Sunday Morning, June 8 2008, the weather is good, the trip has been planned, all are prepared and pumped-up, ready for another Capones Island Adventure!
After what happen to us last three weeks on Pundakit (Capones Misadventures blog), we already learned our lesson to check the weather forecast before leaving Manila, we make sure that no storm signal number 3 will hinder our trip this time.
Not all early bird catches an early worm!
When all participants are present (Dhoc, Leila, Mark, Jo, Nelson, Ana and Jefford), we immediately went to Victory bus liner at Caloocan earlier than the last time we did (around 1:30am I think), we plan not to waste our time going to the market in Zambales and worrying about the time we spent for buying for our food supplies in the morning, so we decided to go to the station as early as possible and hoping that there is an early trip heading to Zambales, but when we arrived at the station, we are disappointed because the first trip was set at 4:30 in the morning, so we waited for around 2hours until everybody on the booth was awake.
Capones now and then..
The Bus trip to San Antonio Zambales took us about 3 hours with 15 minutes stop-over on Pampanga and Olongapo. Then we spent an hour bargaining
with vendors at Zambales market, buying food, water and all the necessary things we needed for camping. After buying all the stuff we needed , we immediately went to pundakit port where Robert, our contact Boatman was already there waiting for us. He brought us to the same spot where we camped out 2 years ago, we ride his small banka and took us 30 minutes from pundakit shore to Capones Island.
The first time we are at Capones Island, we enjoyed the clear water and the beautiful white sand around us, There are no visible garbage(maybe a few sandals left by the tourist). We make sure that by the time we get off the island, we will leave no garbage behind, keeping the island as clean as possible. Unfortunately this time, I was surprised that the island became more populated and polluted than it was before, maybe because Capones Island is getting more popular for local and foreign tourist nowadays. I was somewhat disappointed because some tourist left their garbage behind, and the white sand was not that white anymore, maybe due to oil spills or the storm that hit it last time but nevertheless the island was still beautiful and the trip was fun fun fun !!!
Photos Photos Photos !!!!
The Bus trip to San Antonio Zambales took us about 3 hours with 15 minutes stop-over on Pampanga and Olongapo. Then we spent an hour bargaining
with vendors at Zambales market, buying food, water and all the necessary things we needed for camping. After buying all the stuff we needed , we immediately went to pundakit port where Robert, our contact Boatman was already there waiting for us. He brought us to the same spot where we camped out 2 years ago, we ride his small banka and took us 30 minutes from pundakit shore to Capones Island.
The first time we are at Capones Island, we enjoyed the clear water and the beautiful white sand around us, There are no visible garbage(maybe a few sandals left by the tourist). We make sure that by the time we get off the island, we will leave no garbage behind, keeping the island as clean as possible. Unfortunately this time, I was surprised that the island became more populated and polluted than it was before, maybe because Capones Island is getting more popular for local and foreign tourist nowadays. I was somewhat disappointed because some tourist left their garbage behind, and the white sand was not that white anymore, maybe due to oil spills or the storm that hit it last time but nevertheless the island was still beautiful and the trip was fun fun fun !!!
Photos Photos Photos !!!!
Nasaan na sila?
Tres Amigos at the Fura de Punta Capones
At Campsite
"It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever."— Jimmy Carter
kainis naman, gusto ko din mag beach!