Friday, April 4, 2008

Enjoying at puerta galera !!!!

I stayed there for two nights at a rent of 800 pesos for each night.I asked myself that whether I was paying too much or not? It seemed that the rent was quite high.
I had no other options in hand and I agreed to stay in the small cottage type of rooms for two after talking with the hotel manager lady.That night I ate at the restaurant owned by the same hotel authorities. I found the night life of the puerta galera beach quite interesting as it was dotted with the plenty of beer bars arranged on the corner of the beach with some exciting boy dancers who performed dances to the tune of western music in order to create attention and traffic for their bars.
I moved from one place to another in the beach to see if there is anything special.Puerta galera is a tourist paradise for beach and trekking activities.The Mindoro island is covered with dense forest in the interior side as compared to lush and sandy beaches near the shores
Next day was important as I had contaced one local guide for the trekking in the hills which were beside the shore.The local guide name was aptly named BOY.
And boy! Was not he an excellent trekker cum guide !!! . Next day I got ready for the trekking into the hills of the Mindoro island with Boy and he assisted me to trek thru dense forest routes where there was absolutely no one. He took me up the hill where there were good quality houses built by many foreigners like Germans, Swiss, Italian, Americans and some Aussies. It seemed to me that Puerta Galera is the haven for the foreign people for making their second home.There were plenty of lands available on the hill slopes to build houses at affordable rates. I also wished to have built a bunglow in those beautiful surroundings. We had walked on the hill slopes both upwards and downwards in three hours time .In between the trekking we came across quite a few streams, water falls and some tribal people.
After three hours we were back to our origin ie the cottage rented rooms where I was staying.
No need to add I was a bit exhausted after the journey and slept well from 2 00 pm till 4 pm that day.
In the evening I went to all the shoppe and little malls to collect the souvenirs of any value according to my wallet capacity.
I bought two T-shirts , conch shells and more .I had a little scuffle with a T - shirt seller about which I still regret and apologise.( About this incident I shall tell the readers later on )
In the evening I went out for local shoppes , restaurants and more for the last minute Shopping and the island hopping.
Next day in the noon time I started my journey back to my dorm in AIM. That was 29th sepetember, 2003. At about 12:30 pm I boarded off to a steamer which was going towards batangas port in the Luzon island.
As usual I reached the batangas port. From there I boarded off a bus to reach buendia bus stop. I reached my hostel at about 5 pm and in this way I successfully ventured into a tourist place far away from the Makati location( My first tourist activity in Philippines).
It was a fulfilling experience for me.