September 21, 2011

An Adventure I won't Forget (Our Camping/Island Hopping) Part 1


This is a post long overdue. The story about our island hopping in the province of Quezon.

Day 1 at Dampalitan Island: 

May 28, 2011, we packed our things and pushed through with our camping trip despite the pitiful weather condition.  It's not like were not minding it but the forecast seem unstable and that made our minds. This was an island hopping adventure with lots of fun as we anticipated it, but what we had was an adventure and not much of a fun. 

look at the sky that day

When we reached the seashore, the boat which will take us to the first island was not there. According to our contacts, it transported some tourist to another island but couldn't go back quickly because of the big waves. Needless to say, we have to wait for the boat to arrive and for the waves to settle.

After almost 2 hours in waiting, the boat finally did arrived. Sigh of relief for us and we immediately loaded our stuffs and off  we go to the first Island called Dampalitan at around 4:00 in the afternoon. We pinched the tent and cooked our food. Cause we came from a night shift before that, all of us were sleepless and tired so after eating my dinner I decided to take a rest before hanging out with the gang. But my anticipated few minutes of sleep lasted till midnight and I did awake with the sound of raindrops falling on my tent. The rain gets harder and harder and the water started to kill my tent, so I decided to move out and leave my camping bag in the middle to save it from getting wet. I sacrificed for the sake of my camping bag and the result for me was an aching body due to cold raindrops.

We thought it wouldn't last long but it did. Thank God one of the local folks there offered us  one of their nipa huts where we can stay for the night and wait till morning so we can fix our things and our camp. Well, that's how it goes for the first day. We're tired, wet and sleepless.

to be continued........

sorry for the picture quality, I was sooooo tired

13 comments:

  1. Hi Sey..kamusta kana? Paxnxa na at d ako maxadong nakakapagcomment sa mga posts mo lately,..binabasa ko siya pero d ako nakakapaggpost ng comment sobrang tamad na tamad ako lately sa lahat ng bagay..hehee

    Parang exciting tong island hopping ninyo at talagang kahit na ang panahon ay d maganda tuloy parin..adventure talaga. Gusto ko din ang mga ganyang adventure sa Island kahit na d ako marunong lumangoy.. at takot ako sa ibat ibang hayop nameron sa Island ito man ay nasa cluster ng critically endangered specie, endangered,threatened or vulnerable..ewan ko ba kung bakit. takot din ako sa mga engkanto at mga nono sa punso cguro ito ay dahil sa kapapanood ko ng mga movies na pag nasa Island maraming hinde magandang mangyayari..hehee

    Anyway, paxnxahan muna ako at talagang may pagkaweirdo ako minsan..hahaa Ang babaet naman ng mga nakatira sa Island saan bayan sa quezon at mapuntahan ko nga..hehee

    Miss you Sey.Sana makasama ako sa inyo nila ate mayen para mameet kita in person.. Sa October kasi finals na sa school at punta din ako ng bohol sa sembreak, pero sana sa date ninyo ay makasama ako..tc Sey. Love you.mwah

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  2. awww.. adventure nga yan twin sis. But if you are in good company I'm sure nag-enjoy kayo kahit tired,sleepless and wet. I miss you twin sis! I'll wait for the part two. I think I already saw some of the pictures on Facebook. if I'm not mistaken. Are you wearing red nail polish here.. haha.. yun kasi yung nakita ko sa fb. haha..

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  3. Adventure much? Hihi. :)
    Hoping to see the next parts of the story!

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  4. First day pa lang ito.Mukhang challenging ang Island hopping na ito.Sabagay what to expect sa PInas kundi ang ulan.Pero miss ko na ang ulan Sey.

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  5. huwaaaa... I remember when we went to Potipot Island... yahooo... it was fun... You know what I really want to go to the beach now... ahahaha.....

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  6. tired b yan? eh mukhang blooming nga eh. hehehe

    -kikilabotz

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  7. This is why I hate to go camping. Bad weather always hits and makes a mess of things. I prefer to camp at hotels with room service.

    - Jay

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  9. Gnetch Really. An adventure for a lifetime.


    Pearl That's okay. alam ko busy ka sa school. Ako din naman tamad din ako lately. Ewan ko ba sumabay pa yung kabisihan sa work kaya ayun wala nang time.

    kasi naka-set na siya and yung food nabili na. We watched out for the weather eh di naman sure yung forecast kaya go na kami. Ako din takot sa mga creatures pero ine-enjoy ko lang kasi once for a lifetime lang yung opportunity. Mahirap kasi makahanap ng adventurous friends. Hehe. Pero I assure you, masaya talaga siya especially pag summer and kapag malapit na ang Christmas season.

    May next target kami, wanna join? Pero yung adventure na yan was in Padre Burgos Quezon.

    I miss you too. Sana nga hindi ka busy then para tatlo tayo. For sure, we'll have a lot of fun. Punta ka din Bohol? Wow, gusto ko din dun pero next time siguro...hinay-hinay lang kasi magastos din.

    Love you Pearl and thank you so much!


    mayen Oo, merong twist yan haha, makulit mga kasama ko kaya ayos na din. tawa trip kahit antok. Yes, I'm wearing red polish on that trip, panlaban sa mumu. hehe! I miss you too Twin Sis. Miss you so much!


    UMI thanks. I'll post it soon. Busy lang ngayon.


    Diamond R Naku palaging naulna dito ngayon. Pabugso-bugso. Puro adventure nga ang nangyari sa amin eh.


    musingan goooooo! hahaha, Al na-miss kita sa blogging world. Ano nangyari sayo? Buti naman you're back. Potipot ang next target namin or Pagudpod. Sama ka? hahaha


    kikilabotz hehehe, tired yan...promise, as in super.


    Florida Girl More pictures sooooon.... :)


    I'm with Stupid yup. i understand and expect a lot of mess. I would love to have luxury at hotels too.

    Thanks Jay!

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  10. Nice to see you out and about sis. Hirap ng palaging work na lang ng work.
    More pics please!!!

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  11. uy, adventure nga. hehe, babasahin ko na ang part 2.

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