Hundred Islands

[vhenok]

Taken from my previous posts...

MANILA-TARLAC City
Distance: 120 kms.
Approx. Travel Time: 2-3 hours

Enter Balintawak and run all the way up to the end of NLEX (Sta. Ines, Magalang Exit, past Dau). But then again, a significant rise in toll fees are in effect, and for Class 1 vehicles you need to shred P200 bucks as compared to P51 before the increase.

From here, its either you turn right to Mabalacat (Clark)-Bamban-Capas route or left to Magalang-Concepcion-Tarlac route. The first is not advisable during daytimes as plenty of public [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]transport[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] (trikes and jeeps) abound the town proper. I suggest taking the other route which offers little disturbance and expect good roads. You can also see a glimpse of the devastating lahar still visible on some portions of the field. Don’t be confused when you reached the portion with signs like “Alternate Route to Baguio”, being a newbie I suggest not to take this route cause some areas are not signposted, unless of course, you have someone knows that route.

TARLAC Province

Capas-Tarlac City

Wait till you reach the very long MacArthur Hiway when you turn around the rotunda in Capas (Caltex & McDo). This hiway can cause some delays being only single road on most portions and small public transport are plenty. Many products are sold on the roadside like some tinapa, suka/patis, pakwan and other season fruits.

A large arch welcomes you to Tarlac City. Not far is the Luisita Shopping Mall and a park adjascent to it. Traffic from here is really terrible especially on the onset of [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]summer [/FONT][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]vacation[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] and the whole 15-km stretch to the City Proper can cause about an hour. But then again, night travel is much preferred as this road become less traveled.

You can have a major stopover here in Tarlac as the city offers establishments much like Manila and also all large gas stations. North bound buses also have major stops here

Tarlac City-Sta. Ignacia - Camiling - [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]San [/FONT][COLOR=blue! important][FONT=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Clemente[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] - Mangatarem (Pangasinan) - Aguilar - Bugallon - Lingayen - Sual - Labrador-Alaminos

Yan ung mga towns na kailangan mo daanan heading towards Alaminos (Lucap Port).

Flat and moderately wide roads until Lingayen, but then sa approach ng Sual medyo winding na with occassional climbs until towards the approach of Alaminos.

Sa town proper ng Alaminos just go straight tapos sa may T-junction (where going left is towards Olongapo which is 180kms pa), diretso lang po until you reach a small rotonda (tapat ng Simbahan), right ka sa Rotunda then drive straight until you reach the end of the road, yun na ang Lucap Port, your jump off point going to Hundred Islands.

About sa accomodations and other stuffs, read my previous post in this thread...

HAPPY DRIVING and ENJOY

[111prez]

reviving this thread

the family is planning a trip to hundred islands and i would like to know where is a good place to stay in lucap that:

1. has good secured and shaded parking
2. good airconditioned room and accomodations. at least 3 star or if not, something to similar to the beach side hotels of SBMA
3. easy to arrange for boat trips and picnics to the islands

i saw the list of hotels in this thread but frankly, i would not be able to distinguish one from the other. neither will calling help since surely, these hotels will tell you they are the best in the area

some personal feedback and recommendations would be appreciated

[timrev]

Alaminos Airport