May 5 – 7, Friday – Sunday | Malunay, Quezon & Alibijaban Island

The day after returning from Siargao, we headed to Malunay, Quezon with our friends to visit Aurin and his wife at their home. We met up with them at Trinoma mall around 4 pm because I had to work earlier, and my shift ended at 3 pm. They had already done the grocery shopping and bought snacks for our trip. I didn’t expect the travel time to be that long. It was so exhausting. We arrived past midnight and, having not eaten a proper dinner, Aurin reheated the food he had prepared for us.

Later that morning, around 10:30 am, we arrived at San Andres port after an hour’s drive from Malunay. Later on, we rented a boat to take us to Alibijaban Island, which was another 20-30 minutes away. Everything had been arranged and prepared by Aurin’s family. They purchased the food and utensils that we brought to the island. And finally, we formally and properly met his wife and his family.

Alibijaban Island is beautiful! It was not that commercialise yet, so good thing we brought our own food. The weather that day, too, was nice! It was such a pleasant day to spend with our friends. We even rented a floating cottage, and took dips in the water.

It was indeed a short trip, and I wish we could have stayed longer, but we didn’t have any annual work leaves left, so maybe next time. Anyway, we were off the road at 11 am the next day. We also stopped by one of the souvenir stores to buy pasalubongs and visited Tayabas, Quezon, to try Nanay Simeng’s Halo-Halo, which was jam-packed. But, to be honest, I’ve had much yummier halo-halo. It was nothing special.

Anyway, we had already parted ways with some of our friends along the way, so when we arrived in Alabang, we decided to have our dinner at one of the Samgyupsal places there. So yeah, it was such a tiring weekend getaway. Asis and I still haven’t had a proper rest from our Siargao trip, and now this. But it was all good! We got to be with friends, and another place was checked off my list. ♡