Cagbalete is an island situated in Lamon Bay, fronting the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the municipality of the Mauban, Quezon and is slowly becoming one of the more popular weekend getaways from Manila. Getting there, however, is a little bit tricky. The total travel time is usually around five to six hours, around the same time to get to Baguio or La Union. It sounds a lot, but in reality the length of the journey doesn't equivalent the mileage; the reason it takes so long is because the buses make frequent random stops to pick up passengers along…