The Ocean Boundary Between Malaysia & Philippines

The Ocean Boundary Between Malaysia & Philippines

In this episode, I will take you to the farthest islands of Palawan that I’m sure you haven’t seen yet. I don’t know if you can hear me on camera because of the wind, the crashing of the waves, the sound of the engine. But from here, right where we are, we are on final approach. After almost three hours from there, we have arrived at the mainland of Balabac. This is our ultimate goal. Do you see that marker? This is the boundary of Malaysia and the Philippines in the middle of the ocean. It’s so far away if we compare it to the very island boundary of Panggungan. And since we are here at the very boundary, we can only go as far as this because we can’t go any further. And after barely five minutes from there at the very sea boundary. Here we are, guys, we are about to set foot because this is the last island of the Philippines, which is called Mangsee Island. Apart from pesos, you can now buy with Malaysian Ringgit. 5 6 7 8 And to prove that we are at the boundary . someone texted you to read this. Welcome to Malaysia. I am so surprised that even though we are on the furthest island of the Philippines, we have subscribers on YouTube. And this is them. It is a great honor that we have reached the southernmost part of Balabac, Palawan where this Cape Mel*** Lighthouse is located. So I can also say that we have reached the furthest lighthouse in the southern part of the Philippines. This is it, kapos. There is nothing else. Join me again on an exciting adventure because we will not only explore and go to the beautiful islands in the southernmost part at the tip of Palawan because I will also show you in the middle of the vast ocean the boundary between the country of Malaysia and the country of the Philippines. Good morning, kapos and welcome back to our new motorcycle adventure. In the previous episode, I showed you the journey we made from Brooks Point, Palawan. We went to the waterfalls, the tamlang falls. I showed you how the jamamapoon type factory cooks nilutlot at Brooks Point. Until we reached this Buliluyan port here in Batarasa, Palawan. This is where we will start exploring and having an adventure at the very place where we stayed, Sansis Resort in Buliluyan, Batarasa. Assalamualaikum. Welcome to Sances Beach Resort in Barangay Buliluyan. Our per night is our kubotel, we have 1,500 code for two packs. Then free breakfast is the gramping, we have two classes, e.g. PH2 free breakfast then 900 for no breakfast. We also have a barkada room. This is good for 8 to 10 packs. Aside from our rooms, we also have a dator which is the entrance fee for adults and children is 20. Then we have cottages. Our cottages are small cottages , 500. Then the tourists who come here mostly book online. Then we also have a kitchen for example, there are people who want to cook for themselves here. We also have a kitchen for guests. If you ever end up in the southernmost part of mainland Palaon, you can consider our place of stay, Sanis Beach Resort. And we will leave our motorcycle behind because we will cross mainland Balabak. And so we can start our fun adventure and exploration here in the southernmost part of Palawan. So what are we waiting for? Let’s go. And because we are staying overnight in Sansis, the top down transfer from the Resort to Buliluyan is free. It’s only about 5 minutes away and we have left our motorcycles behind. We only paid PH50 per day. The same goes for vehicles. If you are crossing the border and you are bringing vehicles or motorcycles, the fee is 150 per day or you can pay at Sunsis itself. And there you go, we are now heading to the Pier where we will board a boat to Minland Balaba. And it’s less than five minutes from where we slept. This is our vehicle. Php500 from here at Buliluyan Portunta in Mainland Balaba. We’re going to ride it. Now to have a unique experience, let’s sit at the very front of the speed boat and we’re sitting in a monoblock. I don’t know if we can still hear the camera. But it’s my first time to experience sitting and riding at the very front of a speed boat and we’ve been sailing on a speed boat for more than 30 minutes. And when we look at our navigation apps, we’re running at 30 to 31 knots or when we convert it to km/h , we’re cruising at 57 to 58 km/ heading to the mainland. There, look, we’re actually here at the very front and look at our seats. And after almost four minutes, we’re back again, guys . When we get off at mainland Balabak, if you’re going to do it yourself, you can rent a tricycle for 50 to 100 Php if you’re going to the main town of Balabak. But because we have an acquaintance and friend named Kuya Al. Hello Kuya Al. He was with us on our first visit here to Balabak. Kuya Al was the one who picked us up. Kuya Al, how are you? It’s okay. So from here, that’s where we’ll go. Look at their boulevard here. Let’s go to town Proper first. Because we arrived here a little hesitantly, Miss mainland Balaba itself, we won’t go straight to the island itself. When we go there, they said we need to be early and maybe we’ll open early, so what we did was go around and have a snack, but we’ll continue tomorrow, we’ll be up early tomorrow . Good morning. This is our continuation of our journey. Please forgive me if we are a bit late in our journey because we arrived here on the mainland Balabak at 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning yesterday . And because we arrived here on the mainland a bit late, we could not find a speedboat to take us to the island we were going to. That is why we decided that this morning we would continue our island hub. We will probably travel about one or two hours from here on the mainland at just past 6:00 in the morning. So from here, come on, join me because we are going to the port area itself. So we need to have some breakfast because the island is far away. Will I be carrying 8,000? If you have an idea, let’s leave at 6:45 in the morning here on Mailand itself. And to find out the distance from the mainland to our destination, let’s use this. I will zoom out on that. You can see that we are here on the mainland Balabak itself. Then we will come from here. From here we will go to here I’m just zooming in here we will go to the Great Monsi Rift itself. This is it. If you look at the apps we use, this is Vionix. It can be offline, it can be online. But because we don’t have a signal because we are in the middle of the ocean, this is what we use, Viononix. There, this is not a straight line from the mainland. We are almost 32 nautical miles away or about 60 km from the mainland to our main destination. And because our goal of Islam is very far from the mainland, we need to use something that you don’t just use. The speed boat we are riding on . There is 200 horsepower. This is enough to go and come back and to fight the huge waves because we will face the huge waves because this part of the ocean that we are sailing through is where the two big oceans meet. Here is Sulusi and down ahead is the West Philippines Ca. So we expected the waves to be strong and big. Before we reach our destination, we have an island to pass by and since the captain said we can pass through it, it’s not out of the way, before we reach our destination, it’s still early, less than 7 in the morning, we have an island to pass by. As we approach the first island we will visit, I immediately notice it. I don’t know if I can see it on the camera. Look at your Tigans, the color of the sea. And we are going a little slow because it is shallow. There may be a reef right where we are. But look at the color of the water. Before we reach our main destination, we are on a side trip. It is less than 30 minutes or less than 10 nautical miles. Or we are about to set foot. This is what is called Teka baba tayo. Lumbukan Island. We are just starting our journey. It is only about 10 nautical miles from the mainland Balaba. And we have reached this side trip of ours called Lumbukan Island. If we look at the aerial footages, the shape of this island seems to be narrow and angular. That means there are three beaches surrounding the island of Lumbakan itself. And you see, as we were approaching the island itself, I was amazed, especially in front, the sea was white and turquoise blue. The sun was not that bright, but it was obvious that during summer time, this very island where we are located, called Lumbakan, was very beautiful. You can’t help but see the white sand. That’s so you can have an idea of ​​what the sand looks like here at Lumbakan. Oh. Look closely. It’s white and fine. There are a few red spots. But look at that. It’s awesome. There you go. The sand is white. We were very lucky because we had a side trip and it was good that the weather was good because from here on the island of Lumbakan, it was more than 22 nautical miles to our next or ultimate destination. So, just so you can have an idea of ​​how fast this speed boat we’re riding with 200 horsepower is, we’re going 2728. Just convert that to kilometers per hour, but we’re maintaining 2728 knots. We’re going to the second island. And after less than three minutes from there, we’re going to Lumbukan Island itself, or what’s called Salingan Island. It’s not far from the first island we went to, Lumbukan. This is what they call Salinsingan Island. And just like the island we went to a while ago, the sand is the same. No one knows. Look at how fine their sand is here. They’re all equally beautiful. The water is equally clear. The sand is equally fine. It’s just as rough as Lumbukan until we reach Linsingan Island. You’ll see that we’re almost alone and the difference between those two islands of Lumbakan and this Salinsingan that they call it is that there are no people living here. That means we’re the only ones here on the island of Salinsingan itself. And the stories say that it’s called sa linsingan, which is derived from the word palinsingan sa kamay. Because when you look at the aerial footages, this island is so long, it looks like the finger of the ring finger of the hand. Just correct me if that’s really the story why it’s called Salinsingan Island. One of the proofs that this very island where we’re located is virgin. There are a lot of sunflies. That’s just proof. It’s rare to visit this very island of Salinsingan. Now so you can have an idea of ​​what their sand looks like here at Salinsingan, it’s fine and white too. Awesome. There, look at the pasigan they carry here. Awesome. Look at their white sand. Look at the pasigan they carry. There. If you want to know and are curious about where we are in the Philippines, you can open Google Maps or any online maps on your cellphones, at your home and search for our exact location called Salilingan Island. It’s almost the end because I can see the islands. And from here, it’s probably less than 30 minutes or 3 nautical miles. So from here, let’s