When I heard about the Caramoan Island that boasts of its fine white sand beaches, I got curious and decided to go there with my equally adventurous friend Leah and cousin Coco.
From Naga, we rode a van going to Sabang port. And from there, we took a 2-hr boat ride to Caramoan Island (We were carried to the boat so we won't get wet). The boat ride ain't that bad 'cause we chatted with two friendly Caramoan residents Ate Carmen and Ate Ellen who answered all our queries regarding Caramoan. We were also busy staring at the cute guy sitting in front of us hehe:) super cutie!
When we reached the Guijalo port, we had to ride a smaller boat to reach the shore. We were scared at first, but what the heck! we were looking for an adventure and God is giving it to us! Woot! :)
Transportation available are motorcycles and tricycles. But the cute guy was fetched by a Montero! (hey! can we share a ride with you! joke! haha!) We took the tricycle and asked the driver to help us scout for possible places to stay in. A man in a motorcycle convoyed us and offered us hotel inns that didn't look too good so we decided to look for ourselves with the help of the tricycle driver hehe :)
To make the long story short, we took the long and less traveled road. A 6-kilometer ride ain't that bad 'cause we're loving every minute of our adventure :)
We didn't have a place to stay yet because we wanted it to be part of our adventure aside from the fact that we couldn't find a decent one in the internet. The well-developed Gota Village and the other island beside it were closed for Survivor Island-Israel. So we thought, why get scared? where's the adventure when you try to plan everything? :-)
Luckily, we found an available room previously occupied by a foreigner who had to go back home upon hearing news that a volcano erupted in Iceland, her homeland.
I fell in love with Caramoan during our island hopping. It was indeed a secret paradise.
We didn't want to leave the following day but we had to go back to Naga because we already made a reservation at Camsur Water Complex for wakeboarding. I didn't get to try it though because my period came the morning I was scheduled for it :(
We also tried the Bicolano pizza. Delicious :)
Wakeboarding!!! Leah tried it and enjoyed a lot! Coco didn't attempt to try it 'cause she's the clumsy, accident-prone type of person, just kidding! hehe!
And to top it all off, we only spent around P6500 for this trip. Very affordable compared to a Boracay trip :-)
My gosh, I love Bicol now! I'm definitely going back there ;)
