a taste of sand

finally! just before our first day of school, i had a chance to go to a somewhere i could cool my tired self down.

last saturday, i went to puerto gallera with my kraft friends and our significant others. we did not choose to stay at white beach because we knew that it would be teeming with people. more people means more temptation. ahahaha! we booked our stay at tanawin bay resort in muelle. about 10 mins away from white beach.

i was kindda curious about this resort so i googled it...

“an exotic taste of luxury” Triple A De Luxe Resort
accredited by Department Of Tourism
WE ARE THE NO. 1 HONEYMOON RESORT
IN PUERTO GALERA PHILIPPINES!
http://www.tanawinbayresort.com/

asteeeg! it has it's own website. haha! overnight rates are quite cheap, 800 pax. not bad for a resort that has a private beach, swimming pool, fine dining restaurant and other outdoor facilities (so it says.. haha!)

meeting place: kraft
meeting time: 3am

ok, so chai and i arrived kraft on time, so did jen and bri. jing and cocoy was on their way. meann (who was still in kraft up to midnight), still asleep! jing and cocoy in their starex van arrived at 330. we decided to give meann her time and headed first to SEX to have breakfast.

batangas port: 720am

a delay in departure time and a a passenger tug-o-war.

we almost sailed on a boat heading to a different port because of the ship dudes. it would be very interesting blog entry when we failed to confirm the route to the captain. HAHAHA!

muelle port: 930am

tanawin bay resort was just a 4-minute trike ride uphill. i gotta sit on the back of the trike, bumping my butt on the "plush metal seat". a realy bumpy ride. the trike stopped at an entrance at the base of a mountain.

"where the heck are we?! aren't we supposed to be on a beach resort?"
"ser, wala pung beach dito, sa white beach pa po kayo pupunta."
"WTF?!?!"

we started pointing fingers on who planned the trip. meann almost blew her fuse.
"tara na nga!"
then we hiked the winding path to the top of the mountain.

upon entering the resort, tides turned the other way around. we like, owned the whole resort! very lucky! and we aso got an upgrade in lodging. ate vangie gave us the biggest villa in the resort ironically called "the snail room". and indeed, there is a private beach on the other side of the mountain! WHEW!

...to be continued