The Raving Lunatic

I had this earlier posted when I came back from Bagsit. I’m supposed to spoil myself ensuring my weekends for two months are always packed. So after two months of planning my batch decided to ultimately ditch the silly idea of an EK getaway and thought we’d be better off on a beach. I was in charge of the logistics. I called and contacted all the Laiya, Batangas destinations I could find as referred by bloggers and forumers and ended disappointed I couldn’t secure any reservation.

I found out something about Ronco Beach resort posted by some people I couldn’t remember from some place. It’s in Calatagan, Batangas, and aside from this site, everything else about the place’s obscure. Couldn’t find anything written about a Ronco Beach Resort review, I tried reserving anyway and was actually ecstatic at first that I was able to find an available resort.

I’ve seen a lot write about it, comparing it to Laiya but there was never any indication from anything I read that Ronco would be the Achilles of of the place – that one place that will totally embarrass the reputation of Calatagan.

The beach sucked so bad we spent most of our time out of the water. You could walk for about 50 meters from the beach with the water knee-deep and the sand plant and rock strewn that many of us ended having severe cuts on our feet and hands while trying to find our balance. Then it’s just a drop down from that with strong waves that even the boats on the place can’t venture any farther. To get your head wet you need to lie down on the water because it wasn’t going any deeper.

We rented a boat that took us to another beach so that we could swim without any rocks… with one of us ultimately breaking the silence… “Why not this beach, in the first place?”

I wanted to forget that hell of a resort, where everything except for the owner was intolerable. Even the main attendant the owner entrusted as to was so grouchy and ill-tempered I wanted to leave the moment we came. My batch just forced ourselves to enjoy since we do not really get together a lot for the past months. To those who’d be considering going, save yourself your time and money. Sue me for slander, but their website at http://calatagan.com/ is infinitely misleading.

Saving grace, our batch’s planning to go to Bolinao, Pampanga at the end of May and I’m not blowing it this time.