Goodbye for now, Puerto Galera :)

Our last day in Puerto Galera gave us reason to come back in this place. We failed on our attempt to reach Talipanan Falls which took half of our last day in this town.

We woke up at around 6:30AM. Our plan is to go to Aninuan Falls or Talipanan Falls.We got out of the cottage at 7:00 AM and started walking at the shoreline going to the stairways that will lead us to the cemented road.  

It was drizzling when we reached the high way. But we still went on walking. We asked the people the way to the falls. We even asked for suggestion on which falls should we go. They said that Talipanan is nearer than Aninuan. We thought we should go to Talipnan then, since we have to be back at the cottage before our check out time of 11:30AM and we don’t wanna pay another extra amount for X hours of extension.

The upward trail

The locals said that we have to pass through Mangyan Village in order to reach the falls. It was 8:30AM when we reached the village. We asked for the direction to the falls and the people we asked even volunteered to guide us. But as frugal as we are (haha!) and adventurous as we are, we decided to trek on our own.

And because of our frugality and feeling so adventurous with this one, we FAILED to reach the falls! Well, we’re not really sure if it was a failed trek... we followed the instruction given to us. The person we asked said that we will be seeing a small falls (and we did!), and on the left side is an upward trail that we need to take. We did just so…

The Small Falls the villagers said we would see...

It was kinda creepy knowing that it was only the two of us on that place. And I am a strong believer of the myth that we are not the only element existing in this world. I was holding at the rosary in my pocket while we were walking.It was already 9:15AM when we saw a small twin falls. We were contemplating if this is the falls that we are looking for.

Thinking that walking back to the cottage will take us 2 hours and we have to be out of that room by 11:30, we both decided to trek back. Anyway, we can just make this one a reason to go back to Puerto Galera :P

We then prepared for our journey back to the city :(

We were the first passengers to ride on the boat so we had time to goof around.... :)

The cute and probably the youngest tourist in the boat