Weekend At Puerto Galera

Last weekend I went to Puerto Galera. It's my second time to visit this place but I was still amazed by the beauty of this island. I started traveling at around 10:30 P.M. last Friday. The bus going to Batangas pier left at around 12:20 A.M. By 3:20 A.M. I was already in Batangas pier waiting for a ferry boat going to Galera. The boat left at around 6:30 A.M. It was the first trip. In the middle of our journey, I felt the big waves of the ocean. It was really different from my first ferry boat ride. We arrived safely at the shore of Puerto exactly 8:00 A.M. The first thing I did was to find a place where I can stay. After that, I had chicken curry for my breakfast. At around 1:30 P.M. I went island hoping. I also did snorkeling. It was amazing! I never imagined that life under water is that magnificent. It's really breathtaking and a must see for everyone. The corals are full of life and hundreds of different marine creatures can be found under the sea. Imagine a life size aquarium, lovely isn't it? I even had the chance to feed the fishes. I'm not really a good swimmer and I admit that I was hesitant to jump out of the boat. But with my life vest on and the tour guide who was giving me some sort of moral support, I was convinced that I need to try this activity. When I jump into the water, there was still a part of me that was feeling weak and really afraid. But when I got to see the life under water, I didn't want to go back to the boat. I wanted to live with the fishes if only I could. It was a refreshing sight. It was so relaxing. After that we went island hoping. I had merienda around 4:30 P.M. Chicken kebab and salted eggs with tomatoes plus buko juice made it a yummy afternoon. I felt so tired after that so slept until 1:00 A.M. Then at around 2:00 A.m, I had my dinner. Pork kebab for dinner plus night life at Puerto. The next morning I decided to have henna tattoo. The design is a rosary and it's on my right foot. After that I went kayaking. It was very tiring but yeah, I did enjoy this water activity. The waves were getting stronger though so what I did was to stay near the shore. I had my last lunch in Puerto at around 2:30 P.M. Then the ferry boat started to sail going to Batangas at exactly 3:30 P.M. People got paranoid and started getting life vest as soon as they got into the ferry boat. A different scenario because before, life vest were just stored inside the boat, but now it's within our reach. Just to give you an insight why we got crazy over getting a life vest, the day we went to Puerto, a ferry boat had an accident at the middle of the ocean, I think there were 12 casualties, most of them were children. From the investigation they found out that the boat was overloaded. So there, that was the cause of our panic attack. We arrived safely at Batangas pier approximately 6:00 P.M. It was a super happy weekend for me and I felt thankful that we arrived safely.