6/7/15 - Cagbalete Island trip

June has started but summer is not yet over for me.

Last weekend, I joined my former colleagues from my previous company as we headed out to the beach in Cagbalete Island, Mauban, Quezon.

It was my first time to go there and I was quite hesitant to join at first. Fortunately,I still had funds to pay for the overnight stay and I had my rest days during those days so I didn't have to adjust my sched.

We left midnight of Saturday so I was already at the office by Friday night. We were supposed to take the bus but at the bus station, we were able to make a deal with two FX shuttles to take us there. There were around 19 of us in total so we had to split in two shuttles. I got to meet the new employees of the company as well as see the new look of the office.

Since we left Manila before 2 am, we didn't experience traffic and arrived at the Quezon port at around 5-6 am. We took a boat ride to the island for almost an hour.

The island looked good at first sight. The sea was at low tide so we had to walk to the beach from the boat which couldn't really dock at the beach front because of it.

We brought plenty of food which we couldn't even finish as well as boxes of beer and alcohol.

During the stay, we had to cook our food old-school style so cooking took a lot of time. We also played frisbee and played a bunch of card games. We couldn't rent out houses because they were fully-booked so we slept in tents that were rented out by the resort.

The sea wasn't so deep whether it's high or low tide so we got to go to the far parts of the sea.

The only part I don't like about the beach was that the sandbed was full of rocks so we got some wounds from walking.The sand in the camp site was also quite dirty,probably from all the charcoal left lying around. Our feet was so dirty when we left and the dirt was hard to be scrubbed off.

The heat of the sun made it unbearable to swim for a long period of time but I was glad to have an opportunity to catch up with my friends from my past work. I'm glad they didn't change so much and it felt like the good old times. We left the following day and our trip was longer than the previous day as expected.. My body was aching from all the pains but it was all worth it.

I'm waiting for one more beach trip in the next two weeks before my summer is over and right now, I'm just trying to survive work and save money.