For those travelers seeking a tropical island with a very typical island atmosphere, Pandan Island is your best answer. It is a tropical island surrounded with flora and fauna with a feel of exclusivity and a very idyllic aura. The island is lies on the West coast of Occidental Mindoro, Central Philippines. The island is blessed with white powdery sand and a long stretch of beach coast. It is similar to the famous, Boracay sans the large crowd of tourists. Pandan Island is more personalized, calm, and soothing. It offers a very quiet and simple vacation YET full of quality and stunning nature wonders. The island can be reached through a 15-minute boat-ride from the town of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro. To get to Sablayan, one will take a ferry boat ride from Batangas going to Abra de Ilog then hop on a bus going to Sablayan.

Once in Pandan Island, vacationers can stay at the one and only establishment there which is Pandan Island Resort or even on the neighboring resorts in Puerto Galera. Tourists can enjoy the full-view of the beach along the coastline minus the crowd of people. It totally gives space for full-relaxation and peace of mind. The island surely is an ideal place for people who wants less nuisance and disturbance during a break. The island also boasts of its Apo Reef which is famous for its very colorful marine life. The reef is a no.1 place for divers and beach adventurers. Underneath, the marine life is amazing. It has a wide array of beautiful and colorful fishes and corals. The reef also has shipwrecks which had flora growing on it adding an appealing feature for the divers. One can also just laze around the coastline in a hammock or simply on the sand watching the breathtaking sunrise or sunset of Pandan Island. This little island getaway indeed has bigger things to offer to its visitors.

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Posted: September 2nd, 2010 under Asia, Philippines, tours.
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Aloha from the Philippines. Ever dreamt of going to the beautiful islands of Hawaii? Well, Philippines surely can accommodate you like-Hawaii. You do not need to go far and expensive; Pagudpud beach in the Philippine islands is the “Hawaii” of the Philippines. The quaint-feel of the town and its powder-white sand and alluring beach waters lets one experience Hawaii. Pagudpud is a wide town on the northwest tip of Ilocos Norte, Luzon, bounded to the south by the town of Bangui and to the east by the Cordillera Mountain Range, the town of Adams and the province of Cagayan. The South China Sea lies to the west and north. Pagudpud is considered to be one of the largest islands in the Philippines. And what makes it famous is its long stretch of white sand beaches.

There are lots of tourists: both local and foreign who visit the town annually most especially during the Holy Week; the Lenten season. It is a time in the Philippines wherein the whole country seems like taking a vacation. So, Pagudpud, at this time, is jampacked with vacationers. Anyway, there are lots of affordable accommodations in the area. Mostly, the resorts are priced low since the area is still not that commercialized compared to the other beach spots in the Philippines (e.g. Boracay). The food in the town is also very much Filipino and the common language spoken is Tagalog although, the locals know and understand English. So, it won’t be as hard to stay and enjoy Pagudpud.

What makes the town special is its view of the horizon. The long stretch of fine white sand never ceases to amaze tourists as well as its breathtaking view to where the water and sky meets. Visitors of the Pagudpud always find it hard to distinguish the blue color of the sea and the sky. Simply breathtaking!

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Posted: September 1st, 2010 under Asia, Philippines.
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I was crestfallen to hear that scientist made some studies that the Maldives islands bwould soon be disappearing from the earth. Its quite bad to hear already that global warming has taken its effects more seriously. Apart from all these melancholic ideas, we should at least make most of this precious and powdery sand of the Maldives.

The Maldives an island country in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls stretching in a north-south direction off India’s Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and Chagos Archipelago. It stands in the Laccadive Sea, about seven hundred kilometers (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka.

For Maldives economy, it has increased in the past decades due to tourism and their fishing industries. Just in three and a half decades, the industry has become the main source of income and livelihood of the people of the Maldives. Tourism is also the country’s biggest foreign currency earner and the single largest contributor to the GDP. Everything that is found at the beach has been helping a lot in their economy and its sad to think that it will soon disappear, if I’m not mistaken in the next 50 years. I might as well be dead by then. For those who can and are capable of visiting the islands , please do so and see the wonders of this small yet captivating island.

You could also visit the  Bolifushi which is your gateway to paradise. Bolifushi, with the gentle lapping of waves at your feet, crystal clear waters with so many brilliantly colored fishes and crystal white sands around you, with the cool sea breeze rustling with the lush green coconut palms along the beach is the soothing sound of nature.

Posted: December 7th, 2009 under Asia, tours.
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