It was my second day in Bataan and the weather was looking good. Time to hit the beach! I was invited by a friend of mine, Mike, who also happens to be a beach weekend getaway organizer somewhere in Morong, Bataan. I have known something about the place because one of my friends has already visited the place.
After spending my first day in
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, I got excited to finally visit
Playa La Caleta. I got even more excited when I was informed that I will be going there with a bunch of ladies. Our group is the 316th batch who will visit the place. It is always better to be late than never.
After having breakfast in the City of Balanga, we all headed to Morong, Bataan through an hour bus ride. Then we were able to experience a 15 minutes boat ride going to Playa. It was all fun and I got excited as I enjoy my weekend with these six gorgeous ladies on the beach.
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| "boarding" |
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| "the survivors" |
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| "overlooking Bataan Nuclear Power Plant" |
The boat ride was smooth sailing. Fresh air breeze will greet you and landscapes are all amazing. You can see that mountains are green and that gives you the vibes of being far from the city. We got even more excited as we reach near the Playa. Boat was being docked and we all jumped off with excitement. This is what I really want as a vacation getaway, just nature and me! Feels like we own the place! It is just the six of us and the caretakers of the place. Whhheeeeewwww!
We took a couple of minutes to rest before we began strolling over the place. I really had a great time taking pictures on the place. I even took selfie while on the hammock (nakailang kuha kaya ako diyan hehe).
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| "practicing a selfie" |
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| "this is life" |
After putting sunblocks to protect us from getting sun burned, we began strolling the place. That's almost part 10:00 and the sun is striking hot. We enjoyed taking pictures at the tree house. That would be a great place to sleep during summer! We even had rock climbing (ganun talaga, malalim sa gilid eh, kaya push lang ang pagkapit sa mga bato, hehe). After taking so many pictures (marami talaga, kaya mabilis na-lowbat camera ko) we went back to the tents to have lunch.
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| "the tree house" |
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| "on the rock" |
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| "rock climbing with the girls, LOL" |
While waiting for lunch, photo bummer again! Haha. Forgive me but I was able to maximize my tripod with me. (Nahiya rin naman akong pakuha ng pakuha ng pictures sa mga kasama ko.) Taking pictures here and there. Getting some landscapes for my blog (feeling photographer, hehe).
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| "chilling while waiting for lunch" |
Now the moment we have been waiting for. Oh well, I have read some of the blogs that foods being served here was mouthwatering! Haha. Great enough to fill my so empty stomach (hindi talaga ako kumain ng marami sa umagahan para magpakabusog ako sa pananghalian, haha). Hungry stomach got filled! I will give that 4 stars! We even ate using our bare hands. How cool is that?! The lunch was being served on the stream. Imagine having lunch in the open field with running waters under you feet! Priceless! I can't even remember the menu, but all I can say is yumminess all over! (as in masaraaaap siya, burrrrps, sorry).
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| "lunch time" |
After lunch, we had bonding moments underneath the tree. Sharing jokes and getting to know each other (may ganun talaga ha, hehe). I feel blessed that I was able to meet these ladies on my vacation. Who would have thought that they are all nice and down to earth ladies? Never did I encounter such group on my solo travels. That's a no joke! After that, Sir Mike handed our toiletries placed on the leaves of a tree, artistic!
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| "bonding moments" |
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| "toiletries" |
We took some minutes to take a nap. After being re-energized, we strolled the western part of the beach, taking group selfies! Haha. Countless pictures on our cameras (galing ni Clangtots kumuha ng pictures). Whatever thing that comes to our mind, we did, just playing crazy on the place. After all it was like we owned the place for two days.
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| "group selfie |
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| "Playa Heroes" |
When we get back on our tents, it's merienda time (oo, kainan nanaman, grabe talaga, parang di pa nga ako natutunawan noon at kain nanaman, hahahaha). We burned the calories through swimming until sunset. What could have been a great place for photography if it was during summer. The sky would have been so picture perfect!
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| "dessert for afternoon snack" |
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| "sunset at Playa" |
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| "malayuang tingin" |
After dinner (grabeng busog ko talaga noon, nakalimutan ko na mga kinain namin, hehe), bonfire was set before the rain drops. What do you expect, it is rainy season. Still, we had time to experience bonfire on the beach (tagal ko ng di na-experience yan, parang highschool pa ang last ko). To add more excitement on our trip, we also had a cocktail party. We play cards and whoever lose the game will take a glass of alcohol. Haha! (mababait na dalaga, hindi talaga sila nag-iinom) but I salute them for being game on the challenge (lalo nila akong pinahanga).
Spent the night on the beach without any current and no disturbances. Sleeping on the beach just the waves flashing on the shores! Whheeeewwww! Life can't get any better that this!
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| "bonfire with raindrops" |
After breakfast! See the menu below! What can you say?! Well, it was good enough to make ourselves conquer the whole area. We went strolling and photo bumming on the nearby islet. We took time to take pictures as many as we can. We all had cliff jumping, such a great experience for us. At first, I was also hesitant (lakas ba naman ang hampas ng alon) to do it but then I realized, it's once in a lifetime experience to be on that place so I did and so with my colleagues. We even hiked! Yes we did! That was such an awesome experience with the girls.
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| "menu breakfast, yum yum yum" |
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| "breakfast together" |
To sum it up, the experience I had in Playa La Caleta was superb! Speechless I must say. It is all about great memories. New friendships created. It made me realized how happy to explore new places like this. Meeting new people, sharing laughter and making sweet memories that will take your breathe away. I won't stop traveling and I will keep meeting people along the way. Definitely I will see these ladies again soon! They made my trip memorable.
