Directions to Anda

Here's one motorcycle diary. A few weeks back I decided to go to Anda on my underbone bike . From Cavite, it took me about 8 hours to reach our place in Anda, Pangasinan. Since my bike is below 400cc, I can't take NLEX so I drove along MacArthur Highway. The road condition is pretty good except for some small traffic that took a big slice of my travel time.

To get to Anda, let's start with just reaching the Siesta Bus stop in Tarlac.

Follow the red arrow, take a right at the intersection and then make a left turn. Try to look on the main road marked by yellow lines. Our objective at this point is to reach Alaminos, Pangasinan via Camiling. I have a series of images below as a guide.










































Just keep on driving until you reach Camiling.































Following this direction, you'll pass through the town of San Clemente, Mangatarem, Aguilar, Bugallon.














Continue driving, you won't encounter any major intersections from here (except for some unexpected detours). Once you're reached Alaminos, you might wanna take a break. Zigzag road is up ahead. Continue driving passed Bani going to the direction of Bolinao.













On the main road to Bolinao, watch out for the right turn that says " To Catubig, Anda". Take the right. You'll expect a long bridge up ahead. Continue driving until you reach the town of Anda.
Take a short break if you want and take a look on some things you might want to buy. From here, the road going to Barangay Cabungan is easy because of visible road signs. The thing that might (surely) get into your nerves is of course the rough road. I wish its election time soon so they can fix the road here.

This is just a draft, I'll try to put detailed landmarks to assist your navigator. GodSpeed!

Tanduyong Island

I took this photo of the island from the boat on the way back to my relative's house after a long day of swimming, strolling, and of course, sleeping..like a log.

Let me recount...

I stepped on this island the day before but didn't do much. Just sat in a hut. The summer sun on top of our heads. And a real amateur camera trigger-happy like myself, I fired away from a retreat position inside the hut.

My cousin hacked the two young bukos because they were offered free. But was interrupted almost instantly by this fine lady walking on the island bridge connecting Tanduyong and Tondol white sand beach. He quickly grabbed my Nikon P80 and zoomed...click.

The island bridge is about a 100-meters away from Tondol beach. 100 meters or more, I'm not sure. But like a mystical place, some tourists from the crowded Tondol beach are drawn to walk under the heat of the sun just to set foot on Tanduyong Island.

The island caretaker was in the mood for storytelling. He recalled that a japanese company once offered 300M to buy the island but the owner refuse...for sentimental reasons. The idea of converting the place for yacht clubs seem uninviting. He jumped to the threat of tsunami and laughed about the false alarm they once received. At the mouth of this gulf, he lectured, are natural wave barriers that weakens incoming tidal waves. You might notice this too from the google map I posted. He wanted to share how they inherited the land but a tourist stepped in and asked for a boat ride to 100 hundred islands. He agreed to take them and excused himself to us saying "Be back in an hour".

We had to leave early because my cousin needed to go back to Dagupan. Their journey back would really take long. The top speed of his tricycle is 50kph.

I spent the night in my aunt's house in Cabungan. Charged the camera battery for another day of photo shoot on Tanduyong Island.

to be continued...

Discover Anda

Anda is my hometown where I usually spend my vacation. An island of 18 barangays with beautiful coastlines. Strolling along its shores is always the first on the list of things to do and it never fails to amaze about the little things you discover about marine life and the scenic view.

This island is a long-stretch-of-bridge away from the road to Bolinao and just like this town, Anda is also famous for its "Binongey" or "suman sa kawayan. Back in the days, we don't have the convenience of this long bridge, instead the means to get to the island is to ride on a landing barge. Just imagine the sea vessel they used to transport heavy vehicles in Normandy Beach (WW II).

I'll tell you more about this town on my next series of blogs. I'll post some pictures of the island, the white beach. marine life, natural island bridge and atoll. Hopefully, I could finish up the map details to illustrate how to get there. It's a quite a long ride but just a walk in the park for the adventurous soul.

In the meantime, there's a link below about the municipality of Anda and its people.
http://www.pangasinan.org/anda/

Trivia:
Majority of the people in this town have surnames that starts with letter C.