St. Michael Parish Church, Caramoan Peninsula

This is a hundred years old church in Caramoan Peninsula, Saint Michael Parish Church. There are so many antiques churches or I consider this as one baroque churches in Bicol Region that was build in Spanish Colonization period. Usually church was made by volcanic stone, lime and bricks. Hundreds of native Filipinos were hired to build this structure.



The church has small statues/stone sculptures of the Saints.


St. Michael, the Archangel

St. Paul the apostle, together with St. Peter are the two patron saints of the Roman Church

Caramoan was founded by a 60 year old zealous missionary, Spanish friar Francisco de la Cruz Y Oropesa in the year 1619. The Priest found a small settlement in a place called Baluarte and this settlement was turned over to the administration of the Holy Bishopric in 1696.

Island Hopping cont... (Caramoan Peninsula)

As I said, I'll tell you more about my island hopping...

I saw a weird plant with a fruit that look like a pineapple but color red.



and some of the rocks in Matukad Island has a mix of marble rock then the rest are pure limestone. Its not a usual view to see...

And here are the photos of the rest of the islands that we visited:

Kagbalinad Island



We passed by to this beautiful island on our way to Minalagos Island

Minalagos Island


Then we hopped in to our boat to go to another island:


And we came across this odd rock when we reached Busdak Island. its like thousands or millions of seashells were pasted to each other until it formed and became a big rock.


Busdak Island


That's the five islands we visited but there are more. We just had limited time, we suppose to do some kayaking, snorkeling and kayaking but we have work the next day. I think we are going back here next time and do the stuff we missed. There are no inhabitants in these islands, all you can see are limestones, birds, and sea snakes. Next time, I'll show you some of the best island delicacy that we ate. And I'll show you a picture of a hundred year old church in the Island.

To be continued further...

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Caramoan Peninsula - Island Hopping

Last weekend Jun 20-21, me and friends went for an island hopping in Camarines Sur, Bicol. WE choose Caramoan Island because it is less crowded, not so far from the city and not that commercialized than Boracay.

First, Caramoan Peninsula is one of the "Secret Paradise remains unexploited from commercial tourism" in the Philippines where you can enjoy the picturesque view of the sunset, long shorelines, powdery white sands, limestone rock formations, crystal clear water, and abundant reefs.

We went to 5 islands.

Matukad Island


this is what we saw as we are approaching to the first island

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as soon as we reached the shore, we jumped from the boat, ran along the shore, climbed the rocks and took photos

Lahus Island is the most famous from all the islands in the peninsula. It was featured in Survivor Show from four countries (Bulgaria, France, Italy & Romania) and this year, it will also be featured in Survivor Sweden.



We saw some men setting up a camp for the show and we are lucky that this island is open to the tourist on that day because some of the islands will be closed for the show.





Well, these are only 2 of the islands that we visited, but this is it for now I'll tell and show you more later, about the food that we ate, other places we went to, the presents I bought for my friends and more photos.

to be continued...