Blog.MonsterComments » Puerto Galera http://blog.monstercomments.com a piece of the world through the eyes of mini-monsters. philippines Fri, 18 May 2012 13:33:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sandbar Resort, Boquete Island http://blog.monstercomments.com/travel-living/sandbar-resort-boquete-island/ http://blog.monstercomments.com/travel-living/sandbar-resort-boquete-island/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:03:03 +0000 biscotti monster http://monstercomments.com/blog/travel-living/sandbar-resort-boquete-island/ Sandbar Resort

We were searching for a quiet spot to spend a 3-day weekend. Our criteria was to go somewhere not too far. So we narrowed it to two choices: Batangas or Puerto Galera. Batangas resorts were full so we had to check out Galera. Knowing how crowded and over rated White Beach was, we surfed the net for a a quiet and private resort in Galera. Found a few resorts: Oceana, La Laguna and Sandbar. We finally decided to check out Sandbar Resort in Puerto Galera. http://www.dynastydivers.com/sandbar/resort.php

Booking a room was easy but getting there was another story. We first had to drive from Manila to Batangas Port, which took 3 1/2 hours due to the traffic. When we got to the pier, we were harassed! This port was so unorderly and inefficient! We had to line up 3x to buy tickets (P380 roundtrip), pay eco tourism tax and a pier fee! After being mauled by vendors for a good 30 minutes, we were finally escorted to a very big and very FULL bangka. Some passengers were already shouting, “overloaded na!”. Official capacity was supposedly 80 pax, Im pretty sure we exceeded that number.

big bangka

After an hour and a half in the bangka, we finally reached White Beach. (Note: if you get seasick easily, I suggest you take Bonamine!!!) Most passengers got off on White Beach, while we stayed in the bangka, we were being dropped off at Muelle where the resort’s van was waiting for us.

Sandbar Resort was just what we wanted, small and quiet. The rooms were decent. We also had free access to the kayaks, cabanas and lounge chairs. The beach itself was so-so, it was pretty to look at but not so nice to swim in. We had a nice time watching people learn how to windsurf though.(P500/hour to learn). We also saw some kids training on their cute sailboats.

Sandbar Resort

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHUZmnvpglY

For serious swimming, we used the pool. We also hired a bangka (P1500) for some island hopping/snorkeling. But primarily, we spent most of our time chilling, which was really our goal anyways. The sea breeze was constant and relaxing in this place… lulled us to sleep most of the time. :)

windsurfing

Food was quite pricey for the quality. Average of P250 per meal, it wasnt bad, but it wasnt memorable either.

burger

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