Hagonoy island from afar
“The ocean . . . cold and wild the surf, rushing in to overwhelm the beach, the wind, stinging my cheeks, enveloping me in total freedom” – Scott Holman
Here’s the link of the first segment of my 2009 Surigao Escapade : Tinuy-an Falls
It was 1:30 in the afternoon when we departed from Tinuy-an Falls at Barangay Burbo-anan, Bislig City. Traveling 30 minutes passed before reaching city proper at Mangagoy, we saw a serene body of water – lake. As locals call it reservoir lake, and it is located at Barangay Burbo-anan. It was a water reservoir for PICOP (Paper Industries Corporation of the Philippines)
Serene water of the reservoir
Our next destination on that day was an island facing Pacific ocean and in the middle of Bislig bay Called Hagonoy Island.
Coming from Tinuy-an Falls it was 2:35 in the afternoon when we arrived at Mangagoy, Bislig City Proper and went to the city market to buy needed resources for our Island overnight at Hagonoy Island.
Showing eagerness
Hagonoy Island is a 30-45 minutes travel by boat from Market Side area of Mangagoy. It’s already 4:45 in the afternoon when we departed from Mangagoy Market side and arrived at the island at around 5:30 in the afternoon.
Powdery sand of the island shore
The sunshine sky is closing in to darkness as it is ready to pour rain on us. After we pitch all our tents on the powdery sand that a light rain pours.
Our overnight shelters
Rain stops after 20 minutes and started preparing our dinner and socials follow until lights off and lights on for a drinking session. Hehehe
Beach Hut
Day 2 May 31, 2009. Some of the group woke up as early as 4:30 in the morning just to catch a glimpse of the spectacular Sunrise. Cameras and videos are busy to capture the moment.
Sun has risen
As the sky opened wide to start the day,I started to noticed that the water is a crystal blue at shores and the island is isolated from the mainland of Surigao for about 3 Kilometers.
It only took 10-15 minutes to walk around the pear shaped island and it was just the size of about 4 to 5 basketball court. Imagine… hehehe Only our group was on the island except for the 2 caretakers who managed the island beach resort.
All in the group was relaxed and mesmerized by the beauty of the island as you look your vision to the horizon of the pacific ocean as sky and sea somewhat connects. Imagine it again… hehehe
The group before leaving the island
After all the pose and click of the cameras, we started to fix our tent as our boat already arrived to bring us back to the main land. 7:35 in the morning as we departed from the island and all are excited to anticipate our next destination which is the Hinayagan Cave which was located at Kapatagan 2, Barangay San Vicente Bislig, Surigao del Sur.
Photo courtesy of Elmer, Randy, Anne and Arthur
Thanks for sharing your captured moments.
This is the second part of my overall 2009 Final Summer escapade at Surigao del Sur.
