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Hundred Islands National Park

We all grew up learning in Sibika at Kultura about hundred islands. So I guess, it's every Filipino kid's dream to get a glimpse of this unique geological formation. Since we can't afford to go on school tours, it became our life goal to complete our education once we started working. In the words of Albert Einstein, “once you stop learning, you start dying”. So, welcome to the post-school educational tour...

This trip wan't easy. I left work on Friday at 10PM. Commute to my apartment to pick my things. Then, I travelled to Cubao at 11PM. 

We departed at Victory Liner Cubao at 2AM. Woot, we were hyperactive kids on the road. We arrived at 7AM at the bus stop. We ate breakfast before heading for the Wharf. 

We hired a tricycle to go to the Wharf but instead the driver acted on his own and drove to a transient home. We requested the driver to drop us off the Wharf but he brought us to the Park's Tourism Office Extension Site. It's starting to get convoluted so we paid the tricycle driver then took another to take us to the Wharf. The driver also brought us to another transient home but this time he explained that the transient home was really near the wharf. Since the negotiation with the transient owner was fair, we decided to take their offer and accepted the driver's persistence to get a small commission for his referral.

High Tide or Low Tide?
The islands, totaling 124 at low tide and 123 at high tide, are scattered in Lingayen Gulf.

Heart-heart for the heart shaped cave entrance ❤

I really want sleep!

Too cold for January snorkeling... and nothing much to see underwater...

Night at Alaminos!

Sunrise at the Wharf

Manaoag Candle Prayers

After Alaminos, we made a stop at Dagupan. We went to mass in Manaoag. We bought and ate tupig. Then around 2PM we headed back to Manila. I arrived home around 8PM.

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