June 30, 2014

Cebu South Loop - Alcoy's Tingko Beach

This is the 7th part of our Summer Vacation 2014 Series:
Part 1 - Failed Camotes Islands Vacation
Part 2 - Mesmerizing Barili (Palalong)
Part 3 - Failed Moalboal Vacation (2nd Time Failed)
Part 4 - Exciting Kawasan Falls in Badian
Part 5 - Peace and "Alegre" in Alegria
Part 6 - Southernmost Cebu Road Trips
Part 7 - Summer Splash at Tingko Beach in Alcoy
Part 8 - Riverstone Castle in Argao
Part 9 - Argao Nature Park (2nd Time Around)
Part 10 - Visita Iglesia (7 Churches Visit)
After a long trip from Alegria (Batong Malunhaw) to the southernmost part of Cebu in Santander going northward to Alcoy, we finally reached Antig Tingko Beach in Alcoy. The nice white sand beach where foreigners and locals come together to beat the summer heat.



Their humble entrance signage. Their parking area was smaller than we expected
but because we were on motorbikes, we have no problem with it. :)
You can see in our angel's faces if we were really having a good time or not.
Before and after. :)
Then be amazed by the clear waters of this beach resort.
About 7:00 PM, we decided to plan the rest of the night (yeah, we have made no plans yet up to that point). We have only one tent (my cousin's) and we can opt to sleep in the sand but after a long ride and spent our time at the beach, we feel like we're very exhausted so we (me and my wife) decided to find a pension house to stay. My cousin and her family decided to stay because they felt fine inside their tent and they also wanted to enjoy the morning sunrise.

So without dinner, we decided to find a nearby pension house in Alcoy. But we rode and rode and we still haven't find any. We didn't realize that we were almost in Dalaguete. It was difficult to find one because the roads were already dark. I still have a stock headlight so that didn't help either. We were scared at times as well because it was too quite, too dark and it was Good Friday. LOLZ! We even passed this forest road and you couldn't help but wonder if "something" would just pop out in the middle of the road. Of course, that didn't happen. We were a little scared already and so we decided we proceed to Argao. Argao is my wife's home province so we feel more secure there.

We dropped by at the Pocheron by the Road in Argao to fill our tummies. Then we find this simple yet beautiful pension house in Argao (Abella's Pension House). Thankfully, we had good night of sleep for Php700/room.

My daughter having a good rest and Mesha as well.
The next morning view of the Abella's Pension House. We occupied the first room on the 2nd floor (from left).

My cousin and her family were still in Alcoy and we were in Argao. Let's see what would happen next.

Next Up - Riverstone Castle in Argao

Ride Safe! Ride Scoopy! Godspeed!


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