First off, we left early in the morning from Pasay, we are five people with 3 motorcycles, its actually my first time to travel that far only via motorcycle and I'm kind of excited. We already expected that its gonna be a long drive, estimated 3 hours via Google Map. We started off with a smooth urban ride, passing through manila's busy and smog-filled streets. As soon as we get past manila and reached Cavite, the atmosphere has drastically changed. From the air we breathe, to the scenery that we feast our eyes on. The messy, cluttered, noisy and populated environment turned into luscious green, fresh, peaceful and nature-themed one. Ramdam mo ang outing at Summer pag ganito diba? Yung pakiramdam na alam mong wala ka sa Manila :)
We passed through Imus, Dasmariñas, Trece Martires, and Naic Cavite before we reached Ternate, we took a stopover at Maragondon to eat Lugaw and Goto for breakfast. At Ternate we experienced a thrilling mountain side ride, its like we're going to Baguio because of the curved/zigzag road. It was a hell of a fun ride in all.. We were excited to reach the beach though I could say that the entire roadtrip was enough to quench my thirst of a summer outing!
It was already past 9am when we reached the entrance gate of the beach inside the Marine Base at Ternate. There are a lot of people that day, we could see large groups of people and families in line in front of the gate, its a sign that the beach is definitely full packed. And it really was full since there was no tables nor cottages left for us to rent, we were forced to build our own fortress to stay along side the beach for our food and bags. Its like we were informal settlers/squatters in there, hehe. But We didnt mind since we're all men and we came there for the fun and the beach and not to relax and sleep.
The beach is where another set of different fun has happened. One of us didn't know that the sea is salty for 29 years of his entire life! He only found out that very moment when he dived into the beach. Hilarious! We had so much fun throughout our stay that we didn't mind the heat of the sun. Well, one lesson learned; Sunblock really is a must even for men! I didnt imagine I'll get severe sunburns on my back after that day.. :P One more thing, this beach is not recommended if you just want to look for women in two piece bikinis. Obviously its a public beach inside the vicinity of a Marine Base, what would you expect? You should go to private resorts like Puerto Azul if you want to see a bunch of boobies and legs.. haha, though this place is recommended for friends, barkadas, families and company outings.
