Hundred Islands – Redg vs. The Machine

Late, late post but who cares!

The Region One Adventure is supposedly a five-day trip to Urdaneta, Pangasinan and La Union where my friends Josef and Nicole lives. Since some plans got cancelled along the way, we did what we do best. IMPROVISED ITINERARY!

I left Manila a little later than my friends due to money issues and that resulted me not being able to sleep during the five hour bus ride because I was so paranoid I’d miss my stop. The upside is I finally finished the movie Apocalypto (WHY DO BUSES INSIST ON PLAYING THAT MOVIE? I’ve encountered two before this bus ride) and The Avengers.

I got swindled P100 by a tricycle driver who dropped me off at Urdaneta Garden Resort. Josef’s mom booked us a room for a night. There weren’t a lot of pictures from that day because we were too busy swimming, playing Heads Up, karaoke-ing and having a heated discussion on Josef’s taste on comedy movies. (She though She’s The Man wasn’t good.)

The next morning, we had breakfast at Josef’s and then boarded a bus to Dagupan and then another bus to Alaminos since there are no Alaminos buses in Urdaneta. I would’ve loved to stay for a little longer at Urdaneta so we could take tourist pictures!

We arrived at Alaminos around noon-ish and got assaulted by tricycle drivers almost instantaneously. We took a quick lunch at Jollibee and then rode a tricycle to the dock where the boats were. After a long negotiation, we ended up paying P2000 for a boat ride to and fro, a tour of the three developed islands and two life vests. (We convinced the guy to throw in the life vests for free)

We were given the option to stay on an undeveloped island (NO ANYTHING) so that we won’t have to pay entrance fees and tent fees but we decided not to since we had limited water, food and flashlights. LOL

Anyway, the real adventure started during the boat ride! We were first dropped off at Governor’s Island which was the tallest of the three we visited. After a sweaty trek up the island, (I was panting heavily when I got to the top thanks to my superb health) we were rewarded by a spectacular view of Hundred Islands!