Monday, May 3, 2010

Bolinao Pre-Labor Day Weekend

Two years after the subprime crisis, no news of any upward movement in real wages and no discernable hope of change from the plethora of leaders running in the upcoming May 2010 polls, my eclectic bunch of friends (we have an astronomer, law students, defense officers, writers and foreign service officers among our group --- mukha nga lang di sila seryoso : P) and I decided to spend the pre-Labor Day Weekend beachcombing in Bolinao, Pangasinan.
How to get there?
*You can drive for 4-6 hours (fortunately, we have no volunteer!) using your own vehicle.
*Commute via Victory or 5-Star bus routes and hire a tryke for P300 per vehicle to tour you around.
How much is the damage to property?
*Backpacking style like we did: P2,000 - 2,500 per head (exclusive of personal out-of-pocket expenses)
*Boring but luxe vacay via tour group: P5,000 - P10,000 per head
The floating 'bahay kubo' on shore...

Inside the nipa hut floating along the beach...ang saya!
There's a portion of the beach that meets with an old river bank forming like an marine estuary (with small fishes that bite you at nightime if you try man floating for too long under the moonlight)...
Rude, Janet and I na pinagpapractisan ni Kuya Bernie with his SLR...

Just kicking back at the front woodbridge


Water's really warm and shallow...sarap maglunoy...

Azure beach allure that is Bolinao...(sarap mag-snap ng foto!)

One of the nipa huts along the shoreline --- great photo conversation pieces

Bolinao beach front is really long and stretches wide: good for beach volleyball, morning or evening stralls, bonfires and pre-dawn runs alongs the beach...

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