Apart from the white sand beach of Tambalisa, the outriggered bancas lining its shore and the towering Mt. Manaphag, an beach house caught my attention. Who owns that nice house?
The towering Mt. Manaphag overseeing Tambalisa beach. Note the conspicous house.
The view along the beach is just breath taking. Take a look!
Beach front view of Tambalisa beach and Mt. Manaphag as backdrop
I asked our boatman to find a store where we can eat our lunch. It’s 3 PM and we still haven’t eaten our lunch.
My boatman leading the way find a store to buy food
Our search led us to an inner sari-sari after asking around.
Which is almost at the foot of Mt. Nanaphag!
Enjoying Mt. Nanaphag near the jump off site. Villagers here told me the mountain is sacred, very steep , with sharp edged rocks and monkeys as inhabitants.
After merienda we headed back to our boat passing by this bridge and the nearby concrete house.
A bridge over a narrow inland river.
This house looked very enchanting to a tired body. Unluckily, the owner was not around when we asked around.
A very nice cabana and hammock for a very tired body!
My boatman called me out because of the looming heavy rain just across another island. We have to leave now since we have a long boat ride still enroute to concepcion town proper.
My boatman pointing to an approaching heavy rain. We have to leave.
So this was basically just a straight out island hop. I didn’t have the luxury of time mingling with the locals doing their everyday routine. What I noticed though is that the locals don’t mind tourist visiting their village and taking pictures of them. They are very friendly but they seem to go on with their daily lives naturally even with tourist gazing at their every move!
I took a swim just near the beach then got this selfie.
Obligatory selfie just before leaving with Tambalisa beach and Mt. Manaphag on the background
Too bad weather’s not cooperating I have to leave early. Darn Glenda!
