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Planning on heading to Puerto Galera? Check out this 3 days and 2 nights itinerary, or read up on what to do in Puerto Galera in one day.
Another must-do in this beautiful vacation spot is shopping. There are loads of souvenir shops in White Beach alone. However, if you want something different, head off to Make Waves, one of the most interesting souvenir shops in town.
Located at the Muelle port, Make Waves is not exactly just a souvenir shop. You can look at it as some sort of personal museum. Started in 1980 by Jing Masilungan, the shop started out as a shorts and shirt store, the very first one in Puerto Galera, in fact.
Being a musician, producer and artist, Kuya Jing made his shop reflect his own personality and interests, and the trinkets have added up over the years.
Bob Marley memorabilias, old posters, weird and interesting trinkets here and there, the shop is eye candy for anyone interested in all things weird and one-of-a-kind.
The store does carry the more traditional Puerto Galera shirts and accessories, but Kuya Jing also sells other items like kubings (a traditional musical instrument), driftwood artcrafts, camping equipment, among other random stuff that give the store its unique personality.
If you don’t fancy shopping, a visit to the shop just to talk to Kuya Jing and to hear his stories about Puerto Galera is also an activity in itself. Every odd trinket there also has a story to be told.
When I asked Kuya Jing what else he can offer guests visiting him, he said that if the guests requests for something, as long as he is okay with it, he can find a way to offer it to the guest. Case in point, while I was at the shop, a guest was also finalizing something with Kuya Jing with regards to them being guided for the Malasimbo festival.
So if you find yourself in Puerto Galera and want to do something more than just go swimming, diving, or snorkeling, check out the Make Waves shop.
This is a guest post from Ace Diloy. He maintains a visual blog of his hometown, Trece Martires City.
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gusto ko ung percussions ni kuya Jing, especially yung djembe. really fine fellow. a well-aged wine of an artist
kilala ko yan!
..Movement of Jah people…
I went to muelle last May 16-17 and visted the Rasta store of kuya jing
and bought several item and he thought me how to play the KUBING..and told me if we can play music together the following day,unfortunately I leave muelle after I visited his store…next time kuya jing..
LOVE is our religion…bless
@ Mervz: Yeah, go! It’s near enough naman hehe
@ Ian: Kakaiba nga sya sa mga commercial shops talaga dun.
very interesting….. parang masrap nga magshop jan…. parang ganda ng ambiance!
huwat? ganung katagal na pala akong di nakakapunta ng Puerto Galera… wahahaha!!! if i remember it correctly, 2009 yung last kong tapak sa Galera… hehehe!!! have to go there again soon! hehehe! thanks for the info… 🙂
@ Mervz: Muelle yung port where all the boats dock 🙂 The boats cannot go directly to White Beach anymore, bawal na.
@ Doc Wends: When you relocate here, find the time to go to Puerto Galera. Great for a weekend trip!
Aleah, mas convinced na ako about Puerto Galera now more than ever. I wanna come there and experience it too. I never have set foot on Galera kaya mas na-excite ako to read about it. I encounter one post of Francis and Anton about it and its great.
How is the place during sunrise or sunset? Gusto ko rin ma-experience un mga ganun.
I hope it is not as crowded din.
di ko alam ‘to ah… san ba yung Muelle? sa white beach lang kc ako nung pumunta ako ng Puerto Galera… thanks for sharing Aleah and to Ace! ^_^
@ Simurgh: Yeah, very familiar din ang face at name nya. I think he’s made a name as a musician and artist. Nakakatuwa.
I never heard of this..
Im sooo interested.. hahaha!!
I’ve been to Muelle several times but never got the chance to visit it, I just get there mostly if I need to withdraw from the ATM.
Kuya Jing sure has a lot of things to offer!