Where is Lola Sayong Eco-Surf Camp?

How to Get There?

What kind of accommodation does they have?

Staying for just a day?

Bathroom?

Restaurant? Food? Beverages?

Parking?

Surfing?

Other Activities?

Helping Tags/Links

Because there is more to Sorsogon than the Ordinary.


I can't believe I am writing this just now, given my love to this place.


Kuya Noli, whom I didn't asked for his name until we've met face to face, was the person answering my queries on their facebook account and been texting and whose been replying to my every questions. Makulit talaga ako minsan, matanong, but that is because I am travelling alone, so I need if not all most of the essential details for my trip.


He told me to text him when I'm already at Sorsogon City and that he will picks me up at the town proper of Gubat. The camp is 10-15 minutes away or less. I'm coming from my solo backpacking in Catanduanes.




It is not my first time to go on solo travel but every place I've been to feels like solo traveling is new to me. Maybe because provinces are all different from each and people I meet are all different as well. But stepping on this little paradise feels a lot different far from the usual.


Honestly, the camp is not the first option on my list on where I'll stay for a night. I reconsider it because it is much cheaper and lies near the landmarks I will visit: the Barcelona and the Bulusan. You see, I only have overnight to visit those places so I need a better place to stay; an easy access to those places. To cut it short, my second option makes the best option. Not only I did discover a good place but I get to meet good people too.






When I step into the camp I got mesmerize by the ambiance, solitude is clearly there, but I was too busy thinking about the places I need to visit right away, for this stay happens to be just you know passing by and all and no intention of staying for long. But I was wrong. I actually neglect them for a while.


When my things are all nestled on one of the nipa huts in the camp I grab my small bag, put inside my camera, my notes, my wallet, and head straight to Bulusan. Funny but I didn't get to Bulusan Lake for some reason. Will narrate it on my Bulusan post.


I go out of the camp twice simply because I haven't got off at Barcelona the first time.






When I got back from Barcelona, I head to the beach sit on the corner and continue writing. I can see some other guests playing on the waves, do some surfing, some are talking with local surfers, there are dogs everywhere, one or two keep following me and sits beside me, I really don't mind a dog companion, really.


It was after I take a quick shower that I got hungry when I head to their kitchen and asked for food and that is the time where I was joined by other guests who are also traveling alone.


Joey(whom I constantly have communication as we speak) and the other Australian guy (okay I am not really sure, basta foreigner, I know, signs of ageing), they were the first solo traveler I met on this Project 81 of mine and it is kind of new to me because I haven't met anyone at all except from the locals I made friends with. So I'm grateful because it is not that bad and it is actually kind of I don't know unexplainable feeling. So happy and overwhelmed for this another experience I had.






The night has been so long on my stay in this camp. The food is great and of course I always try "sisig" on every provinces I visit and theirs are a must with a beer of course and a good conversation with one of the guest, Joey. You know that feeling when everything feels like home?


Me and Joey joined the local surfers who are enjoying some drinks and little chitchat with the foreigner traveler too. I got again mesmerize by their stories and how passionate they all are when it comes to surfing and helping the young ones through surfing. It is not all the time you get to know people with such passion as abundant as that. And from that moment on I know I fell in love with the place and told myself that I will support their camp in any possible way I can.



I didn't get to try surfing. I leave next morning right away. But I plan on coming back and experience their wave.



Helping Tags/Links

For complete details here is the event page https://www.facebook.com/events/157766664718422/


Helping Tags/Links

We are very fortunate for giving special treatment from the locals of Mamburao Town in Occidental Mindoro. After a fun-filled and fulfilling previous day with the Turawan Community of Mangyan in Sablayan we decided to hit the sea and splash into some waters. After all, Mindoro are surrounded by body of waters.


Tayamaan Beach is located North-West of Mamburao. Its a long stretched of light brown to crystal color sand. There is no entrance fee but you can rent a nipa hut or picnic cottages that is present along the beach.





Maybe because there is no entrance fee and no one really owns the place, some parts of the beach has garbage already. No one maintains the beach but I think we should stop this kind of mentality, we ourselves need to be mindful of our trash wherever we go. But aside from that, the beach is friendly with kids, its shallow on the shore. There are some part where there are stones and some seaweeds. On the farthest side of the beach the sand became pristine sand unlike the sand near the dock where the sand is grayish that turns crystal when the sun is high. But the water is definitely clear here. Just be mindful of the boats that fishermen uses to catch fish, they disembark on some part of the beach but definitely not occupying the entire beach because really it is a long stretch of beach. How many times I've mentioned beach? :P

How To Get There?

 From Manila

Ride a bus bound to Batangas Pier (Port) Travel time may take up to 3 hours. Fare is around 167 (as of March 2017), from there ride a RORO that goes to Abra De Ilog. Montenegro has a regular trip going to the island. Fare is around 260 (as of March 2017) and travel time may take up to 3 hours. Once in Abra De Ilog terminal, ride a van or bus (dimple star) and tell the driver you are heading to Mamburao terminal. Travel time is roughly around 2 hours. From Mamburao terminal, there is a tricycle there and tell them to bring you to Tayamaan Beach.

Where To Stay?

There are a lot of picnic cottages along the beach. There is a house also that you can rent. Don't have much info about the price, though.

Where To Eat?

You can bring your own food and cook it there. There are also dock there where you can buy fresh seafoods and you can cook it there yourself.

What To Do?