As part of
our Bicol Vacation this year, I personally decided to include the visit to
Calaguas Island. Originally I calendared
Calaguas on the 3rd day of April, which was a Tuesday. But our first
days in JPANG were raining, our schedule was moved and I almost feared it
won’t materialize. Plus the fact that I was quoted a whopping 5k for an
overnight transfers to and from Calaguas which is way beyond our purses and our
supposed companions are not sure if they are joining so I almost give up on
Calaguas. Glad there’s a family scheduled to spend their vacation in what they
call Calauat island. According to my cousin Calauat ang tawag nila sa Calaguas.
I did not bother to ask why. ;-) I inquired if it’s possible that we just join
their trip and they’ll just drop us at the Mahabang Buhangin then we will just
take the public transpo the next day. At dahil mababait sila, syempre pumayag
naman.
So here
comes April 6, Good Friday.
The sea is
so calm, a perfect day for a sea travel. Kung
di ako nagkakamali wala pa kaming 10 sa isang malaking bangka. 3 bangkero,
isang kapapanganak lamang na ginang kasama ang kanyang baby, 2 kabataang
lalake, ako at si daddy bee.
We left
Brgy. Osmena, Jose Panganiban at exactly 6:30 am. And since we were told that
travel could take 3 to 4 hours from our place, we were expecting to arrive
Mahabang Buhangin around 10 am.
The
view was so breathtaking, scenic, and marvelous as we navigate through the sea
and several islands which we plan to visit in our future sea travels around my
hometown. Some of the islands that I
remember were Carol Island, Parola and the bigger island Maculabo. After just more
than 2 hours of sitting and standing inside the boat we were surprised that the
boatman informed us that the we are already in front of our target island. We
arrived Mahabang Buhangin at exactly 9am.
WOW!
WOOWWW! At marami pang WOW! That was my
initial reaction as we prepare to go down the boat.
Immediately
after dropping us, the boat headed to their destination. While daddy bee was
looking for the perfect place for our tent, I took these shots using my phone.
As I expected, many are spending their holy week in this island. Proof is the tons of tents lined up in the shady places which left us a place near the beach that don’t have enough shade for us.
our poor tent. nababad sa init ng araw.
Just right
after pinching the tent we immediately hurried to the water and spend the whole
day swimming. Oh hindi pala buong araw kami lumangoy dahil maka ilang beses din
kami tumabi para kumain, kaya buong araw ay kain langoy lang ang ginawa namin.
Sino ba naman kasi ang hindi lalangoy sa dagat na malinaw na may pinong
buhangin? Di mo talaga mapipigilang hindi lumangoy pag nandito ka sa calaguas.
May mga isda rin kaming nakitang nakikilangoy sa amin. Sinubukan naming silang
hulihin pero ayaw nila magpa huli. Mukhang nakipaglaro lang talaga sila sa
amin.
It was 5pm
when we decided to get up and search the beach for a possible phone signal spot
dahil miss na miss na namin ang aming makulit na bebeh. Unfortunately we was
not able to call our baby dahil madamot ang signal ng araw na iyon. Kaya inaliw
na lang namin ang aming sarili sa pagpapa picture.
ang feelingero kong ex-boyfriend. ;-)
dun daw ako banda pumuwesto 
pero di naman ako ang kinunan, hahahahaha
We saw the groups that are offering package tours of the islands. Marami rami rin ang nag DIY ng trip nila.
Sakto naman
na full moon din nun kaya bukod kay haring araw ang buwan ang nagsilbing ilaw
namin nung gumabi.
When the
night comes dun mo lang mararamdaman ang mga bagay na nakasanayan mo na wala sa
isla. Walang ilaw sa mahabang buhangin, may tindahan na sya ring tirahan ng
namamahala doon. At dahil marami ngang tao, people are lining outside the
common wash room. Fresh water I think
can be found at the far end of the beach aside from the poso malapit sa
tindahan.
We enjoyed
the night by making bonfire and rosting marshmallows, hehehehe, mas ok sana
kung kasama namin ang aming makulit na tsikiting.
Madilim,
mainit at mahirap matulog. That was the first time I experienced camping out in
a remote island. Well, siguro nga hindi lang ako sanay kaya ganun ang naging
dating sa akin. Pero dahil na rin siguro sa kapaguran kaya kahit papaano
nakatulog din ako. Yun nga lang hindi masyado mahimbing.
5am when we
decided to start camping out. Don't worry, we brought our trash with us, lalo na ung plastic ng coke. Nilagyan ko ng tubig if in case, it can be use as a floater. ;-)
Mga 20
minutes na lakaran at narating namin ang barangay. 
This is how the coastal side of Brgy. Mangkawayan looks like. May mga basura sa tabi ng dagat. Sana wag na nila hintayin pang anurin sa dagat ang mga ito.
Nakita rin namin ang babe na ito. Pupunta rin pala sya ng paracale. Buti na lang nagbago isip ng amo nya kaya binaba sya ulit ng bangka at nanatili pa sa isla.
May mga kalahating oras din kami naghintay mapuno ang mas maliit ng bangkang ito kumpara sa una naming sinakyan papunta. Hindi naman punong puno pero puro bote ng beer at softdrinks ang kasabay namin.
Dalawang oras na byahe sa malalaking alon. Muntik pa akong malaglag nung sinubukan kong tumayo dahil sa sobrang malalaking alon, sobrang nakakatakot. ;-)
Calaguas
definitely deserves a visit especially from us fellow bikolanos. Marami pang
ibang isla bukod sa Mahabang Buhangin ang pwedeng puntahan. Babalik kami dito
at magyayaya ng mga pwedeng isama. Hopefully by that time pwede na namin isama
ang aming tsikiting, panigurado mag e enjoy sya dito sa Mahabang Buhangin.
Maraming
salamat sa aking ka barangay na pumayag kami isabay sa kanilang pagpunta sa
Calaguas. Sa uulitin po.
Expenses
for our calaguas trip:
Boat Osmena
to Mahabang Buhangin - Php 500
Resort Fees
(payable sa caretaker) - 150
Boat ride
Brgy. Mangkawayan to Paracale - 200
Tricycle to
bus station - 20
Bus
Paracale to Batobalani - 24
Bus
Batobalani to Jose Panganiban - 30
Tricycle
JPang to Osmena - 50
TOTAL (for 2 pax) - Php
974.00
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