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I fell in love with Romblon the moment I saw the photos on
the internet and the possible pristine beach I will soon set foot. It’s been
almost three months since I left my job and was hired and soon to start another
chapter on this company but I wanted to cross one province and just take on a
vacation before I start the job.
There’s no better choice than the province you’re supposed
to visit but failed so here I am traveling to Romblon.
Romblon is another islets from 1707 islands of the
Philippines. The Romblon itself has three islets: Sibuyan, Romblon, and .
Climbing Mt. Guiting Guiting is on my bucket list but I know I can’t yet that
time and I really want to indulge on some beach so I chose to visit Romblon,
Romblon, instead who happens to have enough beach you can choose from or visit
all for they are all stunning.
I messaged my favorite travel buddy, Belle, and aske her if
she can go with me on short notice, for I know she can and she will, she said
yes, of course and we head to Romblon, Romblon.
Getting to Romblon, Romblon is time consuming for you need
to ride a bus going to Batangas port and from there ride a ferry going to the
island that may take up to 12 hours sea travel. But you may fly through PAL but
of course refular fare is costly and they don’t have every day trip to the
island.
It was a fun and another bucket list ticked off because I
get to ride a ferry for the first time. We chose the economy which is a bad
idea. If I’m not sleepy that night and tired from the bus travel I will not be
able to sleep because of these men drinking alcohol and smoking and chatting so
loudly as if they are the only people on the ferry, as if it is not night and
the rest are already sleeping.
Moving on, I chose to stay at San Pedro Beach for it has the
most inviting accommodation of all. The beach is really far away from city,
well, the island itself is unspoiled and pure perfections. No any kind of
pollution no factories no commercial establishments just pure local folks and I
know from that moment on I fell in love. How can some place be like this so
untouched and serene? It feels like Bantayan Island of Cebu and it is as
perfect as like that.
If you prefer a quiet and peaceful and really a simple life Romblon Romblon is the best place for you. My friend is thinking of buying some land there actually for like me she fell in love with the island too.
Arriving at the beach I know we will have a good relaxing stay and we had. The place is just perfect and quite. Though its just 30 minutes from the port that place is secluded. There were no guests, just us, so it feels like we rent the whole beach all for ourselves. The beach was owned by --- and used to be a resthouse by the family but ---- needs to go to Manila for medication. They open the beach to travelers and offers a great deal. Glad they did!
The beach has eight nipa huts with bathroom inside. There
are non- and aircondition room to choose from. They also have their own
restaurant which serves Filipino cuisine and some international meals like
English breakfast and pastas. I highly recommend the tuna pasta! I ordered that
for three times during our entire stay! HAHA!
Whenever I visit a province the very first thing in my mind
is that “how’s sunset there?” if you know me personally, I have a huge
fascination with sunsets and I collect every sunsets to each place I visited.
And Romblon has one of a kind sunsets, too! I just stare at it until it was
gone and I knew then on that this place is one of the best place I’ve been to.
After eating dinner, of course, the tuna pasta again, we
head back to our cabin and doze off.
I woke up early to catch sunrise but I know sunrise will be
on the other side but fret not, the beach is all mine so picture time and
swimming time! Ugggr writing this brings back all the memories from that trip.
I miss that kind of ambience.
It was kinda late when my friend woke up and she head
outside to run. After that we went on the other side of the beach to explore.
We were fascinated by the school of fish!!! WOW! As in WOW! They were playing
on the water as if they know we are watching them. I asked my friend if she
wants to visit some other beach near the place for I really want to visit the
sandbard but she says she’s fine with the San Pedro Beach and just want to stay
in one of the hammock and rest, I can’t
blame her, for she’s busy about work and all and I just agree with her.
Nothing beats a relaxing ambience by the beach.
After drinking more beer and staying more at the hammock we
slept a bit for later that night we are going back to Manila.
Don’t worry about it being secluded, the beach has a contact
for the tricycle so you can just asked them and tell them what time you want to
be picked-up.
Romblon is so much peaceful at night. We waited for the
ferry to arrive since it was delayed we stayed on this restaurant beside the
port. I was craving real bad for sisig for our entire stay. Too bad the
landlady at the beach don’t know how to cook sisig so yeah my cravings were
heightened. The cook on the restaurant heard that we are looking for sisig.
Heaven on earth and he asked the server to get the chicken and he will make a
special sisig just for us. Thank you, po!
Romblon has so much to offer and I am looking forward to visiting the other islets and hopefully climb the Mt. Guiting Guiting in the next months.
The trip that makes me fall in love in Romblon dated last September 5-7 2016 is an official entry to my 81 Before 30 Challenge.
