Travel | Sombrero Island

As promise, here's the intense part two of our Anilao trip.
After our Mt. Gulugod Baboy hike we headed straight to prepare for the boat ride to Sombero island. since we started a little late on the hike, we're literally chasing the sun.

Sombrero island is a very small place with no electricity or sorts, so we aimed not to stay there after sunset. Also the guide warned us that the waves are gonna be crazy wild when we wait that late, and it'll be hard to cross back.

Sombrero means hat in English maybe because it is shaped like hat #fancy
We only got to stay there less than 2 hours but it's fine. We got to swim, shoot and chill. What I love about islands like this is the extra clear water, white sands and the feeling of distance. We can even see Mt. Gulugod from the island so that was quite a scene. I also got to meet a new friend, a dog. He was friendly, I think he's owned by the island caretakers.
By the way there is an entrance fee of 150/person and the boat ride was 200/person. the boat was around 10pax. 
Speaking of the boat ride. You will see on the video what I meant with the "intense"
 part. The boat ride going to the island was crazy. I think the driver was really rushing, the boat was lifting from the sea surface. It's not even a speedboat, it's just a regular motor boat. It felt like an amusement park ride with extra bonus of sea water all over. Thank goodness we covered our bags with a raincoat. We initially planned to just lazy around the sand and chill but since we were already dripping wet why not swim.

more here /o/ \o\ /o/

We are so going back for a full day experience.
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Sombrero Island, Anilao, Mabini
Batangas, Philippines 2014

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