I found serenity in Zambales.

After a month since the incident, I, together with my love and a few friends went on a trip to Zambales. I badly needed a break from all the stress, pressure, heartache, depression...and so forth,so...

As we were planning the trip, we saw a good deal from Metrodeal online, which costs 999php per head for a 2D1N island hopping in Zambales. Since it was somewhat a good deal, we grabbed it. The said deal includes an overnight stay at Anawangin Cove plus boat transfers & ammenities such as tents, life vests, lunch & dinner, etc. 

An additional 100php was added for us to be able to visit another island that is not included in the package.

The photo above was taken at Pundaquit, where we met our tour guide & it also served as our pick up point.

From there, we started our bangka ride to the first island. 

Camara Island

It took us about 15-30 minutes to get to Camara Island. It is quite small and there's not much to ponder around. But, if you're into rock climbing, this is the place. (It might be too steep for that though.) The place is still beautiful inspite of it being a bit small (coz it's mostly rock formations that you'll find), it's also cozy and has a good view of the mountains adjacent to it.

Picture taking was our "thing" here, although, honestly, not just here but for the whole trip because of the picturesque views. We spent at least 20 minutes on this island before we took off to the next one. 

I was in awe at the sight of the second island- Capones. Atop the mighty mountain is an old-abandoned light house. We were given 30 minutes to visit the light house and explore for a bit.

After a while, our tour guide was already waving at us to come back down. We then headed to the final island where we're gonna stay overnight.

Anawangin Cove was almost an hour away from Camara Island, but it's worth the travel since we were welcomed by it's astounding beauty. Our tents were prepared by two men who greeted us upon arriving. There is no electricity, hotels or inns, and even mobile network is not available in the area, so you will surely feel one with nature here. 

As the title says, "I found serenity in Zambales". For a moment, I was able to push everything behind, explore nature's beauty, calm my heart and just feel the cool breeze of the wind as it brushes onto my skin...

*This would have been a very long blog, so, I decided to do a different blog for each of the other two islands. Itinerary & expenses will also be included in the next blogs. 

Thank you for reading!

-Le fille à Papa ❤️👑