Black Sand Beach , Sto. Domingo, Albay

People long to see white sand beaches and when they see one, they are in awe. However, seeing black sandy beach is also fascinating. The beaches near Mt. Mayon have black sand. Some say that you need not go to Hawaii to walk on black sand beach. With this in mind, we went to see the nearest place with black sand beach which is in Sto. Domingo , Albay. It is about 12 kms from Legazpi City via public jeepney. We got into one heading for Sto. Domingo. Fare is Php19 per person.

Upon reaching the public market, we got into one of the tricycles parked beside the market and asked the driver to take us to a nice resort. Fare is Php50.

Driver took us to Sarung Banggi Resort and we requested him to come back for us after 2 hours.

At Sarung Banggi Resort, we paid Php50 entrance per head and Php300 for a beach front cottage.

Our cottage has a stair which lead right down to the waters. I went down and  stepped on the beach and felt the fine black sand. I am the only one on the beach and it was serene.

At waist deep, water was still clear that you can see your feet beneath the waters. There were few rocks but rocks that are rounded and smoother. It wont hurt your feet.  I saw a man with his bait trying to catch fish.

Several boats were ashore and unattended.

The shore line in Sto Domingo is quite short but seeing black sand beach is enough to make me happy.

The tricycle driver came back at 11am and he took us back to the public market. I gave the driver Php100 instead of Php50 to thank him for being kind to us.  Fortunately, there's already a jeepney waiting bound for Legazpi.