Puting Buhangin at Kuwebang-Lampas, Pagbilao, Quezon

It was supposed to be written last summer but due to my laziness, I wasn't able to do so. Well even this blogsite had been created for a while now but also, because of my laziness and procrastination nothing had been posted here for all eternity.

A chance for some photo-op haha... :D

Eversince I was a child, it has been my dream to go to a white beach (I just don't know if it was every child's dream). I used to think that it was an awesome experience to see white sands and I was also thinking that it would look good put those sands on our lawn.

It was the summer of 2013 when this dream came to reality. Me and my colleagues decided to hit the beach and we found Kwebang-Lampas in Pagbilao, Quezon. Thinking that it was just like any other beaches near Metro Manila, I was never really thrilled. Not until such time that we need info about how to get there that I asked Mr. Google to provide us with some data about the place.

I typed, Pagbilao and there were a lot of suggestions but I chose Kwebang-Lampas, Pagbilao, Quezon then hit ENTER. The first images that came were pictures of a beach that has white sands. Oh wait, yes my eyes aren't fooling me, they are indeed white sands and the rest is history.

We searched for route and what to ride on:

How to get there: 

The rough road with the QUARRY SITE??? and the lake...

Ride a bus going to Lucena City. (Jam Liner, Lucena Lines, Jac Liner and DLTB Co.) get off at SM City Lucena and ride a jeep going to Pulo. In our case we rented the whole jeepney because the driver offered and they knew it better than us. If you have your own car, once you get to SM City Lucena, you have to take the road going to Bicol but don't take your eyes off the road the because you have to make a right turn (which is a bit unnoticeable) going to Pagbilao Power Station. Once you made the right turn, just go straight ahead until you reach dead-end, seriously. Once you reach the gate, oh I forgot to say that there are two gates there, you have to go to the second one which would lead you to a quarry site (I think that was a quarry site) and you will pay P5 per head for I don't know really. You will traverse a rough road
till you reach the end where there is a lake.

TREKKING TIME!

You have to cross the lake using a motorboat
(I'm sorry I forgot the price) for about 5 minutes. Once you get to the other side, you will see more boulders and the open sea. You have two options: you can walk or you can ride another motorboat going to Puting Buhangin but, I suggest you go trekking, it is more fun.

Be careful with the stones, they're quite sharp.

After the long hours of travel this view would welcome you. It welcomed us.... :)

The beach with its white sands and the the cave (the namesake of the place) :)

Inside the cave... That's me in white sando when I was still fat haha (KWEBANG LAMPAS)

We went home at around 5 pm because it will be hard and dangerous to trek during night time according to some local folks unless you will stay there for an overnight... yes they do accept overnight accommodations. They have cottages for the price of around P300 and they charge P50 per head as an entrance fee. 

I think the only thing I disliked about it is that you really need to buy the water that you will need to rinse yourself. They sell it for P50 per container because there is no water installation in the area. Other than that, the place is good.

Consider this place the next time you go on a summer escapade...

Till next time guys...