Naga X
It’s not everyday you get invited to be part of a celebrity’s entourage. So last week I was honored to roll with Jason Magbanua, fresh from winning Gold at the WEVA convention. Together with John Rana, Bong Sare and Denden Benipayo we were collectively known as Jason and Friends. Our destination, CamSur, this province in the Bicol Region is home to the x-treme sport of wakeboarding, x-treme photographers MangoRed, x-treme burgers at Bigg’s and an x-treme local indie music scene. Even the bus that we rode to Naga was labeled La-Z Boy x-treme.
photo by Denden
We stayed at trailer number 124 at the CamSur Watersports Complex. These are container vans retrofitted with boutique hotel amenities. They can comfortably fit 4 people and we spent a lot of our time inside our trailer chilling out and mostly talking shop.
Apparently, Jason is not the only celebrity at CamSur enjoying wakeboarding. We saw Aga and Charlene doing stunts with their boards.
Wakeboarding are for wimps. Real men knee board! Lol. Yeah, we’ve decided to form a professional kneeboarding league. I just need to buy knee pads and tricked out knee boards.
That night Randall, Ryan and the Dagooc family prepared a Naga Xtreme feast with all the food we could ever eat. Our night didn’t end there as we were treated to front row seats at Naga’s most happening hangout, Wharf Galley.
The next few days saw us visiting what I’d call MangoRed’s greatest prenup locations. As I said to Randall, they have it good in Naga, tons of beautiful places with no overzealous guards asking for permits. Our first stop was Mainit Springs at the foot of Mt. Isarog. The place has a Jurassic Park, rainforest vibe to it. A dip in the hot spring pools was a perfect match to the monsoon rains that afternoon.
The next day we went to Daruanak Island which I recognize from their prenup photos. It’s an uninhabited island just a short banca ride from the shore. This place is a photographer’s dream. I could spend a whole day shooting a prenup here. Lol!
View from the bottom.
View from the top.
Even the hermit crabs in CamSur are x-treme! photo by Randall
Sunset at the beach.
I’d like to thank Randall and family for being gracious hosts. I would like to thank my travelmates for the fun times. I would definitely come back to Naga and this time with Mimi 
For more of our trip, please visit:
Camsur Holiday: Jason Magbanua
Come South! CamSur!: Bong Sare
a La-Z-boy busride, some wakeboarding and goin’ underwater in CamSur!: John Rana
sakto na costume mo, katy...
29 August 2007 at 6:29 am
Very x-citing post! Never seen that much X’s in one blog entry!
Next year ulit!
29 August 2007 at 9:07 am
OA na yang J and friends na yan ha! Hehehe.
Can’t wait for next year!
29 August 2007 at 10:33 am
hmmmm… sabay sabay kayo nagblog ha
ang kyut hehehe.. xempre si bong todo kwento xa paguwi nyo 
ang saya!!!
29 August 2007 at 10:43 am
astig! boy’s gimmick pala to, Karl . iniwan si Mimi… =P matindi kapit ni Bong sa line a…he he. di ba kayo na-starstruck sa deltoids ni Aga at legs ni Charlene?
29 August 2007 at 4:22 pm
wow! ganda pala sa bicol! di ko alam yun ha.
29 August 2007 at 8:54 pm
[...] Pix here c/o Jason. Celebrities and X stories here c/o Karl. More stories and underwater pix here c/o [...]
29 August 2007 at 8:59 pm
karl, kung wala lang si aga dun siguro tayo na ang pinagkakaguluhan! bwahaha!
next year ulit ha!
29 August 2007 at 9:06 pm
Next year ulit! mas triple XXX ang adbentyur!!! wahaha! Thanks Karl & Friends! wehehe
30 August 2007 at 3:22 am
Randall, salamat ulit! sobra enjoy as in sobra.
Bong, actually all the while akala ko tayo nga pinagkakaguluhan hehe
Dax, pinagtalunan pa namin kung may kilay si charlene o wala haha
Steph, may masmaganda pa daw dyan na tawag ay Caramoan… kaso 4 hour boat ride hehe
Jason, OA ba yung nagsasabi ng totoo?
30 August 2007 at 3:41 am
Karl, sabihan mo ako pag nakabili ka na ng knee board and pads ha! Gusto ko na rin kasing careerrin ang kneeboarding. Hahaha! Till next year’s trip!
31 August 2007 at 12:22 am
Karl, sana pinost mo yung jump ni Charlene sa ramp
Sana kinunan niyo yung mga anak!
Hay sana mas madaming photo ni Aga & Charlene & Kids kesa sa inyo…. heheheh
31 August 2007 at 12:43 pm
karl,
sama kame pag bumalik kayo ng naga! panggulo…
4 September 2007 at 10:18 am
[...] about this trip from Karl, John and [...]
4 September 2007 at 4:59 pm
Mau, fotogra outing tayo dun hehe
4 September 2007 at 11:24 pm
Very very nice places! Very nice shots! Kudos!
7 September 2007 at 5:42 am
Ganda naman nung island!
11 September 2007 at 11:17 pm
yey! bicol na ito! host kme pag umabot sa legaspi.
sama si fung? bawal magbangka pauwi.
hintayin pala muna si king bumalik… awww