Starting Summer in the Philippines as Early as February

Never would you miss out a fun in an island where you will not seek for the sun, sand, beach, and a little of those fun and memorable activities. Anawangin Cove, San Antonio, Zambales is one of the place where you can bask yourself under the sun, enjoy the beach, and the rigorous activities you can do such as climbing, snorkeling, and enjoying its nature's beauty.

As early as 7 we are all up and started our breakfast. Some ran along the Anawangin beach and some enjoyed sunrise watching. It was a different experience as we turned down our tents and waved goodbye to Anawangin Cove as our sail sets for Capones Grande Island or also known as Faro de Punta Capones. While our pump boat pushes its way against the waves, we have short discussions about the trees that grow along the Anawangin beach which was thought off as pine trees. NO! it’s not a pine tree but another member of the Plantae kingdom, Pinophyta division, and Pinopsida class called the Conifers or Agoho, which adds mystery on the place.

View at the docking station where some adventurers were taking photos near the cliff.

   

The docking station and the tip of the lighthouse at Faro de Punta Capones

Rhei enjoying the boat ride to Capones Grande Island and a view of the Capones Lighthouse tip.

A shot from our boat seeing through clear waters of Capones Island the beautyof corals laying magnificently and greeting us as our boats near docking.

    

The docking area at Faro de Punta Capones.

We docked at Capones Grande Island, went down our pump boat and get wet before we can really step on the islands dry area to climb the island and atop the historic lighthouse which guides international vessels to Subic Bay coming from the north to northwest to Manila Bay. It’s height is 65.0 ft. with a range of 25 nautical mile (46 km) which was constructed by brick masonry and was first lit in August 1, 1890.

We went up at the lighthouse feeling the creeps and excitement, for some will be fear due to its height. Upon reaching the top, you will see a magnificent view of the whole island.

 

Uphill climb at Faro de Punta Capones.

A bottom view of the Faro de Punta Capones from first ten steps of the docking station.

La Entrada - the entrance of the Capones Lighthouse with intricate bolted floral design.

A view of the lighthouse from the entrance.

Before we enter the lighthouse, I took another photo of it where you can see people at the viewing deck.

A shattered window of the Capones Lighthouse.

Kuya Mike and Rhei resting along the intricate staircase of the tower, using the window sleeves as their chairs.

A view of the unattached staircase with intricate details in a whole from floor next to the Capones Lighthouse's lamp.

Wholes around the Capones Lighthouse like those of the submarines and marine vessels giving a magnificent telescopic view of the island.

Top view of the Capones Lighthouse Garrison which was wrecked by previous typhoons.

Marz enjoying a meadow photo shoot with her rasta sarong blown by Capones Island breeze.

After enjoying the view we were asked to go down and this ends our Zambales tour. Sad as we will be back on our regular working lives, we are still happy as we have experienced yet another view of the Philippines and shove this off to our memory banks and treasure chests.  In addition, earning new friends is added atop the list for this trip.

This is just the start of my summer and will share more in the next post!

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Hong Kong Disneyland Tour Tips

Visiting Hong Kong Disneyland is indeed one thing you want to do in Hong Kong unless you are more of a shopper and/or a person who wanted to learn new culture. Here are the things I can share as tips when going to Hong Kong Disneyland.

An umbrella for a change of weather.

It is important to bring your umbrella around just in case the weather changes. I remember arriving at Hong Kong Disneyland without it and it was way too hot. So we just take the heat of the sun and enjoy instead. Best thing to do is check the weather before heading to Hong Kong Disneyland so you could further prepare.

Bring as much cash as you can especially when kids are with you.

Having kids with you may have you spend more than what you have planned for the day. Especially when they saw goodies or things that attracts them. Remember, you’re on a kid’s paradise which means greater stuff kids love are just waiting around the corner. Also bringing extra cash is always a good thing to do when going out. In cases you would need money for any unwanted fees, you have yourself all primed.

A bottle of water or drink per person might help quench your thirst.

The guard informed us that we are not allowed to carry more than a bottle of water inside the theme park. And being inside a theme park, prices of goods typically is twice as much as what it is outside, so bringing a bottle of water will save you bucks. There are drinking fountains around so you should be good refilling your bottle of water whenever you wanted. I betya'll be thirsting yourself up after riding and walking around Hong Kong Disneyland.

A snack or two might save some penny.

Just like the latter you are not allowed to bring too many bags of chips or bread, etc. when you’re inside a theme park. Therefore, you may want to bring just enough and also you might want to taste some of the food Hong Kong Disneyland offers such us Mickey waffles, sausage sandwich, and weird pumpkin designed doughnuts, etc.

Wear proper clothes and shoes.

You should know what are the dos and don’ts when visiting a theme park. Just like any other theme park, Hong Kong Disneyland offers lots of rides which your clothes might either get wet or flown or worst get torn. I would suggest you wear comfortable clothes and shoes so you can walk around and ride without any other things to bear in mind. Wear something that will not bother you. You don’t want your feet starts killing you in such short time else you will ruin the fun.

Extra clothes just in case.

Some rides might get you wet or sweat so having an extra clothes with you will make you feel comfortable at most. You know kids as well, so better be ready.

Meds for headaches and motion sickness.

Most people enjoy the rides but you would not know how long you can stand those fast and head turning rides. Just keeping a tablet or 2 for headaches and motion sickness might save the day.

Take lots of memories.

Not only experiencing all the best things in Hong Kong Disneyland but taking pictures might help you saving up some memories which you can share to your families and friends. Get yourself a good camera, point and shoot are what I could suggest for non-prof photographers, to capture every magical moment you have in Hong Kong Disneyland.

Enjoy some rides or as much as possible all rides.

Hong Kong Disneyland is a theme park and your ticket says “a day pass”. So what are you waiting for, enjoy all the rides and ride ‘em all till you drop.  Enjoy!

Plan your tour around the vicinity.

When going to any kind of park you might want to have your route planned for the map you have. Deciding where to go first then last is the best way to make sure you will be able to do all things and got no problems on the way out. Also, this is a theme park so you might want to not go with the flow as people stack up per ride.

Know what’s new.

It is a must to know what the theme park’s new attractions are and their monthly theme. This might help you in getting dressed or maybe there are some contests or freebies you can get if you followed their set theme. Which I will be sharing on the next article – “Disneyland’s Halloween Celebration”.

Hope this helps out. The next article is about Disneyland's Halloween theme which I actually took some photos and hope you like them as well.

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