FAS OUTING AT ANAWANGIN

…this is our first outing without Ate Ne …well, because her hubby is home and I guess he wasn’t really in the mood to join the entire office in some jolly-making just yet... which was just too bad for us – because the outing just wasn’t the same without her!







…We had an early start because we would be going back home in the afternoon, so we left the house at around 3 am to pick up Ging then Jojo and we reached the office at 4 am…however, we waited for the others to arrive so it was thirty minutes later when we started traveling to Zambales. We reached Pundaquit in 3 ½ hours and after a bit more of waiting we were on the boat to Anawangin …by 9 am we had our first glimpse of the beautiful cove.






…upon arrival they prepared lunch while I headed out to the beach to take some pictures and watch over the kids already swimming… the water was great – it was calm but not too shallow that it would impede the swimmers from swimming freely, but the waves weren’t crashing either which makes it ideal even for the little ones just as long as they stay within their depth…By 12, we had a fun and raucous lunch, there was so much food with one table laden with pork bbq, grilled fish, the usual adobo, and so much more while the other table was filled with fruits…just too bad that I wasn’t able to take any pictures – everyone was just too hungry to bother with the camera na e!
















…after eating and while the others were playing games, we went back to enjoy the water some more since they said we need to be ready to leave at 2 pm… too bad huh because we truly enjoyed swimming in the cool clear waters of Anawangin even if the sand wasn’t pristine white, it was soft on our feet…I guess the only complaint was that the tables were quite far from the water so when resting, you couldn’t see the people swimming in the water. Also, the distance was difficult to traverse especially if walking on the very hot sand… and the flies…though the place seemed clean enough there were just too many flies!








…we left the island of Anawangin after we all had our baths and got dressed using the poso and some makeshift bathrooms in the island. The place had no true facilities - no water, no electricity, no hotels, no restaurant… but I guess it’s better that way otherwise, all its purity and simplicity would be spoiled… as it is we said goodbye to the beautiful island with a promise to return and savor its raw beauty once more.