Mindoro Sling

It’s not about Mindoro Sling that you may drink in Puerto Galera. It’s about our once in a lifetime adventure in Mindoro. Vane, as we fondly called her, and her family has a mini-farm in Mindoro and her photography group with Franco, Mike and the rest of members decided to have a trip. Me and Jo decided to join even if we don’t have professional camera and not members of that group. Franco and Mike slept in my apartment so we would be early for the first trip from Buendia going to Batangas port. We took a Super Cat going to Calapan where Vane’s mom fetched us. We stayed in their rest house in their farm. The following day, we trek the river side going to the mountains until we reached a tribe of Mangyans. At first, we were questioned by the elders because of the cameras. They later understood there was no malice in visiting the place, it’s just that we were exploring the area

As we went down the mountain, we took a different route that almost made us explore the entire place. There we were fetched by a jeepney going to our rest house. It was so tiring. They even tried to teach me how to swim in the river with no success. Hehe…Though I can swim with a life jacket. After several nights in their farm, we went to Talipan (I hope I remembered it correctly) in Puerto Galera where we were welcomed by the white sand beach and calming sea waters. We even saw the Tamaraw Falls on our way there.

It was a memorable trip. I wonder where Vane is now…