cove though. It’s indeed peaceful because there aren’t as many travellers as Anawangin.

wide landscape (photo by Doi)

Matukad Island in the Caramoan peninsula is one of the places we dropped by for our island-hopping adventure in Camarines Sur.

This is actually the first island that we visited and we didn’t really expect much. There were a lot of tourists who traveled to this part of the country as the attractions were really well-marketed. With the Camsur Watersports Complex and the islands that were featured in various travel shows and internet blogs.

water splashing

We rode a small boat and we were in awe at the beautiful rock formations that passed by before we headed to the island. If the boat were bigger, I wanted to ask them to stop the motor so we could jump off and dive into the waters. It reminded me of the pictures that we see in Palawan – and I have yet to conquer the place.

giant rocks are aplenty in the Caramoan peninsula

I miss Siargao. This was one of the first places I visited two years ago which started my love for traveling and blogging about the place I traveled. The pictures below were taken at Magpupungko Lagoon in Siargao. The main attraction aside from the crystal aqua blue waters is that they have this giant rock … Read more

nalusuan island tease

Nalusuan Island, Cebu April 10, 2010 Just wanted to post a picture of our recent team outing activity in Nalusuan Island. The weather was just perfect for summer and I had fun with the company. I’ll be blogging more about this place and what happened as there’s just so many pictures I’d like to post … Read more

I won two day tour passes to Sumilon island!

Two tickets to be exact! I won two day tour passes to Sumilon Island! To think that I only joined late that I didn't even know that I could still make it at the event. Here's my blog entry about it. Soloflighted's trip to Sumilon Island Kai was actually giving me some hints on plurk … Read more

going to Sumilon with other bloggers

After creating the entry about Maribago Blue Waters Resort in this blog, I got lucky to be picked as one of those who’ll participate in the Sumilong Island Tour for bloggers. It’s been raining real hard and I actually have a flu but I’ll be joining later on. It’ll only be for a day anyway, … Read more

Camarines Sur: Parish Church of St. Michael the Archangel

Parish Church of St. Michael the Archangel Caramoan Town Camarines Sur During our second day of the adventure in backpacking from Cebu to Caramaon, CamSur, before we had another stretch of island hopping activities for our second day (we went to the islands of Manlawi, Cotivas and Sabitang-Laya), we dropped by a church in the … Read more

CamSur: Lago del Rey at CWC

Lago Del Rey CamSur Watersports Complex (CWC) I thought the wake boarding was already enough because we were pressed with time and I wanted to be able to finally ride the board on my feet. I didn't think I would enjoy it here in Lago del Rey but I did. It was raining at that … Read more

CamSur: CamSur Watersports Complex (CWC)

How We Got To Caramoan https://soloflighted.com/2009/07/01/how-we-got-to-caramoan/ After our trip to the Caramoan islands (day 1 and day 2), it was time for us to go to the CamSur Watersports Complex (CWC). From Guilajo Port in the Caramoan town, we rode a boat going to Sabang Port. It was raining at times too but good thing … Read more

CamSur Caramoan: Manlawi , Cotivas and Sabitang-Laya

Manlawi , Cotivas and Sabitang-Laya Caramoan Islands Camarines Sur Our second day of island hopping in the Caramoan Islands in CamSur. This day was a bit longer but we only had 3 islands to drop because of time constraints. Hopping to the islands are definitely farther because it took about an hour for us to … Read more

CamSur Caramoan: Matukad and Lahos Islands

Camsur day 1: Matukad and Lahos Islands Caramoan, Camarines Sur From Villa Juliana Inn, we headed straight to Paniman so we could start our island hopping tour. We met some travelers as well from Manila who also dropped by the place and joined us in going to the islands. It was nice to meet some … Read more

well-rested

Haha! Finally got a good 11 hours of sleep! I’ve never shut my eyes like this in a very long time, even on weekends which are my days off. It feels good to wake up not feeling groggy and cranky for a change. I’m trying to reply to commentators who have questions regarding the trips … Read more