Sombrero Island: A Mesmerizing Beauty!

One word in the title is never going to be enough to describe Sombrero Island, but mesmerizing I think is the best word to give you the first impression about this island.

It was summer 2017 when we went on Sombrero Island which is located in Masbate, yeah I know, it has been almost a year before I find time to write about this trip.

Anyway, let's get started! We leave manila at around 1:00 am and we arrived at San Andres Quezon roughly around 7:00 am, and that was really faster than expected, it was supposed to be an 8 hours travel time, but because of our amazing driver which is actually the husband of my office mate happens to be not just familiar but has a family owned cottage in Sombrero Island, we were able to shorten the travel time. It was not really the Sombrero Island we stayed at, but rather it is called Burias Island, since there were no cottage in Sombrero Island and staying there is prohibited.

Going back, we arrived at our friend's family house at around 7:00 am and have our breakfast, they have an unusual kind of rice though, it was stickier and wrap with I think a banana leaf and formed as as a triangle, but it was delicious and an ideal food for travel.

This is the rice I am talking about.. :)

After sorting some of our things, we board at their boat and start our travel bound to the Burias Island, travel time will depend on how speed your boat is, but since we only had 1 motor that time, it took us 4 hours or so to reach the Island, but it is indeed worth the long travel!

We already ate our lunch on the boat since it was already afternoon when we arrived at the Island.

And even if you are still kilometers away, you will already see that the Island is surrounded by a very white sand, and what more when you are already in it.

We had the boat by ourselves!!

Arriving in Burias Island already had me mesmerize and get me even more excited to explore the Island and the other Islands near it.

Arriving in Burias Island

Arriving at our cottage in Burias Island

Our Cottage

We rest a bit, sort our baggage and get ready for an Island hoping, honestly I forgot the name of the Islands we went through, but you can see some pictures below and I assure you that every Island is worth visiting. By the way, we stayed at our friend's family owned cottage in the Burias Island.

Here are some pictures of our Island Hopping...

A blue lagoon like..

Sand bar

Jumpshot!!!

It was already dark when we went back to Burias Island from Island hoping, we were all hungry already and thank God that dinner is already prepared by our friend's mother, everything is delicious, we don't even feel that we are in an Island miles away from the city as we really have a great set of delicious food, although I really like the feeling of eating in a provincial way where they eat in a banana leaf or palayok.

We don't really plan on camping although some of us brought their tent as we were assuming that all of us won't fit on the cottage as it only has two rooms with its own cr, but as some of us settle down inside the cottage's rooms to sleep, we realized that it was really hot since it has no fan and if there is, it is too electricity consuming since take note that we are in an exclusive Island where they only use generator to at least have an electricity for light. Therefore, we just get our beds and lay it outside, over the sand and decided to just sleep under the stars with the ocean's wind blowing to us, and yes it was wonderful and more comfortable.

I was awaken by a cool morning breeze, and was so thankful that I was able to witness a beautiful sunrise, I spend almost half an hour just staring at sun slowly rising and giving shine to everything. Just a few minutes after that, we prepared and ate our breakfast and get ready to explore the Island and enjoy the sea.

Our bed over the sand

Sun rise!!

kain po! :)

We find a good spot in the Island, set our big umbrella and start exploring the sea with our life vest and goggles. It was indeed mesmerizing, I don't really mind getting burn under the heat of the sun or even tasting the salty water of the sea as all of that is blown away by the beauty of this Island floating in the center of a very clear sea water.

Look how clear the water is!!!

Just kids playing on the sea under the sun!

My two machulit relaxing and exploring the sea!

Won't mind getting buried in this very fine and white sand!

Around 4:00 pm when we decided to walk around and explore the whole Island, it was wonderful and we even manage to get some beautiful rock and coral reefs pieces along the beach.

The balancer! hahaha

Wearing the Sombrero Island in the Background!

Creamy Mais Con Yelo in a hot afternoon!

When we got back to the cottage we just took a bath and get ready to eat our delicious dinner. That night we did a little food trip (like a bonfire) and decided to sleep early since we'll be going home early morning.

Sunset at its finest!

I felt a little heart ache after realizing that its time to go home and leave this beautiful Island, but that's how life is, however you wish to stay on an adventure, the time to get back to reality will still come no matter what. But nonetheless, spending 3 days and 2 nights in Sombrero Island is worth all the time, the money and the energy. Actually being able to go there with a much lesser cost is already a big opportunity and advantage for us, since normally, getting there is a bit pricey.

Going home, we spend almost 12 hours in the road because of the traffic, but like what I said, it's all worth it. :)