The beach - a little one in Puerto Galera

Our first visit ever to the Philippines was in April this year. Over Easter break, we took the bus down to Batangas where we jumped on a tiny boat that took us over to the next island, Mindoro, and spent four days doing very little but swimming, snorkelling, building sand castles, kayaking and hanging out on Aninuan Beach in Puerto Galera. So close to Manila, and so beautiful. Definitely a pleasant surprise!

 Arriving - at last (see coming post).

 Swings on our bungalow doorsteps.

 Happy local.

 Just beautiful.

 First snorkelling tour ever. A great success to say the least.

 Some serious kalaha tournaments took place on the beach...

 ... as well as some less serious sand castle competitions.

 We'll definitely be back!