After the whole-week Rodeo Masbateno, Kuya Danilo Pabito,
the team captain of Balud Forwards, invited us, together with the production
team from TV5, to their town, Balud, to visit one of their ranches and to see
the beauty of their very own Palani Beach.
The municipality of Balud is accessible through jeepneys,
L300 vans and buses which are parked in Masbate city terminal. Be sure to catch
the L300 vans trips, it’s faster than taking jeepneys and buses.
We were fortunate that we’re joining the crew of TV5 going
to Balud. The city government of Masbate had provided TV5 crew with a
government-owned multi-cab which brought us to Balud in just an hour and a
quarter, a far cry from the 3 to 4 hours drive if we took the jeepneys.
Masbate is surrounded with beautiful grass-covered hills
which are very refreshing to the eyes. I remember during my elementary days,
we’re taught that one way to relieve your tired eyes was to look at green
objects, and now being in Masbate with this scenery around you, wow, my eyes
were more than relieved that they wanted to see more.
Good thing, Kuya Danilo and the rest of Balud players, who
are cowboys for real, invited us in one of the ranches they take care of,
letting my eyes see and my soul experience what it had been missing.
Together with the crew from TV5, who were there to shoot
Balud team for their Insider documentary program and with our cowboys’ hats on
head and cameras on hand, we climbed the grass-covered hills of Palani, Balud.
The beauty on top of the ranch was way beyond beautiful, it
was majestic. It was picture perfect. From where we stood, we felt like we were
on top of the world with extraordinary view of the mountains and the wide blue
ocean.
Hello Sunshine!!!
Yes, he posed for a shot.
The lovely tree.
And from this broad mountainous ranch, the cowboys, Kuya
Zoilo and Kuya Tisoy, who also played for Balud rode their horses, gathered the
cows and directed the herd to the corral where the cows were to be counted,
medicated and taken care of.
Imagine how the cowboys gather this number of cattle heads from this vast ranch.
Fierce!!! Ooops, we're friends!!!
When we were inside the corral, TV5’s cameraman, Don
Ventura, hopped on one of the horses, and knowing myself, I wasn’t there just
to watch, I came there to experience. So after him, I jumped up to the horse’s
back, and had fun with my horse ride.
The first stride of my horse felt like a kick of a child inside a mother's tummy. Exciting.
It was already five in the afternoon. Since the TV5 crew was
not yet done with their shoot, my friend and I, decided to go ahead to Palani
Beach. Kuya Edgar, one of the cowboys and a resident of Balud, drove us to the
beach with his motor. For commuters, there was no other means of going to the
beach from the hi-way other than habal-habal.
Palani Beach is one of the promising Masbate attractions
with its long stretch of white powdery sand, and clear water. You could even
see the sand ripples made by the soft waves.
Who would not want to walk barefooted on this fine sand?
And how adorable to watch the sun
setting down from the sky and turning the horizon into red.
Do I need to say more? =)
The beauty of Palani beach is so pristine that I wanted to
enjoy and embrace it now while it is still unspoiled and spared from the harm
that can be brought by commercialism.
There are cottages in the beach resorts, but you have to
bring your own food, since there’s no restaurant in the area yet. There are no
overnight accommodations, you can bring your tents and ask permissions from the
caretakers of the resort.
We’re so blessed having friends with Kuya Danilo and the
rest of Balud team. For our overnight stay in Palani Beach, they lent us the
tree house. It was lovely. It was so kind of them.
It's nice to wake up in the morning with the view of the beach.
With no doubt, just after few years, Palani beach will be a
famous tourist destination. I am really looking forward to the day that my
cowboy friends and their families would have another source of living.
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