We just boarded our boat.
On our third day, we decided to take the offer of the tricycle driver again (Mang Lito - 09184397471)
for the Honda Bay tour. Because there were four of us (Peachie and her
sister Marichit were with us), instead of paying Casa Linda P900 each,
we only paid the driver P400 for transfers from Casa Linda to Pier and
back again, then paid P1,100 for the boat that will bring us to three
islands - Pandan, Snake & Starfish. Solo namin ang boat and kami ang bahala sa time. Unlike if we were part of a package tour, nakadepended sa tour guide ang sked namin.
And since it was not a package tour, it was up to us to prepare or buy
our own food. It’s a good thing that the driver of yesterday’s
Underground River tour, Kuya Nervon (09059681215),
was very nice to us. He knew someone who caters and so we were able to
order food for P200 each consisting of 5 dishes (fried shrimps, fried
chicken, squid, kinilaw na tangigue, chopsuey, rice, softdrinks, water
and fruits).
In the middle of the sea, we saw the mangrove forest on our left and this lone native house on stilts on our right.
By
7am, Kuya Nervon dropped our food baskets at Casa Linda. By 7:30 am,
Mang Lito was already outside waiting for us. By 8am, we were the first
batch of tourists to arrive at the pier and so we were able to get a
nice boat exclusively for our group only. Our first destination? Pandan
Island.
