Last May 15 and 16 we went to Puerto Galera to celebrate our 9th year anniversary and welcome my 25th year of existence in this world. Ton crashed in my place at around 10 pm, we're supposed to go to the bus terminal at three in the morning. To kill time we went to McDonald's to eat and went back again to my house and watch a whole lotta tv! By the time it was three I can barely keep my eyes open but then again we have to leave or we'll miss the earliest bus to leave the metro.
Huholz! Photos!
It's past 5 in the morning when we arrived at the port area. We have to wait for an hour and half before we boarded the boat to White Beach. In this photo, the photographer (Ton) went walking around the waiting area shooting random things. I wonder why the seats needs to be color coded, (are the green ones for the passengers going to Occidental Mindoro?,the blue ones to Romblon?,) but nonetheless its interesting.
Ah, the fisherman.. I believe this was taken on the way there.. Too bad we're not able to catch dolphins on our way..
We arrived at White Beach at around 9am. I took a quick power nap and my photographer scoot outside taking photos of the beach. He never wanted to miss these shots, with the sun shining bright up the very blue sky. Too bad I was not able to join him (blame it on the cramps).
Another frustration that day was never getting the chance to kayak. I enjoyed kayaking when I went to Palawan a long time ago. I never noticed my skin getting all scorched up because of the activity. I will definitely kayak when I get back to the beach. I just hope it won't cost that much. Yes, I'm still in the middle of the power nap when he took this shot.
(If you know a beach just a drive away from the metro and have good facilities, kayaking, snorkeling activities, etc. please let us know)
At around lunch time, I finally woke up and join Ton outside. We went walking at the beach to look for a place to eat. We found one a couple of blocks from where we were staying.
This is Ton, he takes a lot of good photos and do the meanest photo manipulation you can imagine. I have to mercilessly convince him to take his photo. I was playing with his camera while waiting for our food.
And this is Mae. A self confessed book worm with a passion for hating clowns and making coffee. She makes the world's most beautiful foam and multitasks like she has 8 hands hanging out of her. When not doing this she is either reading a book or trying her hardest to take a decent photo.
When we finished lunch, we went back to the house and stayed there for a couple of hours. It was hot as hell outside. We sit in front of the tv which apparently had only a single channel. Rats! We got ripped off!!
At around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. We went out to once again capture the scenery outside before sundown.
I sat on this decaying tree bark and read the book I brought with me. Gnarly!
I have been rereading this book for quite sometime now. Haha! I kind of personally like this shot (because my face is blurred hahaha), it makes a good avatar or something.
I was the not so glamorous model that day.
We went walking back and forth across the stretch of the white sanded beach looking for interesting sites to capture, and this was one of them. A walk path that leads to some resort at the white beach. We like the horizontal panels of wood that kinds of gave the photo symmetry and balance.
And this one too. haha!
Of course a sunset shot has to take place, but Ton told me it's actually dangerous to take photos of the sun directly. Anyways, it's a beauty even you can tell that.
On the dawn of my birthday, we went out to get the famous Mindoro Sling, and boy it was a wrong move. We managed to finish the whole pitcher but we went tipsy instantly thus commencing the night short.
But we were lucky enough to get a glimpse of the fire twirler!
When we got back to the house everything went blank completely. We were not able to wait til 12 midnight and go out again to celebrate my birthday. The next thing we know it was already bright outside! We just grabbed lunch and waited for our boat to arrive.
The trip was short but worth it!
