Showing posts with label Pangasinan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pangasinan. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Bolinao in Pangasinan - Reminiscing Old Times

It's been a long while since the first time we visited Bolinao, Pangasinan last June 11-12, 2006. I only remembered it when our *foreman, Kuya Angie, saw all our beach photos hanging around the house, and he started talking about his hometown, Bolinao. I said, "Hey Kuya, we've been there!" How great would it be if we try to visit the place again this year, after 4 long years. I bet the place is still the same.

*we are currently having my bathroom retiled and the front yard renovated by constructing fences, trellis and gate.

It turns out, Kuya Angie's ancestral home is right over there, fronting the white sandy beaches of Bolinao. And whenever we want to visit the place again, he said to just let him know. Wow! My mind started ticking. It was the month of June when we last went there. We were surprised by the sunny weather that weekend but the water was not that calm. Maybe, if we go this month, we'd see the more serene, calm, and beautiful facade of its turquoise blue waters. I'm getting excited! I want to go this weekend (March 20-21, 2010). But Kuya Angie insisted it would be better to go during their fiesta on March 27-28. We're just waiting for word from his aunt, but more or less, it's a date! ^_^

I actually bought new Speedo & Finis snorkeling gear complete with mask, snorkel, life vest and fins. For some reason, I am itching to snorkel. Originally, I was thinking of taking scuba diving lessons, but because of my fear underwater (my ear hurt and my heart rate was abnormal the last time we went fun diving in Anilao in 2006), plus Peter is not so excited about it (he's already an excellent skin diver to begin with and he gets claustrophobic and bored when surrounded by an immense body of water and when he's underwater for a long time), we decided to forego the activity and just use the money to renovate the house. The whole thing turned out more practical and at least the money didn't go to waste.

So anyway, going back to Bolinao, here are some of our unpublished photos from our last trip there. Peter and I went with Brownman Revival's vocalist, Dino Concepcion, my GF Joan, and our friend Paw. Looking at these photos makes me all the more excited to visit Bolinao once again!

Setting foot at Bolinao's white sandy beach a few hours after midnight...

While the others were sleeping, I was waitin g for the sun to rise...

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Hundred Islands in Pangasinan





sunrise over the hundred islands

I miss the beach — my sun, my sand, my water. It’s been really hot lately as if it’s summer once again. If only it never rained, you wouldn’t really know that we’re  still in the middle of September. So where can one go  even for just a weekend? I think I may just have the answer to that. How about a trip to the Hundred Islands in Pangasinan?

            
exploring General Luna island
            
view from the top of General Luna island

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Bolinao Travel: The Walrus & The SexyNomad with Friends



The previous night, I was dreaming of going back to La Union for another surfing adventure when I woke up to a single text message from Joan asking me if we’d be interested of going to Bolinao with Paw and her BF (and Browman Revival’s vocalist) Dino. At first I was excited that they asked us and then it dawned on me that we’d be picking up a friend at the airport same date that they’d be going there. So I pulled all our resources to make this trip happen. Afterall, the sun has been shining more frequently these days and I truly miss the beach…
           

Bolinao on a Weekend



The previous night, I was dreaming of going back to La Union for another surfing adventure when I woke up to a single text message from Joan asking me if we’d be interested of going to Bolinao with Paw and her BF (and Browman Revival’s vocalist) Dino. At first I was excited that they asked us and then it dawned on me that we’d be picking up a friend at the airport same date that they’d be going there. So I pulled all our resources to make this trip happen. Afterall, the sun has been shining more frequently these days and I truly miss the beach…
           

So, at 11pm of Saturday June 10, after having dinner at Pier 1, Tomas Morato, we headed up north to Pangasinan, a 5-6 hours drive  to the Lingayen Gulf from Manila. We arrived at the beach around 4am. The beach was calm and the perfect full moon was in sight. Dino and Joan slept under the moon and the stars, Paw immediately started skim boarding, Peter took a nap while I explored the beach and took some pictures.

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