After Borawan Island this was our next island to stop...Dampalitan Island. The island got its name from a flower that abundantly grows in the area, the "Dampalitan Flower". The island offers a long stretch of beige sand, clear water and a spacious land mass that is suitable for overnight camping. Unlike Borawan Island this island has no large limestone formation, instead coconut trees and some pine trees shaded the whole camping area.
As we disembarked from our boat, we immediately looked for our spot to pitch our tent. Since only few groups visit the island when we were there we don't have any problem in finding one. Nipa huts were also for rent, price ranging from P300-P600 depending on their sizes.
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| Masoy and Feresa pitched our tent |
It was 04:00 in the afternoon and yet we haven't eat our lunch. We decided to just eat small amount of food and just made up for it in our dinner.
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| Me preparing our rice for dinner |
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| TJ putting sticks to our hotdog |
Having no hard time to produced fire for cooking our food since I been doing this in all of my camping adventure (Anawangin Cove, Calaguas Island, Nagsasa Cove), knowing basic camping procedure like producing fire is an essential knowledge every traveler must know. For our menu we prepared easy to cooked foods like Inihaw na Liempo, Inihaw na Hotdog and Iced cold Coke 1.5L.
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| It's Chowtime!!! |
After an hour or two we've just finished cooking our dinner and shared it with one another.. Kainan na!!!...Burp!!!
Full of what we have ate we decided to relax for a while.
Here comes my favorite part inuman session. We've been doing this since we start our Lakbay 2010 two years ago (Anawangin Cove) setting a bonfire, gathered around it and exchange old college memories. We have consumed 3 Liters of Empirador Lights.
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| No electricity, creating a bonfire is your one source of heat and light |
The next day we explored the whole island and took some pictures.
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| Good morning Dampalitan Island |
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| Kakasa ka ba? hehe |
General Notes to Consider:
1. Dampalitan Island entrance fee = P30.00
2. Bonfire is allowed in the island and they were selling woods for bonfire for only P35.00
3. There are no source of potable water in Dampalitan Island so bring your own mineral water or you can buy at the store near the center.
4. Water that you can used for shower or washing dishes were all also available at the store near the center, P30.00 per bucket and P300.00 per drum
4. Water that you can used for shower or washing dishes were all also available at the store near the center, P30.00 per bucket and P300.00 per drum
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