Daet, Cam Norte:ICOC-Daet 3rd Anniv + Calaguas trip

I almost though that I had to pass up on going to the beach this year but it turned out that it is time to go to Calaguas! But the best part is the third anniversary of the ICOC -Cam Norte. We were also at their inauguration 3 years ago. That time, we went to Bagasbas beach. The church have grown and they have many teens now and the children of the disciples are now entering their teens and campus phases.

Day 1 May 18, Sat

04:00 AM ETD from Lucena
07:00 AM ETA Jollibee Gumaca
11:30 AM ETA Calaguas Hotel for those who will check in early
12:00 NN Lunch at ICOC-Cam Norte church
01:00 PM Building Healthy Relationships (Excerpt from APLA held in Dagupan this year)
06:00 PM end of BHR session
07:00 PM Dinner at Alvino's with the Elnar's
08:00 PM ETA Elnar residence/ Jesse is at the basketball game with the brothers
09:00 PM Sleep

Day 2 May 19, Sun

05:30 AM Morning Rituals
07:00 AM Breakfast
07:45 AM ETD for Calaguas Hotel 3rd Anniv. venue
08:00 AM going around town
09:30 AM Sunday Worship
11:30 AM group checks- out from hotel
12:00 NN group shops at SM Hypermarket and buys check-out lunch at McDo
01:30 PM ETA in Calaguas Island drop off point at Vinzon's Port (cars are left at a private paid parking lot for 200/day Php)
06:00 PM ETA Calaguas Island
06:30 PM settling in tents and swimming
07:30 PM Dinner - buttered shrimp, adobo, afritada, sinantolan, hotdogs, fish
08:30 PM washing up /sleep - others played bingo

Because there were lots of boats coming back from Calaguas, the port got crowded and we were left stranded for more or less than an hour in the boat because we had to wait for the other passengers to get off their boats and the boatmen had to navigate the narrow channel. I think we saw about ten of them full of people who had to walk a few meters from the boarding/waiting area.

Ushering Ministry

South Luzon Leaders

Calaguas Hotel

Calaguas Island 

Arrival of the group

tent pitch

Day 3 May 20, Mon

05:30 AM morning rituals
07:00 AM breakfast - bulad, hotdogs, sunny side -ups, fried rice
08:00 AM socials /island hopping
09:00 AM trekking
10:00 AM snorkeling
11:00 AM back to main /swimming
12:00 NN lunch sinigang na hipon, laing, sinantulan, fish
01:00 Pm wash up/socials, coffee
02:00 Pm ETD from the powdery sand beach
04:00 Pm back to the port
06:30 Pm Elnar residence socials with Daet group Married’s Ministry;wash up;game monopoly
07:30 Pm dinner
08:00 Pm ETD for Lucena
01:30AM ETA Lucena/Tayabas

morning view from the tent

breakfast of eggs, bulad, hotdogs and fried rice

registration for trekking 40 Php

starting point of the trek

view from the peak

kubo for those who don't want to climb entrance fee 25 Php

snorkeling

11 AM

far right side of the island

monopoly game in Daet

Padre Burgos,Quezon:Dampalitan Island Getaway 2016!

It's been a week since the summer trip!I was actually reluctant to go there via boat ride because there were no life vests.I even wanted to buy my own.If it is a commercial boat,they'd probably provide life vests,however,it is a private fishing boat so there is no provision for such.To make the long story short,I am writing this because I did not drown in the sea.

This time,I made sure I drank lots of water because in our trip in Cagbalete Island,I felt like I had some kind of heatstroke because of the lack of drinking water.

Our friend Jeric brought lots of gallons of drinking water.We also had a long list of things to bring that our hut looked like a store LOL. Trips are always short because people have to go to work,this is certainly not enough for me.I would have stayed longer-like a few more hours.

The first day was so relaxing for me because I was able to lie down on the bench of the nipa hut we rented.I don't know why,but bugs always bite me.They are always there following me around.During the late afternoon I was able to see the sunset hide behind the mountains a little bit as the others do the faith walk activity.At night,I wasn't able to do star gazing as there were so many people and it was really crowded.This beach however is considered the biggest among the 3 most popular island beaches in Padre Burgos.I was able to visit Kwebang Lampas/Puting Buhangin last year but we just stayed there half a day, it was more crowded there.The only island I haven't visited yet is Borawan.

So here is the itinerary:

Day 1 Mar 24 Maundy Thursday
06:00 AM Assembly
07:30 AM ETD
10:30 AM ETA Padre Burgos jump off boat ride
10:45 AM ETA Dampalitan Island via 3 boats
11:30 AM ET grilling squid/camp cooking -rice (Francis/Fatz/Jesse/Fred)
01:00 PM ET Lunch together of 17 people!
02:00 PM ET rest
04:00 PM ET cooking for Dinner (Ermz/Ehms/Tita A. etc.)
05:00 PM ET Faith Walk Activity/Sunset at the beach
06:00 PM ET setting up tents/dinner
08:00 PM ET Socials:bonfire activities-presentation/singing/prayer c/o men
10:30 PM ET Lights out -for me : )

Day 2 Mar 25 Good Fri
05:30 AM ET Wake up -for me : )for the others, probably earlier
06:00 AM ET Quiet Time/Sunrise watching
08:00 AM ET Break camp/pack tents
10:00 AM ET Group Strolling/Picture taking
11:30 AM ET First batch of 7 people back to jump off
12:00 NN ET Lunch at Tatay Bert and Nanay Cela's home
01:00 PM ET Couple D-Time/sharing
02:00 PM ET Socials
03:00 PM ETD
05:00 PM ETA Hollywood,Brgy. 7,Lucena City

Costs:
*jeepney rental P150/pax back&forth
*boat rental P800/boat --we were given a special price in other areas it is P1,400
because we were a big group we were divided into 3 batches so it totaled P2,400 (about USD 53)
*Big cottage P1000
*beach entrance fee P75/pax
*bonfire wood P50 --we got ours for free by gathering the fallen coconut leaves/branches
*water 5gal P50 for shower/rinsing
*tent pitching P200 --we pitched our 3 tents (2-3 person capacity) inside the Nipa hut so we didn't pay this

Padre Burgos stop dirty sands

sandbars with pulverized corals and shells

transportation

Rice and scrambled eggs

Low tide ,sunrise watching

Campsite-3 tents inside the rented cottage!

sunrise 

Day one Afternoon nap time,socials and cooking in the Bahay Kubo

Day 2 strolling in the beach

If you don't want to step into sea urchins and puncture your feet or hands, just stay in this netted area.They probably removed much of the stones,urchins and jelly fish here.

vegetation 

campsite

Fashionising:

Allstar rash guard from Zalora
Maxi Dress from Nezel's FB shop