go to the main destination. ours. And from Salin Sing island, it’s only 3.4 4 nautical miles away from our main target and from here I can already see it a little bit or that’s just a little preview, you guys will see and you will know what we intended here in the Balabak itself. I don’t know if you heard me on the camera because of the wind, the crash of the waves, the sound of the engine. But from here, from where we are, we are on final approach. I can see it, guys. Oh. After almost three hours from mainland Balabak, we have arrived. This is our main target. Do you see that marker? This is the boundary of Malaysia and the Philippines in the middle of the ocean. Brother, how did something like this come to be in the middle? Who built that? This is the boundary marker of Malaysia. That’s why this area was built with him on the national line because of course it’s a shipping lane because in the past there were many ships that crashed into those big reefs. That’s what they call moa. This is the end of what? This is the end of moa. It’s closer to Malaysia, part of Saba. Then the end of this reef is also closer to the barangay. What about the people of Pangasinan? Can they go here? If it’s true , it’s not really possible, but we won’t just go beyond or just don’t go beyond the line they made , we’re right here in the middle of the ocean where you can see not the island boundary but this very marker, this is the proof that we’re right in the middle of the country of Malaysia and the country of the Philippines, look, there’s a Malaysian marker above and because we’re right here in the boundary, we’re only up to this point because we can’t go in anymore, we’re very lucky because the weather is on our side because the waves are really big when the weather is right if you go to the very tip of Balabak, Palawan. But you see, we’ve arrived. This is where the two big oceans of Sulusi and the West Philippines Sea collide. That’s why the waves are really big if you go there too. But you see, this is the proof, captains. There you go. We are here at the very boundary again so that you can have an idea of ​​where we are right now because we are really in the middle of the ocean, you can open your online maps and look and look for the Mangsi Rift, which is called because the very place we are standing is a very wide reef, meaning it is only shallow, that is why the country of Malaysia has built this sign or marker because from here to the very marker, there is the marker and nine not nautical miles from here to the very mainland or what they call the red sea and from here to the very sea boundary of Malaysia and the Philippines, we are going to the very island boundary, heading there, guys. Oh. It’s probably less than a minute from there to the very marker. We are approaching . But you can probably see that white one, oh. The sand is white. They have their own white sunpol here and this is the island. We are approaching . We are taking it a little slow because it is a reef or shallow part. But you can see we are approaching. No. And after barely five minutes from there, we will reach the sea boundary. Oh, my God, we will set foot on it because this is the last island of the Philippines called Mangsi Island. Now, so that you have an idea, as soon as we get down here, let’s do a sun check right away. Look at their sand here. It’s fine and white. Look. That’s just the beach. Assalamualaikum. Welcome sir to Mang Island. The end of the island in Southern Palawan, in the municipality of Balabak. Mangsi Island has an area of ​​32 hectares. Our houses here are about 2,000 houses. Actually, the people here live only by the sea. because they really can’t get anything here on land. Because this island is all sand. That’s why the livelihood of the people of Mangsi is all about fishing. Actually, the people here have their own wells for washing and then they have water to drink. Sometimes they get it from the island north of Mangsi. Then we also have a water system here. Actually, the education system here is Mangsi Elementary School. We also have MangS National High School. So what are the words here? They usually use ubian here. Ubian sama is what they use here. Actually, almost all the people here are Filipinos . It’s just that the Christians here are few, almost all the Muslims here are 98%. We have a church here for our Christian brothers and sisters. And then the Christian cemetery. It’s also separate from the Muslim cemetery. Just like now , the Christian cemetery is just behind us. We Muslims here, even though there are so many Muslims here, 98% of us live with our friends, our Christian brothers and sisters. It’s very peaceful here. There are no problems here when it comes to the kind of fellowship between Christians and Muslims. I didn’t expect Mangse Island to look like this because I thought it was just the same as Salinsingan and Lumbakan, but here they have a park called Tamang Chinta, this Mangsi barangay used to be called Money Island by some people because in those days, the young people here lived luxuriously, that ‘s where their extravagance was, they had a lot of jewelry. What kind of watches are they wearing? The young people here used to wear them in the 1990s. I literally have no idea and I can’t really find any stories about where they came from. But someone who is older told me a story once. He said to me, “Auntie Res, this word mangsi is a type of fish known as mangsi. It’s somewhere in Cebu. Then in the