Now that I became a Zambalena, I am really proud to know this place. I hope you can brought this to Zambales government officials and inform them that there are a lots of issued needed attention.

Thank you.

though, the biggest downfall of this wonderful place is truly the garbage management… i don’t know who to blame?

first of all, i guess its the local government who seems to be neglecting this fact. truly, this place is a potential tourist destination, given the proper attention… it’s the town that would surely benefit from all of its God-given natural gifts. Dapat bumuo sila ng group na magmamanage ng lugar na yan and will impose all the necessary rules and regulations to protect the place. The place is so public,,, you’ll only be charged for the boat fee and entrance fee of P50 for daytour and P100 for overnight and you can be free to do anything. The boat fee I guess is just good enough, it compensates the gasoline and the effort of the boatman, considering din un layo ng lugar,,, it’s back & forth anyway…i just dont know lng who should take responsibility for the entrance fee,,, as far as I understand, the reason why they’re charging that amount is for the maintenance of the place,,, but what the heck are those garbage doing… though, i could understand that during peak season, pwedeng hindi na kayanin ng care taker ang pgm-maintain ng lugar kung maraming bisitang iresponsable!

that’s why I say now… 2nd to be blamed are the visitors! why blame the locals? in the first place, are there residents living in Anawangin? dont you remember that going there, you must ride on a boat first… and Anawangin is a place na sasadyain tlga… do you expect the locals to go there from time to time and clean up the mess that the visitors had left? us, being the visitors should know how to care,,, and care enough!

again, I must say this: Anawangin is truly a wonderful place to go… you’ll appreciate nature at its best. The pics in the many blogs that display its lovely scene are genuine and not fake! Hindi nman basura lng ang laman ng Anawangin,,, more than the garbage that’s highlighted in this blog, there are so much wonderful things to appreciate in Anawangin,,, you’ll never fail to get connected to nature once you’re there… it is just sad that no proper maintenance on this place when it comes to garbage disposal especially during peak season is being done. and it’s truly a dismay!

and btw, mahal tlga ang bilihin dun,,, kya if you’re planning to go there… magbaon kn ng bonggang-bongga! again, ang Anawangin ay tinatawid ng bangka… so ang mga paninda ay dinadala p from town proper going to Anawangin,,, kaya wag kayo mag expect ng presyong kapareho lng ng nasa tindahan ni Aling Nena sa kanto… kaya kung ayaw nyo magsatusan ng triple, magbaon kayo!

i wouldn’t comment on the resorts or hotels nearby,,, i havent tried any. and remember, Anawangin is not a resort, again, it’s public… it’s an undeveloped island… and it could be a camp site where you can spend the night… it’s safe! but if you’re really looking for a place to spend the night and dont want to have an overnight at Anawangin, I would suggest that you find a hotel or resort in Subic na lng… mas alive ang night life dun as this blog says.

being a Zambalena, I must say that Zambales has alot to offer… it is just sad that the local government is not pushing it through and don’t do any act to promote a good tourism in it, kaya up to now, Zamabales is still underrated. Hindi lng sana SBMA ang dapat i-highlight. There are so much treasure in the Northern part of Zambales, it’s so natural… it’s so wonderful. pero kulang sa push! Gising Zambales officials… napaka promising ng lalawigan natin, pero I must say… hanggang ngayon, boring pa rin at wala tayo’ng pwede’ng ipagmalaki sa turismo dahil wala kayo’ng ginagawa! Sa tagal na panahon,,, ang Zambales, isa’ng agricultural place pa rin when in fact… this is such a very beautiful place,,, kumpleto ang gift ng nature… mapa-bundok, dagat, ilog, falls… name it!

we, as private individuals should not stop promoting a place gaano man tayo nadismaya… hindi ibig sabihin na “nalukot” ang iyong pagkakakilala ay titigil tayo at madi-discourage na. it all boils down to ones potential,,, pansinin ang kulang at i-highlight ang pwede pa’ng i-improve.

i’m just praying na one day, magising ako at makita ko ang aking home province na umunlad na dahil na-manage ng tama!

again, Zambales is not a WOW place pra s mga taong mataas ang expectation… hindi yan katulad ng ibang tourist spot sa Pilipinas gaya ng Palawan o kung saan man… pero Zambales is truly a wonderful and promising place only if nurtured, given attention and pushed towards a very good management of its God given resources.

Just giving my opinion for someone that has been staying here for almost 6
months. Enjoy!

love this article.
i love to travel and just rely on the internet for information about my target destinations.
that way, i could skip spending on costly travel agencies and have the adventure by myself or with friends

usually, the writers or bloggers sugar coat everything and when i visit the place,
i get disappointed. now evertyime i read an article about a place, i become skeptic and
doubtful.

i wanted to go to anawangin after seeing a breath taking picture of the island on one of the blogs i’ve read (but dumadapo din sa isip ko na baka edited lang :P ).
i stumbled across this article. i got sad by the fact they are given this beautiful place,
so full of potential to become one of the hottest tourist spots in the phils, but they couldn’t even clean up their own trash. what a way to give back to God and mother nature. sayang.. tsk tsk.

but anyways, i’ll still visit the place, see what me and my friends could do about the trash. but, hopefully cleaner na sana ngayon.

i’m looking forward to more of your articles, kudos to you, writers like you are hard to find these days :)

more power

-emily

Thanks for writing a realistic view of Pundaquit. I have never heard of the place until a couple of months ago. I do not doubt anything that you have said about the garbage. I’ll be visiting Philippines for the first time in years and was planning to visit the place but with all this bad review about the garbage (toilet? used diaper?), I’m having serious second thoughts. I just might turn around as soon as I get to Pundaquit. People seriously need to learn to pick-up after themselves and start taking care of the environment. Campers, you may just be visiting but have some respect! Would you like it if your visitors treat house like a dump?

Local people know that there is money to be made in tourism but they need to realize that they need to protect the environment they’re in to keep the tourists coming. Take some responsibility. Start cleaning up. Create rules for your visitors. That is your home, it is your responsibility to take care of it. If a can coke somehow landed right on your doorstep, would you just leave it there just because you’re not the one who dumped it there?