While the Philippines is always introduced as an archipelago comprising of 7,107 islands, regardless of whether it's high tide or low tide, beaches in the country is innumerable.  But unspoiled ones are indeed hard to find.  To describe a beach as pristine has been a mind-numbing exercise bordering to ignorance of what the word really means.  

In the province of Camarines Norte, Tinaga Island harbors a paradise that can give justice to what a pristine beach should be defined - in its perfect and unspoiled condition - and that is the Mahabang Buhangin popularly known as the Calaguas Beach.

Established in the year 1611, Parroquia de Nuestra Senora de Candelaria, is the oldest and first church in the Province of Camarines Norte.  The church was built by Franciscan friars and features the miraculous image of Our Lady of Candelaria.

The old stone church sits at the center of the town of Paracale, a third class municipality of the province of Camarines Norte.  The church has been a witness to the rich cultural heritage of the province, which structure has withstood a long period of time amidst the natural and man-made calamities.