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Surf’s Up Again Folks!

May 5, 2007

  

 The Beach Babes of La Union!

   

I’m imitating Pennylane’s style in capturing photos, hehe.

So off we went to La Union on the last weekend of April. We had been planning this for several weeks now and had already been postponed a couple of times too due to various reasons whether personal, financial or otherwise. I was just glad that it still pushed thru even if some backed out at the last minute like Ode ( my guy friend at work who was tasked to finish a major project before Monday) and Gab of Parokya ni Edgar (Peter’s cousin). He and Peter got so wasted the previous night and was afraid he wouldn’t be able to wake up. True enough, I think he didn’t. Oh well, maybe next time. 

 

Soaking up the afternoon sun… my purple bodyboard can’t wait to try the waves! 

Anyway, this trip had some very stressful kinks, I’m telling you… First was when people started backing out. You see, everytime we go to La Union, we make sure that there is at least 5 of us so we can split the gas cost which usually amounts to P3000.00 roundtrip. Also, the most affordable airconditioned room at San Juan Surf Resort cost P950 per night for two persons.  Without friends to share these costs with, the trip alone can be a tremendous financial burden for budget travelers like us. Second, the lady at the front desk of San Juan Surf Resort thought we’d be coming over on a Friday instead of  Saturday so we almost didn’t get any room because everything was already booked! Third, when Peter went to Gab’s place the previous night for a little drinking session with the boys, his  driver’s license which he left at the subdivision’s guard post was taken by someone else. So he had a terrible fight with the guard then went on the trouble of searching for the guy who took his license. I was thinking, maybe this was a sign that we shouldn’t push thru with the trip. I was really getting stressed big time! I think I wanted to cry but I had to remain strong since it’s just a surfing trip after all. Finally, when he found the guy who took his license at around 4 am when we were supposed to be on the road already, Peter can’t remember where he placed the deposit slip for our room. We already paid P900 via BPI and without that slip, we’d be paying the resort twice as much! Gosh! Good thing I found it in one of his jeans’ pockets. Whew! So off we went to pick up our friends at the usual spot and after around 7-8 ours of travel (it took us longer this time coz we left early morning instead of early dawn so traffic was a bit slow already), we finally reached La Union.

 

La Union… I missed you!!!

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