SANDBOX Adventure - (Porac, Pampanga - April 2014)

When i saw a post in facebook about Sandbox I immediately told my friends that we have to see and experience that ASAP! So on Saturday of that week (April 26th) we decided to get our feet to Porac, Pampanga. We met up at 10am in Trinoma, had lunch and bought some drinks. Then we left the mall around 12 noon and it started to rain in Manila. But after few minutes of travelling,  fine weather welcomed us.

We arrived there around 2:30pm and the weather was excruciating hot!

Burot Beach (Calatagan Batangas - May 2014)

So, me and my friends finally decided to settle for the nearest beach just to get some tan and sand on our toes. We agreed to go to Burot Beach which is located at Calatagan Batangas on May 10-11. :) We met up at Pasay Terminal to take the first trip of the van which leave at 4am. The terminal is located behind the Kabayan Hotel. (just walk straight to the street in between the MRT station and Kabayan Hotel) We waited for each other and decided to take the 2nd van which left at around 4:30am. The van fare is 180 php per person. We were too sleepy so as soon as we took our seats we instantly dozed off. When i woke up, It's already Calatagan and it's almost 8 am.

 

We get off the van and headed to the nearby market where we bought some stuff we'll need like - Food that doesn't get spoiled easily (rice, Tocino, adobo, Pork Sinigang) that will keep us full up until night, softdrinks, ingredients for smores. Then our contact person Kuya Polly, our tricycle driver who came to pick us up. Tricycle fee is 200php per way.

 

We arrived at Burot Beach at around 9 am, we paid the overnight entrance fee for 130 per person.
At that early, there were already a lot of people that had pitch their tents, people lining up for the restrooms and people hanging around the shore. So we started pitching our own tent that we just rented  for 400 php.

 

We started settling our things and went straight to the beach to take some photos.

our tent :)

At around 11 am we started eating our lunch. We bought a block of ice that is 25 php.

 

After we ate, we cleaned up and started lying down on the ground. The heat of the sun at that moment was immensely hot that we wanted to dip ourselves in iced cold water.

   

 

We took some more pictures then after a few minutes of resting, we decided to packed up our things and just go back home. We just took another set of pictures then asked Kuya Polly to pick us up at around 3pm since the last van/bus leaves Calatagan at 4pm.

 

 

That time Kuya Polly was not available so he sends Kuya Mario.

We took a bus back to Manila and paid the same amount of 180php the difference was, it took us crazy 5 hours before arriving at Buendia station.

Our back-up plan was to go to Tagaytay  but we just decided to go back home and call it a day! ;)

Here's our overnight Itinerary:

Day 1:

3:00-3:30 am waiting/Meet-up Van Terminal (Beside/Behind Kabayan Hotel)

3:30 – ETD 6:30- ETA Calatagan Terminal /Public Market

6:30-7:10 Buy stuff/food/water/ice etc..

7:30 –ETA Burot Beach

7:40 –set up tent/ things

8:00 onwards – FREE Time ( beach bumming, Pictorials?? Lol, swimming, eating snacks?)

12:00 – LUNCH!!!

1:30 – FREE Time again!!!!! :D

5:00- 6:00 Sunset viewing (wag magulo kailangan ko ng magandang sunset view! :p )

6:30 Dinner (bago magdilim kain na tayo?)

7:30 set up Bonfire 8:00 marshmallow roasting (hotdogs, pusit, tilapia, bangus, liempo, chicken, bbq if meron kayong dala)

FREE TIME!

11:00 Goodnight time

Day2:

5:30- 6:00 Sunrise viewing

6:00 – 8:00 swimming, pictures, walk around, (Free Time)

8:00 – Breakfast

9:00 onwards – FREE TIME :D

11:00 pack up (please make sure that we won’t leave any trash behind. Clean as we go),

RESPECT Mother Nature :)  )

12:00 – ETD Burot

12:30 ETA Calatagan Terminal

12:30 – LUNCH!!!

1:30 – ETD Calatagan Terminal

4:30 – ETA Pasay terminal

Estimated Expenses: **

(We were 4 in the group) Van/Bus fare - (180 Php per way) - 360 php roundtrip

Food - 160 php

Tricycle -(200 php/way/trip)- 100 php ea/ roundtrip

Entrance Fee - 130php overnight 65 php daytrip

Ice -  25 php

Tent - (400 php) 100 php ea