A four-to-five hour commute from the city of Dumaguete, Hinobaan, a first class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines, is definitely a beautiful and mystical place to visit. It is where the glorious landscape of the forest, the beach, and some caves meet. Until now, I am still in awe on how man and nature both flawlessly and naturally flow in together as one community, and at the same time, be as rough and affected by some sort of mid-city urbanization because of how the younger generations are going back and forth to and from the near and far cities to learn much of city living.
Imagine a by the sea community where the forests are still thick, but obviously tainted by man, living alongside almost all that is that mother nature can offer in the tropics.
But this is not about the whole of Hinobaan; this is, rather, just a peek into the hidden untamed beauty of the Ubong beach and caves.