Badoc is the first municipality of Ilocos Norte from Manila.
You'll never get to know about a white sandy beach island
pronounced (Bah-dhuc or Bad.Doc)
Badoc Island is one of the unlisted travel adventure destination (hidden gems) and uninhabited Island being part of the localities' marine sanctuary.
Within Badoc is a coastal barangay called Barangay La Virgen Milagrosa or locals call Paguetpet which leads to another barangay Pagsanahan.
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Rule of thumb esp. when coming out of your airconditioned vehicle is to acclimatize your camera gear for 45 minutes. Don't even attempt to take photos otherwise - fogging or camera failure.
Don't disturb this hen ...
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It is good to capture rural coastal farm views...
Badoc coastal nipa farm huts for storage used by farmers
Whilst it was not the best time of the day to take a landscape shot,
for posterity and personal documentation purposes
no one says you can't ... rules are just guidelines ...
Spotted this little boy later I came to know his name - James.
He was busy sun drying by arranging the fishes on a makeshift table covered with fishnet.
Kid James makes sure that the fishes are orderly laid out at the make-shift table with fishnet to dry under the sun. He paused briefly to wash his hand.
He then collects the finished or well sun-dried fishes and plastic it to an open plastic container.
Sun dried salty fish we call daing/tuyo (Tagalog ) which is a result of patience and tireless efforts.
Other fishes left to dry under the sun.
Badoc Island can be accessed using motorized outrigger boats at barangay Pagsanahan.
... there's a "secret" ... you have to be there to uncover when boarding these boats
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Swim, snorkel, trek the small island, etc., I was content taking photo images in this unspoiled paradise.
~AvianQuest~
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