Potipot Island

Potipot island was the reason I became a fan of beaches. I seldom go to the beach before since I never knew that the Philippines has so much awesome beaches.

On November 2007, together with my friends Lalaine (who was very much pregnat back then) and Heidi decided to embark on a trip to Potipot island. Before I continue further, I'll tell you a short backstory why we decided to go to Potipot island.

(disclaimer: this story is just from what I remember.)

Lalaine and I met and became friends through an non profit organization that helps special children. We also met and became really close with some other volunteers. Then these supposedly close friends of ours decided to go to Potipot island without inviting us. Lalaine all pregnant and emotional got really pissed and decided we should go on our own too. Heidi tagged along and after just a week of preparation, we went there. I had to incude that backstory because thinking about it sill makes me angry. argh!




Stank Face - lol



So back to Potipot, we took a Victory Liner Bus bound for Sta Cruz, Zambales at the Caloocan terminal. Based on the blogs that Lalaine read prior to that day, she just told the conductor to drop us off to Dawal in Uacon. We went staright to our accommodation in Sunbloom Resort.



On our way to our accommodation





Sunbloom Resort



We decided to eat dinner at the floating restaurant near the mini park where we were dropped off earlier. The food was not that great and since we ate past dinner time already, we were the only ones there. Additionally, a floating reastaurat do not really make sense when the view is all pitch black. So we went back to Sunbloom and started singing.

dindin at a local floating restaurant

videoke time



more singing


After singing Heart's Alone way too many times, we decided to sleep and take a rest. We needed to wake up the next morning to go to Potipot island.

breakfast time

We were awake even before sunrise, and after a few minutes our breakfast was ready. We ate to our heart's content and went to Potipot island which was about 5-7 minutes away from our accommodation.

off to the island

that is the entire island

Upon arrival, I was amazed by the beauty of the beach and the powdery white sand. Before Potipot island, I've only been to you know, Batangas and Puero Galera. The beaches there were fine, but nothing special. Unlike this island, it so beautiful and serene I wanted to cry (LOL). So we spent the entire morning until almost afternoon taking a dip into the clear water, cam whoring and eating. 

yours truly

Lalaine enjoying the water

Heidi (Klum)



ganda!



Lunch time

We decided to leave the island after we ate our lunch. We went back to our accommodation and prepared to go home.

waiting for the bus

ordinary bus pic

It was an awesome trip with my friends. I realized after visiting Potipot island that I really want to travel around the Philippines. We have so many beautiful beaches and tourist spots that we take for granted.