Alubihod Beach, Guimaras
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Feb 4,2008
I grew up in a small town in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras and every Sunday our family would go to Alubihod beach which my grandparents own. Alubihod is just 4 kilometers from town so all five of us would take our family motorbike and spent the entire Sunday swimming or taking boats rides.
I still have old pictures of me (7 or 8 years old) running across the sandy beaches. The sand is almost as white as that of Boracay’s but less fine. The beach front was still empty with just a couple or huts or cottages we’d use to eat out during lunch. About 20 years ago, only small family houese of our relatives are standing just a few meters away from the shore. (Mostly cousins to the second degree.)
Haven’t been back there for years now though. I frequently invite my high shcool classmates to take a vacation over there. Guimaras is just a few kilometers from Iloilo City by boat. It usually costs Php5.00 but I think it could already be Php10.00 – Php15.00 per head. Once you dock at the Jordan pier, you take a Nueva Valencia jeep to town about 30 kilometers south. Another tricycle ride from Poblacion town to Alubihod would cost about Php 25 – Php 50 depending on the number of passengers.
Alubihod is now sub-divided into several resorts, the bigger one would be Raymen Beach resort which is owned by my mom’s cousins and Rico Beach Resort, owned by my uncle, the youngest of my mom’s siblings.
I will definitely take a lot of pictures once I get to visit back home.
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3 Responses for "Alubihod Beach, Guimaras"
We were sun worshippers. We discovered alubihod in the summer of 1993on our second year in college. We were classmates in UP and looking for adventure…we heard about this small patch of sand called alubihod..it was a dream for us..when we got there there are only five of us in the whole stretch of the beach. We spent the whole day lying in the sand and swimming and getting buzzed by Gilbey’s and lime juice. ( That was the drink of choice then) We spent the night on the beach looking at the stars and getting high on alcohol. In the morning, we bought some fresh catch from the fishermen in the area and had cold rice and hot grilled fish. There were no facilities there, only a small hut with no CR, if you want to answer the call of nature you have to use the CR at the house of the caretaker. There ws no electricty at that time also, so no loud music, no glaring lights to disturb the peace. Only the sound of birds and waves and the wind in your hair was there the whole day. we share stories and adventures and vowed to return every year…we did it every year until we graduated from college…few years onwards, when im already working, i asked my officemates to go there and to my surprise A LOT has changed since those times when i was a skiny college boy. There are now resorts and loud music and lots of people. Well nothing lasts forever…but alubihod in its pure simple state is imprinted in my mind and the taste of the salt and the warm breeze of the amihan while sitting alone in the beach will be with me forever…now 16 years later..im off to another place to find my own patch of sand paradise…as for alubihod, im glad that its now being enjoyed by more people…but that smal piece of pure delight stays with me and my friends forever.
do u knoe who to contact ???
me & my family’s wanna go visit there it looks very nice =)
u must be lucky to have a beach resorts from ur grandparents =)
wats ur name? so if we go there ill jst tell ur name ….
thank you
miguel zobel co
hello, i want to know how to get there. if from cebu, what would be the trip like? ill be so happy for an information given in this site. Plan is to be there on the 21st this month. i hope ill have an earlier response concerning travel guide. thanks
more power and God bless
Ana
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