Anilao Adventure

Imagine we could've reach Anilao in 2 and half hour if we went there straight but since our plan to stay at San Juan turn disaster, our short time travel turns to 10 hour trip. road trip? nah! i can't call this a road trip. Anyway, enough of the ranting, We finally found our place to stay. The moment we step on the lobby of Outrigger we knew this is it. a little expensive than the other resort but i really think that the price is worth the stay. water activities such as kayaks, canoe, pedal boats and snorkeling gears are free, where else can you have that offer. we paid 2050 each for room, buffet breakfast and buffet dinner. 2600 each if we will have 4 buffet meals. The foods are awesome, i love their creamy veggie, can't get over their tocino and oh so love their mix fruits. coffee and tea are complimentary and you can drink all you want, hehe. oh they also got swimming pool, billiard tables (P100/hr), KTV room (P100/hr), banana boat ( i forgot how much is the rental fee) and wind surfing. Yes i know i said i wanted to go to a beach, walk at the shore and lay on the sand under the sun and moon, but i never regret going to Anilao it was an adventure to remember. I've been wanting to try snorkeling for years now, but sadly, i was never given a chance. We think of San Juan because of it's white sand beach and because i read a lot about Marulas coral reef, they say it is a beautiful snorkeling spot that's only around 10ft deep, so you can clearly see corals and fish. We woke up early and head for a good start. we had yummy breakfast, take 30mins rest and change our attires. we're all ready to jump at the more than 10feet deep and excited to see what's under the water. We went to the information to borrow snorkeling, we thought of submerging the mouth piece to a hot water, but BUT, we are out of snorkeling gears, all gears are already rented and they doubt if we can borrow a gear for the next 8hours. so being excited and all that, Gar (my brother) and I decided to buy a new pair of snorkeling gear. Emer already owned one. We bought Mares snorkeling gear for 2050 each. yech! expensive eh? but we thought that our adventure will not be worth all the suffering if we won't go snorkeling. Soon the three of us are all set to another experience of our life, well that was at least what i felt, since i am the only one who haven't tried snorkeling.
I swim and swim and glide and glide, I never see beautiful fishes in my entire beach life but I was kinda disappointed because i expected a lot for corals. well according to locals, Anilao is best for divers not really best for snorkeling. or if we wanted we have to go to an island, Sombrero island. We wanted to rent a banca but it cost 2500 rountrip, good for 8-10pax, since we were only 3, we also have to pay same amount. too expensive for us, the boat trip will take us to Sepoc Island, a beautiful white sand beach owned by Eagle's point Resort and not only that we also don't have enough time. We will definitely go there next time and we will already tag along more companions. Back to corals, I really expected a lot since i do a lot of research and i saw more beautiful pics of it. Emer said that we have to go to a spot where sands are white so we can have clearer view. We tried kayaking for few minutes, it was already 1130am and the sun was up and HoT! swim few minutes at their small pool and one by one started to take shower.
We leave Outrigger past 2pm. we check out Eagle's Point. the place is really really breathtaking but expensive too. It will cost a person 2900 for overnight, inclusive of plated breakfast, lunch and dinner. all water sports activities are to be rented. well at least except for the swimming pool. they got a man made salt water pool that has a baby shark in it, cool right? their pools are bigger than Outrigger and most, their rooms are excellent. The only downside i think about the place was their house reef are more for divers and not for snorkeling.
It was already 4pm when we decide to leave Anilao. A place where i will definitely go back. I've been to a lot of places in Batangas, Nasugbu, Calatagan, Lian and Lemery, a Glimpse of San Juan but i never thought i will love Anilao best. Funny because looking back i never really wanted to go to Anilao, all the while i thought it was only for divers but going there made ma change a lot, I realize there are more beautiful places to go and more adventures to explore. And now I know that our next adventure trip will be to a place where we can really find something new.
here are few shots we took:
Outrigger Resort, Anilao