Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Budget


Welcome to hundred Islands

If you are on a tight budget, the Hundred Islands is the place to be. As a group consisting of 5 people, we ended up only using 2,500 Philippine pesos (PHP 2,500) during our stay from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon in average.

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The following are the expenditures I incurred with a group of 5 people:
PHP 381 - Bus Ticket (one way) - If you are a student, the price becomes PHP 270
PHP 400 - Room Accomodations (overnight)
PHP 550 - Boat Trip including mask, snorkel, and the life vest
PHP 255 - Food ( Saturday Lunch and Dinner & Sunday Breakfast)
PHP 400 - Souvenirs
PHP 355 - Miscellaneous Expenses

Souvenirs

From this short list, I realized that I wasn't actually able to use all the money I saved up for this trip. We also realized, that the next time we wanted to visit, we could invite more friends to come with us and we could actually use less money per person. We could also retain our expenditure even with the greater number of people and use the extra money for more activities that we were not able to do during our trip.
Satisfied Travelers
Even with a tight budget, there were a lot of things we were able to do at the Hundred Islands.

Things you absolutely have to do

1. Island hop! Explore and have fun. The more the merrier.

2. Snorkel and see the giant clams, don’t be scared they won’t bite.









3. Jump into the waters of Imelda Cave or you can go around it if you don’t want to jump.










4. Kayak around the islands.


5. Be on the lookout for exotic animals like the flying fish and birds











6. Have a lunch of Alaminos Boneless Bangus or Alaminos Longanisa on the sandbar









7. Watch the sunset and the sky turn from yellow to pink to fiery red while set against a canvass of blue sky that slowly morphs into beautiful shades of purple.


Food


Eatery

In finding a place to eat, there are different kinds of places to choose from. One can eat at the place you are staying at whether you bring your own food or buy food that the place you are staying at offers (provided they do offer or sell food for there are lodgings that do not provide food.) If one did not bring any food or the place you are staying at does not sell food, there are eateries one can choose from to eat at. Our group as an example ate at an eatery near Maxine by the Sea even though Maxine sells food.

Alaminos Longganisa (Specialty Food)

At that eatery, there were a lot of meals to choose from: beef or pork or chicken or vegetables, a meal was available. The food selection was not also limited to local cuisines like the Alaminos style longganisa (Filipino style sausages) since I saw that some eateries offered fried chicken, pasta and pork spare ribs. One can also choose what beverage to buy to compliment the food one is eating. One can choose from sodas, bottled ice teas, bottled water, and even alcoholic beverages are available.

Food and beverages are also available at the islands. There are small stores selling sodas, bottled water, chips and other snacks. One may also stumble upon ice cream vendors roaming around the islands selling different kinds and different flavors of ice cream. I for one bought a cookies and cream flavored ice cream from an ice cream vendor while some of my friends bought chips and beverages at the nearby store while we were hanging around the island.

Got the patience to go back to the city? Fast Food Chains

Although, if you have the patience and time, you could go back via tricycle to the city and eat out at establishments like McDonalds, Jollibee, and other fast food chains.