One fine Friday afternoon of January, medyo
inatake ako ng sumpong ko ng dahil sa boredom kaya anong nangyari? Well, I
decided to go to Metro Manila to spend my weekend there. (Parang ang lapit lang
ng Metro Manila from CamSur.hahah) So, I rode a bus from our house to Naga City
and then from Naga
City , I rode another bus
to Metro Manila. It was a butt-numbing ride kasi 10 hours akong nagbyahe from Naga City
to Metro Manila and because I want to travel cheap on that Friday evening, I
rode a non-airconditioned bus.
Actually, pupunta naman talaga ako ng Metro
Manila on that month kasi on the last week of January, me and my friends are
scheduled to go to Sagada, Mountain Province .
Medyo napaaga lang ang pagpunta ko ng Metro Manila kasi nabored na ko sa bahay.
It was Saturday morning when I arrived in Metro Manila and because it was a
weekend, I wanted to go somewhere para maglakwatsa. I then texted all my
friends in Metro Manila pero karamihan sa kanila ay mga busy. A few replied to
my text messages and they’d asked kung saan daw pupunta, at ang sabi ko ay
maghiking kami sa Mt. Batulao on
Sunday, however, nung Saturday evening, bigla na lang nagsend ng text messages
yung mga kaibigan ko na hindi na daw sila sasama dahil sa mga kung ano anong
dahilan. Well, I said to myself na I guess I’ll be doing a solo hiking on a
Sunday.
Nakaset na ang plano ko for a solo hiking
but then, another friend texted me and said to me that she and her friends are
planning for a Sunday getaway but they don’t want to go hiking, what they want is
to go to a beach. So I said to them that we can hike and go to a beach, but she
said her friends just want to go to a beach. So she invited me to join them and
since I really wanted to travel on that weekend kaya sinabi ko sa kanya na
sasama na lang ako sa kanila. She then asked me kung saan ang magandang na
beach na pwede namin na mapuntahan na malapit lang sa Metro Manila. Sa Batangas
lang ang alam ko na may mga magagandang beach but I don’t have an idea kung
saan mismo sa Batangas. So I googled for Batangas beaches and also using Google
Maps, and then I saw a white sand beach in Calatagan. So I suggested to my friend na sa
Calatagan na lang kami pumunta. I mentioned to her na tingnan nya muna yung website ng
Stilts Resort sa Calatagan at natuwa naman sya kaya sabi nya doon na lang daw
kami pupunta. So we set the time of departure for Sunday at sabi ko sa kanya
let’s meet na lang tomorrow.
So Sunday came, me and my friend, and
her friends too, met at Market Market in Taguig City .
Nagdala sila ng sasakyan kaya di na namin kailangan pa na magcommute by bus. We
left Taguig City at around 7am pero sinundo pa namin yung ilang kaibigan namin
sa Cavite. It was a long drive because we need to stop for several times as we
are not familiar sa route papuntang Calatagan. We arrived at Calatagan town at
around 11am and we still need to travel for 20 minutes from Calatagan town
proper to reach Stilts Resort. Medyo malayo ang resort but it was really worth
it naman na puntahan. The resort is beautiful. It has a cream colored sand, and
a wide beach front. Malawak ang resort at hindi na nga kami nagbalak na ikutin
ang resort kasi whole day lang naman kami magistay dun. The day rate for
a whole day stay is 350 pesos and the open air cottages rental fee ranges from
800 to 1500 pesos. They also have several rooms available for an overnight stay
at the resort.
After looking for a cottage, at nakapili na
kami ng cottage, we then ordered a lunch and while waiting for our lunch na
maluto, nagphoto ops muna kami.hehehe! Sinimulan na namin ang pagiging camera
trigger happy mode.hehehe! And then after eating our lunch, we then decided to walk at magstroll sa beach, and had a dip sa dalawang swimming pool nila. Mababaw ang
tubig sa dagat ng Stilts Resort and you really need to walk for a few hundred
feet from the shoreline just to reach a waist-deep water. The beach is suitable for
kids since the water is not that deep. Kaya nga we decided na sa pool muna
maligo kasi inantay pa namin na maghightide para makaligo sa dagat pero konti
lang ang itinaas ng tubig nung naghigh tide kaya nung naligo na kami sa dagat,
nagtyaga na lang kami sa knee-deep water. Okay na yun di ba? Ang importante
makapagtampisaw pa rin sa dagat.hahaha! adik lang sa pagligo sa tubig
dagat.hahaha! And another thing, if you want to watch or view a beautiful
sunset habang nasa beach, then this is the place to go kasi nakaharap sya sa
South China Sea (West Philippine Sea ). Sobrang
ganda ng sunset dito na we actually spend almost an hour para lang panuorin ang
magandang sunset, and not to mention ang magspend ng ilang minuto para picturan
ang magandang sunset.hehehe!
Anyway, after namin mapagod sa pagligo sa dagat we then decided na umalis na sa resort since gagabihin na kaming masyado kasi dadaan pa kami ng Tagaytay City . We left Stilts Resort at around 7am and then we travelled to Tagaytay City . At dahil hindi naman talaga namin plano na pumunta ng Tagaytay, mga beach attire ang mga dala dala namin kaya nung dumating kami ng Tagaytay, nilalamig na kami. It was really cold on that evening na pumunta kami ng Tagaytay na ayaw na nga namin lumabas ng sasakyan. Habang kumakain nga kami sa Gerry’s Grill medjo nanginginig na kami sa lamig.hahaha! Pumunta din kami ng Starbucks para makapagkape at nagtake out na lang kami pero the weird thing about us, nagtake out kami ng kape para inumin lang ito sa loob ng sasakyan habang nakapark lang sa harap ng Starbucks.hahaha! After that crazy trip, umuwi na kami ng Metro Manila. We arrived in Metro Manila at around 12 midnight or 1am na ata.
Our Sunday getaway was really fun. Sobrang
nagenjoy kami sa mga pinaggagawa namin for that whole day. It was really an
adventure and an exciting roadtrip. It was really fun to spend a roadtrip and a
weekend with friends. And I was really thankful kasi halos sagot lahat ng
gastos nung friend ng friend ko.hehehe! My planned hiking or my planned solo
hiking ended up going to a beach and I was really thankful na nangyari yun kasi
nakapunta na naman ako sa isang lugar na hindi ko pa napuntahan and at the same
time nagenjoy ako kasama ang mga kaibigan ko. At yan po ang tinatawag na
biglaang lakad na wala sa plano.heheheh!
If you want to go to Stilts Resort
Calatagan, you can ride a bus bound for Nasugbu or Calatagan. The bus terminal
is located at Pasay City , near the MRT Taft
Station, at the back of Mcdonalds. And then after arriving at Calatagan town
proper, rent a tricycle to Stilts Resort. It is a 20 to 30 minutes ride from
Calatagan town proper.
Here’s the website of the resort: http://stiltscalataganbeachresort.net/
Note: Hindi po ako binayaran ng resort para
ipromote sila. Maganda lang talaga ang resort kaya gusto ko din ishare sa iba
na naghahanap din ng mapupuntahan na magandang beach na malapit lang sa Metro
Manila, lalong lalo na it’s summer time na. So what are you waiting for?
Magtampisaw na sa beach!
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