Monday, November 21, 2011


It was one of those moments when you know that you are at the right place, at the right time, and with the right people.  Unplanned, it may seem; unprepared, we may be; as indulgent, as it may appear, it was definitely an adventure that I will forever remember.

It was crazy at work.  My boss is out of town, my co team leader is in the middle of a maternity leave, and I found myself at the middle of the busiest season, with two sign offs I needed to make. As expected, I can only think “I want a vacation”.

And then, my phone rings, and my adventure began.

“Follow us!” they kept on insisting.  All I can say was “we’ll see”;  “ There’s a bus leaving at 8pm this evening, it’ll arrive here around 6am.  We’ll meet you at the bus station”.  Again, I replied “We’ll see”.

I can’t skip work, well, I’m weird that way.  But all I know is, I had to be there… with my friends, at the beautiful island of Calaguas.  It was a good thing that my credit card arrived a week before.   I immediately booked a flight, and few hours after my shift, I was on my way to Naga.

I arrived at Naga airport around 8am, rode a bus to the terminal, where I met my friends.  We stayed momentarily at their hotel to catch up with activities and our journey begins.

To get to Calaguas from Naga, we took a Daet bound bus, a shuttle to Paracale, and ultimately, a banca to the island.  Approximately, travel time is a little over 5 hours, but it was all worth it.  

Photos below are taken by my friends Ange Pedro and Kathy Seraspi