ABW Sept 2023-1

of the once upon a time marauding Chinese pirate Limajong.
The island is located in the outer rim and is the only island
that has a bamboo inspired, sea food restaurant, grill and bar.
After your 100 island experience and you are still thirsting for
more there is plenty to see and do in the areas surrounding
Alaminos like the
The cave or as some
refer to it as a tunnel,
is believed to be used
as one of the hide-outs
of the once upon a time
marauding Chinese
pirate Limajong.
thriving beach
resort town of
Bolinao just forty
minutes’ drive from
Alaminos.
Bolinao
Folk etymology
attributes the
name “Bolinao” or
this remote fishing
enclave from the fish piece “monamon” but commonly
called “Bolinao” by the Tagalogs, Bicolanos and the
Visayans. A theory also points out that once upon a time
“pamulinawen” trees grew luxuriantly along its shores, thus,
the Ilocano migrants who crossed the Lingayen Gulf named
it phonetically similar to the name of the tree. Nowadays,
however, such tree does not exist anymore.
Unofficial records narrate the story of an Italian missionary
named Blessed Odorico who said the first mass in Bolinao
Bay, baptizing several locals while he was on his way to
Zipline Govenor’s Island
China. He took refuge in what is now known as Bolinao
during a storm in 1324. Two centuries later, an account
narrates the arrival of Juan de Salcedo and his crew reached
Bolinao and chanced upon a Chinese Sampan who captured
a native chieftain. Salcedo and his men liberated the natives
and the latter immediately pledged vassalage to the King of
Spain.
According to oral history, the town of Bolinao used to be a
small settlement in what is now Barrio Binabalian in Santiago
Bolinao Falls
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