Thursday, November 29, 2012

Hundred Islands Alaminos, Pangasinan

According to a native of Alaminos the exact number of islands there is 123 and not 100 that makes oooohh for us J



This trip is the most stressful for me, the original plan is for 10-13 pax so I already reserved a place that can accommodate the group. When everything was already set and I already deposited the down payment back out stories starting to say hello. At the end, 13 pax cut down to 6 pax.
Here is our Itinerary for the Hundred Islands Trip 2 days 1 night
Day 1
12:00 am              Assembly Time
01:00 am              Snack at Mcdonalds
01:45 am              Departure
06:00 am              Arrival at the transient
06:30 am              breakfast
07:30 am              Rest
10:30 am              Preparing for the activity
11:00 am              Lunch time
11:30 am              Let the adventure begin J
05:30 pm              Done with the activity
06:00 pm              Back to transient. Freshen up
08:00 pm              dinner
09:00 pm              TV time
10:30 pm              drinking session at the rooftop
12:30 pm              sleep

Day 2
10:30 am              Preparing for travel back to manila
01:30 am              Lunch
02:30 pm              Departure to Manila
02:15     Stop over to Alaminos market to buy pasalubong
02:45     Travel
07:00     Dinner at NLEX Mega Caltex
08:00     Dinner ended
09:00     Arrival in Manila

Expenses Breakdown

Accommodation               Veronica Hauschild Transient                      2,750 php
Food                                      Food Court near port                                     240 php (B,L,D,L)
Boat                                       Service for 6pax                                                                1,600 php
Gas                                        manila-alaminos v.v.                                       3,000 php
Tollgate                                                vice versa                                                            563 php

                                                                                                Expense               8,153 php / 6
                                                                                                Total                      1,358 per person
                                                                                                               
Optional items

Gears                                    snorkel/lifevest/shoes                                  200/set
                                                                Or
                                                Lifevest/shoes                                                  100/set

The accommodation is quite decent, it has 2 bedrooms, fully air-conditioned, television, wifi, kitchen that you can use and a private bathroom but the service is disappointing. The owner is insisting that she told me about the extension charge, that she texted those details days before our trip but I still have all of her text messages and it doesn’t have the details she is pertaining to, I talked to her for the nth times on the phone but she didn’t told me anything about it. Although the place is good I will not recommend this one for accommodation, good service still my priority.
We rented the boat thru the transient owner and we chose to have the service boat for us to maximize our time for island hopping.

There are three major islands on the place, the first one is the Governor’s Island where you will see the Pinoy Big Brother House that used by Teen Edition 1. It has a short trek to the top but the view is worth it, you can see the group of islands around the place.








The second one is the Quezon Island and it was my favorite because it has a cliff diving area my body is shaking while preparing myself to jump but then the thrill is priceless once you jumped J















Before going to the last Major Island we stopped at a snorkelling site nearby. There are loads of colourful fishes on the site and we even saw the giant clams.








The last island is the Marcos Island wherein you can camp overnight and you have to pay 200 per head. It is somewhat commercialized than the two and the largest too. This island is more on beach type, it has restroom and wide area intended for eating and resting.

Even though I had a stressful time arranging all of this we went home in high spirits as we made our travel back home a concert inside the car. “OH MY GOD WE’RE BACK AGAIN!!”



Never stop traveling for you to explore the book of the world and don’t be stuck in just a page J








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