Hip Hip, Bantayan, Island in the Sun

Working as risk management analyst is sometimes nerve-wracking... we need some time to relax and free ourselves from work stress. The result, Business Card Team BingGO made an escape to Bantayan Island.

For a brief description on the place, Bantayan Island is currently Cebu's semi-secret little Island Paradise located just off the northwest tip of Cebu's mainland.

Different from the way of life in the city, Bantayan Island is largely undeveloped and definitely not over crowded. It's also very old fashioned and peaceful and life is much slower as there are no big city shopping malls, hotel chains, mega movie theaters or metro discos, etc. It's a perfect place for us seeking peace & quiet, blue skies & clean air, with spectacular turquoise water & great white sand beaches, along with some of the most beautiful sunrise & sunsets in the world! 


We stayed at the Sugar Beach Resort. The place is very ideal for a team building.

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One of the favorite games we did was this messy one. It’s called the flour blowing game. We put some coins under the bowl and covered it with rice flour. The representatives from each team will be in a contest in blowing the flour and getting the most coins only by mouth. This was a truly exciting game as we loved getting messy.

This was the rolling of the orange with an eggplant. Each team was given time to create their own strategy on how to roll the orange with eggplant tied in a string. This was very exciting game as everyone was challenged in rolling the orange without arms holding the eggplant and the string.

On the left is Janine and Joan playing the Message Relay Game. The idea is to accurately relay a message between team members as fast as possible. The twist on this game is that the messages are in Spanish. On the right is Joan and Dylan doing the Banana Eating Game. The winner is the one who can eat the regular sized banana faster.

And of course, for a get-together party like this in a beach, as darkness falls, bonfire activity is present. It's an opportunity where everyone shares thoughts and stories, a way of knowing each other more.

To enjoy this pristine and powdery sand beach, everyone slipped in to their swim suits and gears and began posing in front of cameras. Bantayan Island is never really crowded and therefore provides natural, beautiful and peaceful environment to relax and enjoy.The natural environment and picturesque views of the beach make it a great place to take photograph.