Musings over Mercedes Group of Islands Summer Get-Away

It rained today but I think the season of summer is here upon us. Good friend Chips has opened the idea of an island hopping get-away along the Mercedes Group of Islands in Camarines Norte this summer.

Ambro, good friend to both us, is coming to town this week. And Friday was set for us to talk about our impending summer getaway. He currently resides in Camarines Norte and will basically be our guide on this island hopping adventure in the Mercedes Group of Islands.

It's been a while since I got out of town and I'm looking forward to this trip. I am so giddy & excited that I eagerly researched about the Mercedes Group of Island in the net.

The Mercedes group of Islands is composed of 7 islands namely: Canimog, Apuao Pequeña, Apuao Grande, Canton, Malasugui, Caringo and Quinapaguian.

Mercedes Group of Islands
Image from BackpackingPhilippines

Major attractions in these islands are its clean white beaches, corrals, underwate sceneries, rock formation and fish sanctuary. Apart from swimming and island hopping, I am also looking forward to camping out overnight in one of the islands. It has been years since I enjoyed hiking/mountain climbing.

REFERENCES:

• tourism PHILIPPINES
  
• fuerte Camarines Norte
  

The group of islands is not yet a major tourist spot but rivals the more popular destinations in terms of pristine beauty. That would be a good thing for us to further enjoy the islands to ourselves. I just hope that Ambro would be generous enough make our accomodations free. :) So that all I need to take care of are transportation and enjoying island hopping in Mercedes Group of Islands.

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Our Company's First Summer Getaway at Munting Buhangin Beach Resort

Our company chose the Munting Buhangin Beach Resort in Nasugbu, Batangas for its very first summer outing last May 29-30. Coincidentally, it was also my first company-sponsored summer outing.

We left the company premises excitedly before lunch, on-board two-rented vans enroute to the resort. Along the way, we had a brief snack stop over at the Mushroom Burger in Tagaytay. I am not a big fan of mushrooms but I saw my officemates enjoyed the food.

After about 4 hours, we finally reached our destination. The line of vehicles waiting to enter the resort, the almost-full parking.. whoa! Summer is still on.

Upon disembarking, we were welcomed by a not-so-welcoming descent as we are carrying a lot of things. Oh well, no pain, no gain. Hehehe!!

It was late afternoon already, so we set up our things and prepared for dinner. Here are some of the accomodations in the Munting Buhangin Beach camp.

After I've done my share in the preparation, I tried volleyball at the beach for the very first time with my officemates as the sun started to set.

Only darkness made us stop and eagerly prepared for a promising sumptous boodle-fight dinner.

For a night cap, we shared a laugh-all-the-while bonding session I would like to call inuman para sa kinabukasan (drinking until tomorrow). Hehehe!!!

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