📌 TRAVEL GUIDE – Masasa Beach, Tingloy Batangas Going To Puerto Galera, Mindoro.

One of my characteristics that I am really proud of – I’m really friendly. I have this personality wherein I can easily build a connection to random people. In fact my officemate and a friend of mine William Pombo, introduces me to his circle of friends “the Britney Army Philippines “ and it just happened that even if I didn’t consider Britney Spear as my goddess , they still welcome me and I am telling you guys, they’re really happy people.

To cut the short story long, after meeting them several times “official kaibigan ko na sila”, and I was invited to be part of their get away nung summer pa naman ito pero I decided to share this story sa inyo guys na late, as in “LATE” kasi tag-ulan na pero tsaka ko pa lang siya isusulat sa blog ko. Again, better late than never.  The said outing was   MAY 5,2018  - Two Months na ago sa Masasa Beach.

Masasa Beach is located  San Juan,, Tingloy, Batangas. I already heard the place and saw some blog post about it pero wala sa isip ko na puntahan ko talaga ang place kasi feeling ko malayo siya which is true malayo sya talaga. We departed at exactly 3AM May 5,2018 sa Buendia sa Bus Station, I forgot if it was JAM or JAC liner basta the one located beside Macdo, coz I remember we grabbed a bite first bago kami sumakay ng Bus.
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We took the bus heading to Batangas Grand Terminal which cost is around 150-180PHP each. (I can no longer remember) , then dropped off at Batangas Grand Terminal Mismo , the terminal na titigilan ng bus pag pupunta kayo ng batangas port if you’re going to Puerto Galera. Of course , you will no longer reach Batangas Port because you need to drop off at the said Bus Terminal dahil andon yung sakayan ng jeep na papuntang “Mabini Multi-purpose Port” , and it will take you 30-45mins teh. But we took an authentic Batangas Lomi for our lunch , naloka ako, ang siksik, liglig at umaapaw sa sahog teh. Oorder ka ng isang mangkok, I was under the impression na pang 1 pax lang, nako pang apat na tao. Kaya tuwang tuwa ako plus the fact that it was truly savory. Iba ang sarap ng Batangas Lomi teh, you can actually look for lomihan sa terminal. We left mga 5:30ARE heading sa Mabini Port via jeep. You don’t to worry, continues po ang jeep.

#mabinibatangas bakit ang mahal ng environmental fee kaysa sa bangka? pic.twitter.com/dkLra7hEjM

— Jonathan D. Orbuda 💻 (@ILoveTansyong) May 4, 2018

Si Chris nakapila to pay for the environmental FEE

While kami nag aantay ng bangka.

When we arrived at Mabini port, at  6:30 AM naloka ako ! The port was not really a good port – not organized in comparison to Batangas port wherein you only pay 20PHP pero sa Mabini ,you have to pay a huge amount for environmental fee, not for the place na pupuntahan namin pero para sa Mabini na sadyang saglit lang naman kami dun.Well , not that I expected, ang haba ng pila teh, to pay the environmental fee, plus you have to wait sa Bangka.  Good thing, mga bakla kasama ko at masasaya kasama, we just did some crazy stuff during our idle time yet on the back of my mind, hindi siya nakakatuwa specially we’re talking “TIME” here na nasasayang.

The Britney Army heading to Tingloy Port , Batangas.

Nakasakay kami ng Bangka heading to Tingloy Port, tirik na ang araw teh (10AM) and travel time via boat took us 45min- 1hour , amounting 80PHP (sana di pa mataas as of writing). When we arrived at Tingloy Port, we need to ride a tricycle papuntang pinag stayhan namin.

Tingloy Port na po kami.

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I was disappointed that sa layo at hirap ng pinag daanan bago makarating  sa place, the beach was just SO SO for me. It was beautiful indeed, but it wasn’t worth for the effort, maybe naging sikat siya for the past months dahil nga nagviral siya sa facebook, or baka talaga dahil sa mga online bloggers at backpackers na nagpupunta.  Pero for me, mag-exert man ako ng effort at time na magbeach – mag Calaguas Island nalang ako
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With that being said, I left my friends earlier  on our second day palang after learning that Puerto Galera is just a boat ride away from Masasa Beach, eh may boat naman available the next morning na aalis ng 6AM. I noticed my friends’ faces na nalungkot kasi iniwan ko sila, pero baka dahil sa frustration ko sa place , I also need m “Me Time” and Puerto Galera is just a foggy-blurred away from our place kaya na rin ako hindi na a nag stay pa wherein two days ang naka book supposedly sa amin sa Masasa Beach.



The owner of the house we rented, together with my friends – hinatid din naman nila ako sa boat. Pero in just short span of time na nakasama at inuman ko sila – I must say na quality time din naman.

Dumating ako sa Galera na mag-isa, nag book ng room 800PHP for 24 hours, nagpamasahe, nag-inum and the rest were history. HAHA.  And my friends na naiwan, nakita ko nalang sa FB nag punta sila sa ibang location, I just learned na bukod beach , may mga iba pa palang magagang lugar na pwede puntahan,nagpadaig lang ako sa “first impression”.  Well, if ask niyo ako if babalik ako at sasadyain talaga, maybe  hindi na muna. But who knows.. but not for now.

Lying and Indulging the sand and sun at Masasa Beach

Salamat Guys sa pagsubaybay, Im pretty sure nag –iba ang timpla ng writing style ko. TAGLISH, kasi diko na kayang magpanggap na English pa more. Well, this new style nag pagsusulat ko, seems light... and seems magaan sya basahin. Para lang kinakausap ko kayo, and this is what I want to do moving forward. Ayaw ko na magpanggap, mahirap nagcheck ng grammar. Hahaha.