Anguib Beach: Cagayan North Series
The waves grew rougher when we left Cape Engano, and the dark clouds started to roll in. Most of us dozed off in the boat, and after what seemed to be 40 minutes, I heard our boatman telling us that we were approaching Anguib Beach. Back in Jotay's, we were told that Anguib Beach was closed, because they were "cleaning" it. So when we saw people swimming in the wide beach from afar, we were pleased that we didn't listen to that warning. Like most wide white beaches in the Philippines, Anguib Beach was touted as the Boracay of this side of the world. I've been hearing of testimonies of white sand and spectacular sceneries. Well, as soon as locals describe any beach as Boracay, I tend to ignore these descriptions. True enough, Anguib wasn't like Boracay. It was more like Pagudpud. However, they got the scenery right. We told our boatman to drop us off at one portion of the beach that didn't have many vacationers, and that's to the east end of th...