Beautiful Banol Beach @ Coron

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Our next destination was Banol beach. After a tiring swim from Kayangan lake, we decided to go to one of the beaches. And Banol beach was beautiful.

We were greeted by a short stretch of White Beach, just enough for us to stroll and hang around for the next few minutes. It was perfect! Approaching the island, we saw limestone rock formations that serve as the backdrop of the beach. And on the island itself, we saw two different kinds of kubo cottages or straw huts. One was a long stretch that was perfect for lunch setting, and another was a set of small huts good enough to protect one from the sun.

We also decided that we already eat the lunch for the day - freshly grilled squid, liempo (grilled meat) and for dessert, some fruits - yellow mangoes and bananas! Early before the trip, we bought the food straight from the town market to be cooked at the island.

While our tour guides were busy preparing our lunch, some of us decided to have a quick nap at one of the kubos as they were tired. A lot more were taking and modelling for pictures, and I was enjoying my time swimming at the beach.

After some time, our food was cooked and we enjoyed our meal! Afterwards, we took more and more and more pictures while some decided to take some quick after lunch nap.

After some time, we finally decided to leave the island to go and enjoy the other sights and destinations of the Calamian group of islands. We also made sure that we took all that we brought to the island; not only because it was the mayor's rule to the tour guides, but we also wanted to ensure we preserve the beauty of the place by not leaving anything behind.

We enjoyed the place. For most part, we were the only people in that beach. Perfect for peace, serenity and time with friends.

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Photos

the beach
appraching the island you would see the tall backdrop of trees and limestone, and on the beach small kubos or straw huts where you can rest

strolling at Banol
time to rest, stop and marvel at God's creations

kubo and friends
my friends seeking protection from the heat of the sun

pensive pats
pensive while resting at one of the smaller kubo

picture picture
posing around with the backdrop of our boat and some rock

and another rock
having some fun posing at the island

leaving so soon?
time to leave the island :(