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1 - Island Hopping (Part 1)

Last summer, we went to Marinduque for a reunion. The reunion was held last May 1, 2015. But we (my cousins and I) weren't really excited for the family reunion. Don't get me wrong. I was also excited for the reunion but not that excited. ✌ Our parents knew that we had some other plans. We were planning to visit the 3 islands in Sta. Cruz, Marinduque. I thought that we won't go anymore because the reunion ended quite late, so everyone was tired. But not me. Well, maybe I was a bit tired... But I was really excited to go island hopping. Luckily, they're still up for it. So the next morning, we traveled to Sta. Cruz Port because that's where we're supposed to ride a boat to the islands. I was kind of annoyed when we got there because the trip to the port already took 2 hours and now they're taking too long to get us on a boat.
We went to 3 islands in Sta. Cruz: Mongpong Island, Maniwaya Island, and Palad Sandbar.


Mongpong Island
 The first island we went to was Mongpong Island. It was a very wonderful island. It is known for its beautiful rock formations.

 





Next is Maniwaya Island. 
 
Maniwaya Island
It has a white-sand beach. Although the beach looks wonderful, we didn't really stay there for long because we didn't like the water because there were sea grass (I think) 

and it looks quite scary because there might be sea snakes, and guess what? There were sea snakes. The black-and-white striped kind. Yikes! And the last one was The Palad Sandbar. 

Palad Sandbar



It's not really an island; hence, the name. It's a long stretch of sand located in the middle of the sea. It's where two waves meet. It only appears when it's low tide (early morning and afternoon) How cool is that? It was so enthralling, I swear. When we got there, I was like, Is this paradise? Exaggerating, I know. I'm a sucker for beautiful beaches. If the sand bar is not fully out, it'll look like you're standing on water, just like in Bruce Almighty. ☺ THE SANDBAR IS DEFINITELY THE BEST ONE FOR ME.





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