Day 1

  • Ride LRT to Gil Puyat (Buendia) Station – P12
  • 8:00am – ETD Buendia. Ride air-con bus to Batangas Port – P166
  • 10:30am – ETA Batangas Port, Batangas City, Batangas
    • Walk to “Father and Sons” ticket booth.
      • Buy Batangas Port to White Beach, Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro tickets at “Father and Sons Lines”
        • Roundtrip ferry (pumpboat) fare (P250 if one-way) – P450
        • Environmental users fee – P50
        • Terminal fee – P30
    • Wait inside the Passenger Terminal pre-departure area
  • 11:00pm – Board Batangas – Puerto Galera pumpboat
  • 11:15am – ETD Batangas Port. Strong waves nearing Puerto Galera
  • 11:30am – ETA White Beach. Contact “Deling” who has a building with cheap rooms for rent. Mobile: (+63)906-250-7398 or (+63) 905-254-4390
  • Check-in at Deling’s “accommodations” (not sure if the place has a name). 5 minutes walk from the beachfront.
    • Fan room with 1 double bed and 1 single bed, private TB – P500 per night
  • Lunch at beachfront restaurant
    • Chicken nuggets with rice and soft drinks – P90
  • 3:00pm – Walk to highway (5 minutes). Ride tricycle to Puerto Galera Bayan (town proper) – P25
  • Drop-off at jeepney station for Calapan-bound jeepneys
  • 4:00pm – ETD Puerto Galera town proper. Ride “Calapan” jeep to Tamaraw Falls – P35
  • 4:40pm – ETA Tamaraw Falls (along the highway)
  • 5:00pm – Ride van to Puerto Galera Bayan – P50
  • Walking tour around town
  • Tricycle ride back to White Beach – P25
  • Sunset at White Beach
  • Dinner at beachfront restaurant (one with free WiFi)
    • Pork something + Mango Shake – P160

Day 2

  • Breakfast
    • Instant cup noodles. Requested hot water from Nanay Deling
  • 10:00am – ETD White Beach. Start trek to Aninuan Falls.
    • Follow beach path to Aninuan Beach.
  • 10:30am – ETA Aninuan Beach. Walk to highway. Find the Aninuan Creek/River (easily spotted because there was a bridge over it).
  • 10:50am – ETA Aninuan Creek/River. Follow the inland road. Ask locals for direction.
  • 11:30am – ETA Aninuan Falls
  • 12:30nn – ETD Aninuan Falls. Walk back to White Beach
  • 2:00pm – ETA White Beach
  • Pack bags. Check-out.
We were headed for Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro. Since there are no direct land connections between Puerto Galera and Abra de Ilog, we thought of doing a connecting trip via Batangas Port. If only we had found out that there’s a regular passenger ferry service between Puerto Galera and Abra de Ilog: twice a day at 10am and 1pm departing from Balatero Port, Puerto Galera (30 minutes) – P130
  • 3:30pm – ETD White Beach, Puerto Galera. Ride “father and sons” ferry to Batangas (last trip)
    • 4:00pm – Stop-over at Bayan
  • 6:00pm – ETA Batangas Port
  • Ride tricycle to Basilica dela Immaculada Concepcion or “bayan” (town proper)
    • Tricycle driver overcharged us by a lot – P300 and “haggled” it down to P150 (still expensive).
  • Ride tricycle to SM City Batangas – P20
  • 9:30pm – Ride jeep to bayan – P7
  • Ride tricycle to Batangas Port RORO Terminal – P50 fare + P50 tricycle entrance
  • Buy Batangas City to Abra de Ilog RORO (slow ferry) ticket via Montenegro lines (2 hours) – P260
  • 10:00pm – Board Montenegro RORO
  • 10:50pm – ETD Batangas City
  • While on the ferry, reserved seats at Amethyst Bus Lines for bus going to Sablayan – P200 (Driver gave us a discount. Originally P220)
  • 12:50am – ETA Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro

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