Date: May 28-29, 2010

Location: 100 Islands, Alaminos, Pangasinan

Costs:

·         Roundtrip Bus Fare (Manila - Alaminos – Manila) : P 700

·         Roundtrip Tricycle Fare (Bus Terminal – Hotel – Terminal) : P 160

·         Overnight Package with Island Tropic Hotel : P 2000

Inclusions: Island hopping, Sumptuous food throughout the stay (AM Merienda, Lunch, PM Merienda, Dinner, Breakfast), Entrance fees and table rental in islands.

·         Snorkeling gear : P 100

·         Kayak ride : P 250  (good for two)

May 28

·         5am: Took the Victory Liner bus to Alaminos, Pangasinan

·         10am: Arrived at Island Tropic Hotel

·         11:30am: Lunch (Inihaw na Liempo, Inihaw na Bangus, Pibakbet, Talong, Kamatis and Bagoong)

·         1pm: Island Hopping. Went to Governor’s Island, where you would see the Pinoy Big Brother House, this island also has a view deck, where you would get a magnificent view of the 100 Islands scattered closely to each other. Afterwhich, we went to see Bat Island (literally filled with bats), Turtle Island (shaped like a turtle), Marcos island (which has an underwater cave), Bird island (filled with birds), Cathedral Island (has this big dome shaped like a cathedral’s altar).

·         3pm: Quezon Island (which the locals call main island), you can actually opt to stay overnight here, we head to the table reserved for us, ate our packed merienda (courtesy of the hotel), then went sightseeing, you would see giant 3ft tall clams, white sand and friendly locals, took pictures then rented a kayak and went around other islands, it was nice for kayaking, the sea cooperates with less waves since the islands are close to each other, took some more pictures.

·         5pm: Snorkeling galore, they have angel fishes the size of your hand and bigger, they have those giant clams and other colorful fishes like Nemo. Actually, snorkeling was kinda creepy with the big fishes.

·         6pm: Back at the hotel, rested and freshened up.

·         7pm: Dinner (Chicken Teriyaki, Fish Fillet, Sinigang na Sugpo), then went back to the room to watch some movies and relax.

·         9pm: had some drinks at the bar then off to the room to rest.

May 29

·         8am: Breakfast (Daing na Bangus, Alaminos Longganisa  and Alaminos native Suman)

·         9am: Went strolling at the plaza, where there’s a lot of boats and the watchtower, you would also encounter kids asking you to throw coins in the water, then they would jump and dive for it. Bought pasalubongs, packed and then rested.

·         11am: Lunch, then checked out.

·         12nn: Bus ride going to Manila

·         5:30pm: Arrival at Manila

- a traveler’s journal