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Being both tropical and an archipelago, the Philippines is blessed with stunning islands, long shorelines, and almost year-round sun. And when these three elements are combined, we have gorgeous sunsets. I have shared quite a few sunset photos here and I'll add this new set to the list.
I won't get tired of seeing sunsets every day because as they say, no two sunsets are ever the same. Sadly, the pandemic prevented us from seeing more sunsets last year. If it happened to be normal, I would have taken a lot more sunset photos. Even if the number of cases here has been increasing again, tourist spots are now slowly opening maybe because of the vaccine rollout. Besides, they can't afford another lockdown.
Last weekend, we went to Malaspacua, an island that's part of the municipality of Daanbantayan in the northern part of Cebu. One of the items in our itinerary was sunset watching, as recommended by our friend who had visited the island before the pandemic. She said the sunset in Malapascua is just breathtaking. I guess sunsets here are just on a different level especially when viewed from the white beaches in the islands surrounding mainland Cebu.
We had our island hopping, which I will be sharing in the next posts, before sunset watching. When we asked the locals where's the best part of the island to watch the sunset, they told us that most tourists would go to North Beach. That's on the other side of the island.
We decided to just walk even if the motorcycle drivers offered to take us there for Php 40.00. We thought that since the island is small, we can just walk there and reach just in time for sunset. Little did we know that the path is meandering throughout the whole island, passing a lot of communities. If the path would have been straight, it would just take us a few minutes. We just walked faster to reach our destination just before the sun fully sets. I went ahead with my friends because I didn't want to miss the sunset and take more photos.
I was catching my breath because I haven't hiked for a long time, but when I got there, I was greeted by the calmness of the sea. It was one of the surreal moments I couldn't get bored with. The sun was slowly fading away into the horizon as the small waves were lapping the seashore. I meant fading away because it was not the usual scorching afternoon sun.
Those boats added an accent to the super calm sea which made the whole sunset ensemble more interesting. I had fun taking a lot of shots from different parts of the beach. At the same time, there's this overwhelming sense of serenity the sea exudes which I happily accepted.
I was expecting to see a lot of red and red-orange as the sun was setting, but the sky became grayish to black instead. I didn't complain though. Maybe because of the atmospheric condition at that time, it turned out different from what I expected, but it was still very beautiful nonetheless.
More photos with protruding rocks, boat, and neighboring islands:
This is on the other side of the beach, showing the lighthouse and the rocky shoreline. I love travelling this time because any tourist spot will not be too crowded. In fact, I think we were the only tourists in that part of the beach.
I guess that's all for this post. I'll leave you my most favorite picture of this set. See you in my next posts! As always, I'm always grateful for the support.
Kim Ybañez
Welcome to Kim's small corner in Hive. He is a chemical engineer by profession, but a blogger by passion. He is a wanderlust and an adventure seeker. Join his quests as he visits secluded destinations, climbs mountains, tries new and exotic dishes, and explores his country (The Philippines). He's also a trying hard photographer so stay tuned as he shares his photos and his thought process while creating them.
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