Thursday 26 March 2009

Amazing experience in Donsol

Last weekend together with great 6 :) we travel to Donsol which is in the south of Luzon.


We traveled there by plane because it was most effective and fastest way :)
 only 45 min. – Cebu Pacific rules!!! We reached Legaspi at Saturday morning around 7 AM and first thing that we saw was Mayon Volcano which made an amazing impression on all of us. It is a perfect shape volcano very big and still active one, you can read more on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark


From Legaspi we have to take van to Donsol which was around 1,5 h. When we reached Donsol after checking few places we found good resort -  Amor :)  It was very nice place where you can eat and relax near beach :) after breakfast we went to Donsol Tourist office where we had to register for the main attraction – Swimming with Whale Sharks! YES ! SHARKS : ) Those sharks eat plankton so it is save to swim with them they can be grow till 18 m :) What you can do is rent a boat and snorkeling equipment and look for whale shark :) when the boat crew notice one you have to prepare and quickly jump to the water. After putting your head under water you are trying to find this BIG fish but because of plankton water is not so clear. Suddenly something big is swimming under or near you and you is realizing that it is a whale shark! It is such unforgettable experience that even hard to explain it. We spent on water around 3 h and we saw 5-6 whale sharks :) if you are in the Philippines you have to visit this place.

You can see the movie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD35USc9LX0&feature=related

After this experience we went to eat something and later we were waiting for another interesting experience – watching fire flights :) I would never say that those small bugs can be so beautiful. It was on Ogor river of course it was already dark, we were on the boat going down on the river that suddenly we saw a tree full of fire flights it was something geurgus. The tree looks like a christmas tree. At one moment all of us were lying on the boad with a head in the direction of the tree and sky full of stars! It was so relaxing that none of us wanted to go back., but we couldn’t stay there forever

At the evening we just relax in our resort and have some good drinks :)

Next day we use chance and relax on the black beach, after lunch we catch jeepeny and as always we were riding on the roof :) back to legaspi. I love it! You can see all the beauty of Philippines :)

Thank we found accommodation in Legaspi btw the worst hotel ever: P eat and next day morning went back to Manila and work.

This weekend even if was short was very special because we did something that I have never think of :) I wish this kind of experience for all of you! Other trainee shares your feelings!

 

 

 

 

2 comments:

Karla Ticona said...

It was a GREAT and AMAZING weekend! :) Beautiful nature, exiting trip, random surprises (5 am sms') with the coolest friends!

Looking forward for the next trip!

escape said...

great trip! im a filipino yet i still havent been to donsol though ive been to legaspi already but not yet in donsol to see the whale shark. found your blog through google search.