A Fisherman tightening the boat rig knots at Poctoy Beach
Shot with red-eyes from so little sleep while in transit to Marindque, we were dead sleepy when the bus rolled-off from the Cawit Port that we overslept our drop off point in Boac. Fairly waking at a road sign saying Boac is 7km behind us now we realized our bus is heading down south already. It was actually fortunate that it will pass by our destination in Gasan. A lady who was going home back there after 5 years was noting the town they were passing through with her companion. We chatted with her a bit and told her where we’re heading. She helped us point where we would alight and soon we were on foot the main highway at Baranggay Pinggan in Gasan, Marinduque.
St Ignatius of Loyola in Torrijos Poblacion
It just proves how kind and accommodating people in the province are. I remember the people doing their early morning house chores focused their attention on us. They asked where we were going on a friendly note. The manong and his neighbors joined in on giving us information on where to go. It turns out the manong was waiting for his son that morning. People were very helpful and were all smiles that morning which was a great welcome already for us from the town folks of Marinduque.
St Ignatius of Loyola Captured
We walked the main highway straight south to find Club Marinduque shortly after passing by a short bridge. It was still around 7am and cool crsip air of the province and the sight of blue sea over the horizon was a refreshing sight. Angie the caretaker led us to check the rooms of the impressive Club Marinduque resort. We checked with the nearby German owned Casa de Asul only to find the German owner still fixing and repainting the rooms and would open by next week. We settled in a 2 double bed room good for 4 at Club Marinduque for 1800 Php for the night. (more details about the resort later)
Kid with edible talisay Nuts
After a somewhat ordinary (and also a bit expensive) breakfast Kiko, one of the resort staff helped us look for a hired jeep. We agreed upon the 2000 Php price to hire the whole jeep for the day and shortly was on the move down south. Doing a counter-clockwise round of the island. We passed by the town of Buenavista down first and fore go it since the Church was not realy old or historical. Found ourselves driving high up in the mountains on overcast skies. Almost an hour long sleepy-drive finally found us in the town of Torrijos.
Kid with uncracked talisay nuts
Torrijos is already on the eastern side of the island, we got down on at the Poblacion first and shot the nice church facade of St Ignatius of Loyola. After a while we drove down to the beach. Poctoy beach is a nice stretch of fine cream colored sands. I actually liked the feel of the sand touching the soles of my feet here. I remember camping here with a bunch of travel buddies first time I went here. There were some nice changes there like fixing the decaying restrooms from before. The place wasn’t crowded which is great.
Afisherman tightening the knots of his boat rigs
Since the sky was overcast almost mid through the day I just focused on some characters on the beach. I saw a kid who was hammering something with a large rock and saw it was those talisay nuts. I didn’t know the nuts where edible. A lot of fishing boats were on the shore and a fisherman tightening the nylon rope knots of his boat rig was there. A livelihood seminar was taking place on the beach and further were a family enjoying the waters. Poctoy beach is one of the more premier beach in the island. It has a very nice view of Mt. Malindig on the right though at that time it was covered by clouds.
Colorful Beach Toys
We moved on after a while back on the road. It was nice be here again seeing things improve while staying almost the same. Where heading northward this time to the town of Sta Cruz.
love the shots of the church bro! salamat sa GND filter ha
. sayang yung weather ano? at least may drama ang sky that day
pahabol: about that breakfast, it was not a bit expensive, it was ridiculously expensive. canned corned beef?
love the images wulfriend
grabe yung first day, overcast. but you were able to come up with great captures anyway.
I love Marinduque, a lovely island..Thanks for sharing!
“I remember the people doing their early morning house chores focused their attention on us. They asked where we were going on a friendly note”. >>>> sarap talaga bumyahe sa mga ganyang lugar. alagang alaga ang mga byahero. natural talaga ang pagiging hosptible ang mga tao doon.
yung unang picture ang paborito ko sa set na ito.
No prob Allan! Gnd’s are really useful for overcast skies as such. Tama ka me kamahalan nga talaga yung meals dun. Probably kasi wala namang ibang malapit na makakainan.
Thanks Oggie, as I’ve learned, rain or shine you have to get an out put. The weather is no excuse for taking photos.
Thanks for the visit Dennis!
So true Dom. Na surprise nga kami pati yung mobile panadero nakisali din. hehe
familiar ako sa ganyang klaseng sky kasi algi ako hinahabol nyan lol. galing ng mga photos idol. kinakain pala yung bunga ng talisay. dami samin nyan.
I like this shot “Kid with uncracked talisay nuts”, his eyes… ganda tignan, happy.
Haha naku Oman, sinong Idol. Di ko rin alam na nakakain yung bunga nun until I saw these kids eating them.
Thanks Millie. That was a natural catch light in the eye since he’s looking up at the sky.
Uy, Marinduque naman ngayon. May part two pa ba ito? I love the church photo.
parang ito pinaka-expensive mong travel
I love the photos especially the first and last!
Hi, Sir Ferdz. Actually, I think you’re lucky to have overcast skies since you didn’t shoot much landscape photos that day anyway. And the pictures of the children and people actually turned out perfect because of the soft light. Btw, I think the rental of jeep is a very clever idea.
Thanks Photo Cache! Yup the chronicles will continue as soon as I can manage to write them
Thanks Tin-Tin. The cost of the room and the transpo is split three ways. It would be more cheaper if there were more of us to share the expense.
Many thanks Kyels! Love the first photos too.
Thanks Redge. It’s true that overcast light is ideal for taking portrait photos since the light is diffused. Thank you very much for the compliment. I thought of focusing more on the people there since the conditions aren’t ideal to shoot the landscape. Please visit again.
sarap ng pakiramdam pag yun mga tao ay warm at welcoming sa lugar… di ka matatakot..
I would love to visit Marinduque. All I know about Marinduque was in the 90s, the river was polluted by mine tailings – one of the biggest environmental disasters in the country!
there’s no place like home talaga,the best pa din jan!!!!lalo na sa mga views and beaches.hi po mga ompsanians anb frias family.
i really like tha kid handling talisay, I remember the times when I was young
any idea where i could get a map of marinduque to guide me there?
id be driving from manila, and touring around the island.
ur blog is such an inspiration – cant hardly wait to get a firsthand experience of it next month
thanks
Hi! great photos of marinduque you got there.. by the way, i’m from santa cruz.. I recommend the next time you vist marinduque, the 3 islands in santa curz..polo, maniwaya, mongpong… they got better beaches there..
Nice work!