Tablas Island: Alcantara's Aglicay Beach

One of the major islands in Romblon Province is Tablas Island which is the biggest among Romblon and Sibuyan Island. After our celebrating our Christmas in Boracay and our side trip to Aklan, we finally boarded the boat going to Looc, Tablas at exactly 9 in the morning of December 26. We paid something like 250 pesos per person.

We passed by Carabao Island which is being introduced today as an emerging paradise island. I think this is a nice place to visit as well.

2 hours of traveling by water was too long for me because I could not help myself to feel dizzy even if I tried to enjoy the view. The boatmen put down the boat's window cover because of the water coming from the strong waves hitting the vessel. This worsen my situation so I threw out.

We arrived in the port of Looc which is a small town in Tablas Island, walked for about 10 minutes going to the town proper since we did not know where to go yet. We planned to figure out where we could stay or what other places to visit when we stopped in a sari-sari store and asked the man who was hanging around enjoying a puff of his cigarette. He told us we could go to Ferrol or Calatrava if we wanted to see nice places.
His friends happened to pass by the store and told them of our inquiries. They were surprised to know we came from afar and that we were only 2.

We finally decided to go to Aglicay Beach which is located in Alcantara, a few kilometers away from Looc, after few minutes of bargaining with the tricycle driver. We paid him P400 when we reached the resort.

We were welcomed by a lady who was also in-charged of the restaurant. We asked her if we could camp there since we had with us our old tent. Upon saying yes, we assembled it with the help of a man working in the resort.

After putting up our tent, we ordered for a fresh buko and inquired more about their rates which vary according to number of guests and accommodation. The resort has standard and family bungalows which can lodge 3 to 5 persons and large kiosk which can hold 20 plus people. We excused ourselves and roved around the resort upon finishing our drinks.

The sound of the waves were rapping the rocks which gave music to the surrounding.

As we wander, we came up to a hill and curiously climbed it. The view was superb! We could see the water surfing its own way to the shore line.

We enjoyed the splendid view and the frostiness of the surrounding brought by the zephyr from the sea.

Around evening after having our dinner (cooked fresh fish caught from the sea), we were pleased to be toured by the owner around the buildings with different amenities. He showed us a big room with billiard table and other indoor games and a disco room.

enjoying the sea ambiance

The following day, we went up at the other side of the hill and enjoyed our temporary paradise.

Took more pictures and trailed down to the other side. There was also an undeveloped part of the resort which the owners are currently developing for fishing and swimming site.

We left this place on "habal-habal" en-route Romblon Island.

The pleasing and impressive qualities of Tablas Island mesmerized us as we traveled to San Agustin where we could take our boat going to Romblon. 

We passed by a broken road destroyed by the previous typhoon according to our driver.

If only we were not rushing, I would have asked the driver to stop so I could take more pictures and enjoy the scene. 

Approaching San Agustin...met one of my classmates here and had a few seconds of chat and picture taking before boarding the boat going to Romblon Island.