early days, sir, there were actually a lot of those small fish here in mangsi, which we call behodbehod. But the name in Cebu is yes, the name in Cebu is mangsi. It seems that somewhere at that time, there was someone from Cebu or we don’t know from somewhere in the Visayas who came here. Maybe he noticed that there were so many fish. He probably called it the Island of Mangsey until he literally became known as mangsi. Because when the migrants from Tawi-Tawi came here, they were usually the first inhabitants here. And the people you met who were from the swamps, they were really the original owners of mangsi. Their ancestors were literally the real people of tagaangsi. Almost all of us here, 99% of the population of mangsi, we are foreigners and we are not really people of tagaangsi, which is like 90% is from Tand Bas Tawi-Tawi. Even though we are on the last island, when you look at Google Maps, online maps or any navigation apps, when you search for Mangse Island, it is almost at the end of the road where we are. I will just repeat, in case you didn’t hear me there on the speedboat, we are almost very close. 32 nautical miles from mainland Balabak and we are only 9 miles away or less than 18 km from here in Mangse. You can see that is what they call Pulaw Bangi but the nine nautical miles are right inland Malaysia. What we have reached is a huge boundary. And what I showed you is not just a boundary because this is the island boundary. Because earlier I also showed you the sea boundary of Malaysia and the Philippines. If you ask here on Mangsey Island itself, there is no peso wifi but there are wifi vouchers They are here. You will buy a code and then you will use it because there are starlings here and there is no Smart and Globe signal here but someone greeted us. Look. I will have them read it to you. Welcome to Malaysia. The Malaysian signal is already here in Mangsey because it’s just there. We’re only a few minutes away. Look. Welcome to Malaysia. I’m so surprised that even though we’re on the furthest island of the Philippines, we have subscribers on YouTube. And this is them. Hello. Wow. And this is ma’am. I’m surprised. Where are you watching me? On TV. On TV. You know, it’s heartwarming that on the furthest island of the Philippines, there are people supporting me like they are now because we’re here in Mangsey Island. Because here on the island, you can buy Malaysian products. And because we’re here in Mangsey, we have new Malaysian ringgit because you can buy Malaysian ringgit here. We have new 55 pesos, and it’s like Php600 when you exchange Php50 for Php100. So in total, we have Php700 in our Philippine currency. Let’s try what we can buy. You have a lot of choices of Malaysian products like this. This is new to me. Jacker, vegetable chips, this is a lot of cafes. This is Ali Cafe. I often hear that this is Ali Cafe. 16 Malaysian ringgit. Let’s buy a little. Let’s buy a little because we are here. How much is this in Malaysia? Php130 in pesos Malaysian ringgit how much ? 10. Php10. Let’s buy a welcome gift. Usually the product here is like I said earlier if the Muslims here are 98% Christian the product here is the same. 98 to 100% of the product here is from Malaysia. The people of Mangsi import it to Malaysia. Malaysia is the product they bring here for the livelihood of the people of Mangsi. Look at this, even their Coca-Cola itself. It’s Malaysia. Now let’s taste the Coca-Cola of Malaysia to see if there is any difference. Is there any difference? There is. They say there’s a difference in the taste now because Coca-Cola is different. There, our Coca-Cola is now Malaysian. Let’s taste it. It’s like it’s fat. I don’t know if that’s right, but am I right? Ah, okay. That’s why. So I noticed it right away, so they said here that Coca-Cola from the Philippines tastes better because the Coca-Cola here in the Mangsi itself has a little bit of a kick. You can taste it right away. After we get to Monsey Island, it’s very close. It probably didn’t even take two minutes or so to get to North Mangsi. It’s far from the mainland of Mangsi. This is what they call north mangsi. And you can probably see what’s around us , the color of the sand is very obvious. The big difference between North Mangse and mainland Mangsi is also obvious . If there are almost a lot of residents on the mainland of Mangsi, but here in North Mangsi, there are only a few people living here and look at the white sand like that, oh grab, and we found out that when Ramadan starts, they bring it here from the mainland, they put it here, and so you can have an idea of ​​how beautiful the sand is. That’s right. Look at the sand here in North Mangsi. It’s really white. Oh, look at the clarity of the sea. We’re from here. It’s very close. Look at the sand, right? Wow! White. There’s also red corals mixed in, like down there in Santa Cruz and down there in Matnog, their pink sun. If you look closely, there are red corals mixed in. Look at the beach. It’s probably not surprising because even I myself can almost see it as white. The sea is very clear and we’re almost the only ones here and we’re very lucky to have landed here. Mangsi is just around the corner. And this is what is called north mangsi. We are so blessed, captains. Look at the sea. It is really white. After we explore the mainland of Mangsi and North Mangsi here, we will continue our adventure. And from there Here in the ocean near the North Mangsi Cop, we will travel about 