Friday, March 25, 2016

Wandering Tourist - Local Beaches

Wandering Tourist – Local Beaches

Being an island nation, the Philippines has numerous beaches. There are several swimming beaches close to where we live. They all are similar with brown sand and clear water during the dry season (about the end of March through November). During the wet season the water can be murky and dirty. There are scenic views of San Pedro Island, San Pablo Island and the rocky point of the municipality Anahawan.

Pondol

Pondol
Talisay

Talisay

Bangcas B

Bangcas B

San Pablo Island as seen from Pondol Beach

San Pedro Island as seen from Pondol Beach

An-an in Anahawan
Pondol beach is where we temporarily lived until we got our property bought and made livable. It is about 5 minutes from where we currently live. There is no real public access to the beach, you just have to know which path between houses to take. The access we use is across form the barangay waiting shed and between a couple of houses. Someone has made bamboo benches that can be used.





Pondol beach is where our fish pen is located (see previous post). And since Flor's cousin lives right on the beach, it is a good place to have a birthday party. This March we had JJ's birthday party on Pondol beach. He had friends from Pondol and Talisay at his party.

And we have the beach in barangay Talisay, where we live. It is about ½ mile from the house. It does have public access road and road running along the beach. A lot of fisherman work off of Talisay beach and park their boats there. Watch the parking and do not park under any coconut trees. Coconuts do fall at random and will cause serious damage to things being hit. There are some sheds that can be rented for day use. There is a sari sari (variety store) that has a Karaoke machine that is usually open when there is a group of people on the beach (sorry no picture, battery died). There is a shed that can be rented for day use as well.




Located on Talisay beach is the Las Vegas resort. See following link for information.

The weekend of March 20 we had a church dinner at the Malaki private beach in barangay Bangcas A. Really nice place with 3 buildings that can be rented. There is a nice road to this beach and parking with no fear of falling coconuts.






Further down from Malaki private beach and closer to Hinunagan there is Seandy Point Beach resort. See following link.


There are families, kids, us and usually a dog enjoying these beaches.














Until next time, thank you for following.

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