I came back from Puerto Galera with my bf last Sunday…and we had a blast! Despite the traffic in SLEX and Lipa City that delayed us for more 4 hours ( a usual trip from Manila to puerto galera is 4hours), it was worth it!

Anyway, we arrived around 4pm at white beach and checked in to our “humbling” room (don’t ask) first before hitting the beach. Tired from our 8- hour travel, as well as having empty stomachs, we invaded the nearest eat-all-you-can-rice resto and pigged out! hahaha

After eating, we took a stroll along the entire stretch of the White beach and took pictures, goofed around and watched other vacationists as they crowd the beach.

There was this Tattoo shop which caught my attention because they have huge speakers in front of the shop playing Reggae. (cool!) My bf must’ve read that intrigued look on my face and said we should get a henna, since I haven’t had one before (and it’s on my to-do list before i die). So here comes eager beaver (me), headed straight where the tattoo catalogs are stacked and started my unending inquiries about tattoos. hehehe Here’s our pic:

That night, around 11pm, I was pretty much anticipating what the night life there would be like.. Turned our that it was just similar to the night life in Manila- the attire and place is just different. The beach was jam-packed! As in! So after dining out and finishing off a bottle of beer (for my bf) and soda (for me), we found a free spot where we laid on our backs and did some stargazing… My bf is not a fan of astronomy, so I taught him which one is the Orion constellation (after watching 10,00-b.c., he should have an idea what I’m talking about) and the Big dipper, both of which are easiest to spot in the night sky.

So the following day, we woke up around 7am and it was raining! So much for tan. We ate our breakfast, again at the eat-all-you-can-rice resto. While pigging out and talking about our misfortunes and blonde moments, the sun suddenly appeared among the thick rain clouds and it was HOT again! hahaha We sprinted back to our room and changed into our swim wear and returned to the beach! yahoo! First on the list: Banana Boat! It was our first time and we were really psyched up! After mounting the banana boat, the speed boat pulling us started heading to the open ocean.. I was seated in the middle (4th in line of 10). Let me give you a piece of advice: If you plan to ride this anytime in the future, never seat in the middle… I hated the splashes created by our boat hitting the waves! It was all over my face and I cannot see a thing, I cannot breath well and the salty water seems to get into my mouth!!! So while I was battling out for my survival, the speed boat deliberately took a sharp turn and next thing I knew, our banana boat turned upside down and I was thrown off-guard into the water and the salty water entered through my nose and seeped to my throat.. As I managed to resurface from the plunge, I saw my BF saving someone else’s girlfriend!!! 0.0 Well after that he said he thought the girl was me but then realized otherwise when the real BF was pulling her away from him.. HAHAHA I thought it was hilarious but I didn’t let my bf sense that I was cool with it. I pretended to be jealous and said he was just making “chansing”! hahaha Anyway, there were more 2 banana boat flipping and after that, I can say it wasn’t THAT traumatic and relatively, it was a GOOD “experience. ^^

We headed back to the shore and returned our life vests. After a few seconds, i started itching all over my body.. it feels like pouring a 90% salt water into your skin with fine needle punctures all over your body. So horrible that I begged my BF to head back to our room and wash myself up because it was really unbearable. I’m bit puzzled why it happened because prior to swimming I placed a layer of sunblock lotion and petroleum jelly over my skin to protect me from the sun and any allergens present in the water. So to make the long story short, after washing up, I dressed up on my “pang-uwi” clothes and just sat on the beach while my BF got his tan. … I mainly took pleasure sitting there and taking pictures.. I did got my tan without bathing.. but it wasn’t as nice as my BF’s. Haaayyy… Here’s our picture after.. (while waiting for our boatride back to Batangas pier)

When we left Puerto galera, we made history and brought along good memories… I hope we can go back there soon. This is one great, unforgettable summer! Really!