CARAMOAN│Journey To The Mystical Bangus

Caramoan has so many hidden beautiful beaches and Islands but there's a mystery behind one of it.
The most beautiful and the first Island we visited was Matukad Island. This Island has the finest sand among the Islands. You'll be mesmerized by its beautiful limestone formation as well, but behind these rocks lies a huge mystery.

Unveiling the mystery  isn't that easy, you should climb these rocks and reach the top to see the lagoon that houses it. Ok let's get it on!

 Love it! It was really exciting, rock climb to start the challenge. . 

We have to pass this challenge to know the mysterious thing that made people amazed and elude at the same time. It's not that hard to climb these beautiful limestone formation. It's not that sharp and there are plenty of branches that you can hold on to. Actually it's an advantage for rock climbers and mountaineers, but if you have the guts, muscle strength and endurance you'll definitely reach the top!

Finally we're at the site where we can see the mystical creature. The area was full of rock wedges with trees around. Actually, we weren't able to get really closer to the lake because it's really hard to be there, "buwis-buhay" event, so we just waited and enjoy from afar. 

At last we're here. After Ascending those rocks, you have to descend in able get near the lagoon. We waited for awhile for the mysterious creature living here.

 Luckily we saw it, looks like it's finding for food and it's going towards our direction.

According to our tour guide, the story behind this 6 kilos mysterious fish happened  about 20 years ago, where 2 Bangus "milk fish" with unknown origin lived in this lagoon. During that time a man with his son went out to search for food for their family, unexpectedly, they found the said lagoon hidden behind the limestone rocks. They saw the 2 milk fishes, caught 1, brought it home and ate it. The day after, the family died. Since then, no one ever tried to catch the Bangus left anymore. No one also know what's the gender of the said fish. I ask our tour guide, why shouldn't they put a couple of Bangus there so that it will have some friends hehe, plus they can breed that bangus to other bangus and it will live happily ever after!hehe. They just prefer to leave it like that share to tourists.

This journey happened last August first 2011 with my all time partner, my BF! :) Hope you can see this mystical bangus and experience the challenge as well!

**Thanks to Nestle Fruit Selection Yogurt for this Naga-Caramoan Tour package we won from their contest last December 2011 and BDC Travel Agency for arranging specs for the said tour. Also thanks to our tour guide, Joseph Valencia for a great job showing us this Island. Posted text and pictures are imported from my other blog site, felicitousgalaera.blogspot.com.