Misadventures in Pagsanjan

7 things that made our Pagsanjan Trip one crazy ride!

1.       Sleep deprived friends on their way to Pagsanjan Falls, most of them already taking a nap when the bus had a flat tire in the middle of SLEX. Instead of being irritated, they took pictures of everyone waiting under the heat, running around like toddlers on the loose and making the “para” sign to all vehicles passing by.

2.       Almost got lost upon arriving at Laguna because no one bothered to print or draw the map but since our inquisitive skills got the best of us, we just asked the jeepney driver and we scored a private ride to one of the banca rents.

3.       Our group composed  of 1 average built gay, 2 “voluptuous” ladies, 1 skinny bitch, 1 big boned lass and 1 Ms. Minchin. Maybe we were just excited but we didn’t thought about our ratio so just imagine the hardship that the manongs have to go through maneuvering a banca with the average built gay and the “voluptuous” ladies and the laughter and shrieks echoing from the other group and bantering remarks from the skinny bitch.

4.       Singing Pocahontas’ “Just around the river bend” all throughout the banca ride —-> you would get the joke once you experience the ride

5.       (Disclaimer: I’m not dissing any Koreans and I was once a certified KPOP fan girl so please don’t take this offensively) We all know that Koreans have porcelain white skin, have a strict regimen about skin care and they have the cutest sense of style when it comes to clothing. But imagine this, 2 cute Korean girls, wearing red stilettos and are fully covered with matching umbrella riding the canoe, fear of the sun is evident in their eyes. Or 2 middle aged men in their office uniforms (khaki pants, leather shoes and polo shirts) also riding the canoe and before we even realize what’s happening, almost everyone on that day were Koreans in their stylish and even work outfits. With our flip flops, swim suits, board shorts and t-shirts, we felt we were the one out of place. (I still wonder if they were just enforced or if the travel agency just forgot to tell them the proper attire or what not :P) —> Sorry I wasn’t able to take any picture but I found this one in google 😛

6.       Upon arriving at the Pagsanjan Falls, the raft was full of Japanese and Koreans, we felt like we are in an actual Takeshi’s Castle set-up (hahahahaha!!! I really laughed hard on this one because one of my friends kept commenting, “Para tayong nasa Takeshi’s castle.” Even though they don’t understand tagalog, I’m sure they are fully aware of our side comments)

7.       We ate our dinner at “Kamayan sa Palaisdaan” somewhere in Laguna and because we were so hungry and the ambience was really nice, we didn’t take note of the time. It was already past 8PM when we finished our dinner and we just realized that the restaurant is the only establishment in the middle of a vast rice field, there were no street lights and only a couple of vehicles past by. We were scaring ourselves with images of sukob, texas chainsaw massacre and other scary movies. We waited for more than 30 minutes before a bus to Alabang had arrived and the driver told us that it was the last trip for that day and no other buses goes along that route 😛

Despite all the mishaps, this was still one of the memorable trips I had because this was the start of how I became a “travel bug” 🙂

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