Legazpi➡Sorsogon➡Samar➡Matnog➡San Pascual Isla Burias Masbate

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Another backpacker adventure exploring Mother Nature. We were greeted in the morning by Mount Mayon. It was a cloudy day but we were still able to see the beauty of Mayon. After landing in Legazpi City, we went straight to the boundary of Luzon and Visayas and rode RORO to Northern Samar. We arrived in Biri Island, Northern Samar in the afternoon and we went straight to explore the rock formations. Words cannot describe the beauty we witnessed. We were in awe by the different rock formations we saw. It was love at first sight indeed. Kuya Jun & Elton John were both great tour guide. We even had a free trip the next day to go to the other formations we were not able to explore and witness sunrise. After exploring Biri island, we went back to Matnog Sorsogon to relax in Subic beach & Tikling Island. The pink beach were both affected by Bagyong Nona but remained beautiful. The next day, we spent the day travelling to San Pascual, Masbate to explore Burias Island. We encountered strong waves which lengthened our boat ride to 3-4 hrs (HAGGARD!). After negotiating our island hopping for the next day with the local boatman we went straight to the house of the Balinsasayaw. The saliva of these birds are use for the expensive birds nest soup. We had a face to face and smely experience with this small birds. Ehe! We started our island hopping the next day at 5am to witness the sandbar in Tinalisayan Island however we were not able to see the full beauty of the sandbar because of the high tide. The 1st island we explored was Animasola, this island has different rock formations and white beach but the shore is full of dead corals due to Typhoon Nona. Our last stop is in Somberero Island. Our bangkero told us that the sands of Boracay came from Sombrero Island. After swimming and lunch we started our journey back to San Pascual to spend our supposedly last vacation night. We didn't know that a gale warning was already raised during our Island hopping. The waves were so big and the wind was strong. We battled the rough sea for almost 2 hours inside our small bangka good for 5 people. It was definitely an adventure I will not forget. Our supposedly 5 day adventure was extended when we were stranded for 2 days due to the Gale warning. 100+ tourist and locals were stranded. To cap off our trip, we were rescued by NAVFORSOL Philippine Navy and we rode their Naval ship - how awesome is that? Ehe :D