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