25 nautical miles or 50 km, maybe an hour from here to our next destination. And because of this, we have reached the ocean where we are heading to our next destination, so it’s a good thing that we prepared a lunch package at Maria’s kitchen right on the mainland of Malabak. This is what we ordered at Maria’s kitchen. Chicken pastel for all of us here while we are heading to our next destination. Php75 chicken pastel. It comes with an egg and I just added chicken sausages. And while we are still traveling a long way, we will eat first. First bite for you. It’s a good thing that we ate before we reached what they call Balabak Straight where this is an open scene. So I’m sorry. The wind and waves are already blowing hard. This is going to be a real adventure because the past has already caught up with us. 1:00 it’s getting stronger. This is going to be our challenge because we’re really in the open and we have to go through it. Oh my! There are the strong waves. After almost two hours from there at North Mangsey. We’ve arrived here. The waves are really strong. But since the speedboat couldn’t get close, we’re here at Barangay Melville. Let ‘s go somewhere. If you think our adventure at sea is over, you’re wrong because we’re going to walk for about half an hour. We’re going to climb something here. I thought at first it was flat. Hold on to me. That’s just a part that’s very muddy, boy. After almost three minutes from there at the shore, there’s a little climbing, there’s muddy passages. But this is the Cape Melville Lighthouse. Good afternoon, sir. Welcome to Cape Millville Lighthouse here in Barangay Milville, Balabacong, Palawan. This is one of the historical old lighthouses in the Philippines. It was built in 1818 and was first lit on August 30, 1892. Do tourists visit it here in Bala? Some tourists like to go here, especially those who are interested in historical places like this. But the main thing for other tourists here in Balabak is our islands. But there are also tourists who want to go here and we also do alternative routes when the weather is bad. We cannot do island hopping. So he is with the England tour. As much as possible, we discourage DIY tourists here in Balaba because we are not like other municipalities that offer island hopping, we have boats that we can offer to DIYers. So mostly here, we really accept advanced bookings because our boats are not often available . We are in short supply especially during summer days, during peak season, our boats are lacking. So it’s better to book online in advance through our local and DOT accredited tour operators here in Balabak. When we entered the entrance of the Cape Melville Lighthouse, there were some dilapidated things and we realized that the wood here had no nails because it looked like it was just nailed together but no nails. This means that it was built in the 18th century and there were no nails yet. We were allowed to climb here. That’s one of the rules if you’re going to climb. Because it’s not allowed to go in large numbers. Just take five steps and from here we can climb to the top. Let’s go. It’s a bit breathtaking but it’s only a few. Here we are, kapos. After the spiral, there’s a vertical ladder. It looks like this is the top. Let’s go. Now after we pass the vertical ladder, this is where the light used to be placed at the top. But 96 steps , we’re here, kapos. Who would have thought that we would reach this part of the Philippines and that this might be the furthest lighthouse we have ever reached? What are we doing? You can check on Google Maps, on online maps, this very Cape Melville Lighthouse. We are now in Southern Mostep again so I can say that this is probably the furthest lighthouse we have reached. If you also want to try this island tour we did from mainland Balabak to Lumbukan in Linsing North Mangsi Mangsei Island until we reach Cape Melville Lighthouse, you can coordinate with the LGU of Municipal Tourism of Balabak, 40,000 is good for 15 packs, that does not include your accommodation and food , and you must jump off from mainland Balabak itself, this is a special tour because the distance is really far and you cannot just use boats. You will need speed boats because as you can see, the waves are really big because you will be passing through the Balabak Straight. You can probably see that the waves are really big before we reach this very lighthouse of Melville. I hope you enjoyed our fun journey from Buliluyan Port to Batara in Palawan until we reached one of the furthest islands in the Philippines, also called Sea Island. And if you are fond of these kinds of travel adventures, maybe I can ask for a subscription from you because a subscription to our little channel would be a great help and so that you will always be updated when I post these kinds of adventures on our YouTube. And it’s still the same as before even though we are now on the last island in the Philippines, also called Sea Island. That’s behind us , it’s not over yet because we still have many more far-off places and hidden paradises to visit here in the Philippines.

Narito po ang ating napaka memorable na adventure sa Balabac Palawan kung saan ating pinuntahan ang pinakadulong isla ng Pilipinas sa parte ng Palawan na malapit sa Boundary ng Malaysia.

Sana ay magustuhan niyo po ang ating once-in-a-lifetime experience patungo sa Mangsee Island.

Maraming Maraming salamat po sainyong suporta!

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