My third time in Cebu for a convention-seminar, and we had a free day to do as we please before the lectures began. So what do we do? Look for a feasible side trip. The thing is, most of those side trips take hours of travel from Cebu City. And since we were short on time, we chose the one that’s closer. Ergo, Moalboal.
I knew next to nothing about Moalboal prior to planning for this trip. I’m not really much of a beach person, so I don’t go around looking them up unless I’m going there in the near future.
The plan was to just spend the night by the beach in Moalboal. Just, you know, chill.
After our flight arrived early in the morning in Cebu, we went straight to the convention venue, registered for the convention, then checked into Sunday Hostel Cebu to drop our bags and prepare for our side trip that day. After grabbing lunch, we took a bus from Cebu City to Moalboal, which took close to 3 hours.
By the time we arrived at our overnight accommodation, Pescadores Seaview Suites, in Moalboal, it was a little past 4pm already. We rested a bit, then took a habal-habal to the nearby White Beach (aka Basdaku Beach) for that chill time that we came here for.
It was 5pm when we arrived, and there was a crowd, but on a very manageable level.
The fine sand was not exactly white, but close to it. Maybe under the glaring hot sun, it’ll be glaring and bright, but it was close to sunset already so, not really.
There were mostly foreign tourists there – around their twenties – and some locals, mostly families. We picked a free spot close to the water, staked our claim, then hit the water.
After spending the past 16 hours, max, travelling, the feel of the water was very welcoming, calming our nerves. It was also a welcome respite from the heat that welcomed us since we arrived in Cebu City that morning.
We basically stayed in the water to wait for the sunset. And we didn’t have to wait long.
Basdaku Beach, more popularly known as White Beach, is one of the two main beach destinations in Moalboal. The other one is Panagsama Beach, where we were staying for the night.
Panagsama Beach is mostly a tourist hub, in terms of accommodation, but there are no beaches there, per se. I mean, if we are going to strictly stick to go by the definition of beaches that involve long stretches of sand.
If that’s what you’re looking for, head north to White Beach, which is 7 km away from Panagsama Beach. That’s what we did.
Or you could just opt to find a place to stay around White Beach. There are lots of resorts and inns, as well as stores and bars lining the beach.
Unfortunately, there was more than a smattering of clouds on the horizon, so the sunset we got was the muted kind. Still, it was quite a sight to see, especially as the rays hit the water and the ripples on the surface of the water made it look like it was dancing as the light hit it.
I think it is amazing how such a simple sight can be so glorious as to provide rest to a restless soul, and calm tired minds and sore bodies. While in the water, with the waves gently lapping around us, the only sound the slapping of the water against our skin and the laughter of kids around us, combined with the sight of that golden orb descending in the distance, you tend to forget everything else, and just… be.
Oh, and look who I met~
At 6:30 pm, we got up to go back to Panagsama Beach for dinner, then get some rejuvenating sleep for tomorrow’s activities. Originally, we planned to just head over to Kawasan Falls to check out the waterfall (BECAUSE HEY IT’S ME, THE WATERFALL SUCKA, OVER HERE). But then we saw that Pescadores Seaview Suites organizes island-hopping tours that would take only about 3 hours, so we thought, WHY NOT.
Nightlife can be quite hopping around these beaches when dusk sets in, but we weren’t really about that kind of life, haha! We were looking for some chill and relaxing time, and that’s exactly what we got at White Beach, or Basdaku Beach.
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