Paroon sa Coron - November 26-29 2017

November 26, 2017

HAHA naloka ako nung araw na to - nagpunta kami ng partner ko sa TERMINAL 3 tapos nung ni check namin yung terminal sa itinerary namin eh TERMINAL 4 pala! jusko halos magpawis ako ng barya kasi hapit na hapit na kami sa oras kaya another lesson sakin is - ALWAYS check your itinerary before leaving the house. Make sure na sa TAMANG airport ka pupunta. HAHA

How travel changed my life

"In a fast paced world it's not a sin to stop or at least slow down, savor every moment and breathe."

                                                     - The Lakwatserang Negra

I stumble upon Traveloka’s blog writing contest earlier today while I was scrolling through my Facebook feed. I am not really planning to join but the theme played and challenged me to think about how travel changed me over the years.

Adrenaline filled day in CDO and DAHILAYAN Adventure Park

Day 2 - December 12 2015 (Saturday) – Adrenaline rush awesome day!
I remember, one of my friend recommended to try the zipline in Bukidnon, I researched about it and found out that this was one of Bukidnon's pride - Dahilayan Adventure park, Asia's longest dual zipline; who wouldn't want to try that? I added it right away to my bucket list together with the CDO’s White water rafting. I continued my research and found a very affordable Raft and All Zip package from Great white water tour that’s why I reserved a slot for two; they merged us to other group since there are a minimum people needed for the rafting. Package rate is PHP 1699.00/pax which includes round trip hotel transfers, snack at Dahilayan Adventure Park and Lunch which isn’t really that bad at all.

Entering the Northern gate of Mindanao: Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental adventure - Settling down

Day 1 - December 11 2015 (Friday) – Settling down

It was just another SOSO (same old, same old) day at the office, missed my midnight lunch (I work at night), had to stay 1 hour past my shift to make sure all my deliverables

 were properly endorsed since they won't be able to get a hold of me for few days.

EXPENSES: CAGAYAN DE ORO - CAMIGUIN and BUKIDNON

Hey guys! Here's the expenses of our latest trip in
CAGAYAN DE ORO - CAMIGUIN and BUKIDNON

CAGAYAN DE ORO - BUKIDNON - CAMIGUIN itinerary

Hey guys! it's me again, I just wanted to share the itinerary I made for our CDO-BUKIDNON-CAMIGUIN TRIP. Please take note that our actual itinerary had change due to some unforeseen circumstances but below is still doable.

The zigzag road of Caramoan

I'm struggling for days now, my brain isn't spitting thoughts and my body is not giving me the will to write. I'm on my lazy days, the day which I don't look forward to. Took me almost a month to regain my motivation that's why at this very moment I am writing about my Caramoan trip last month. I am hoping I'll be able to finish this before the lazy bug strikes again. 

Airports must be one of the saddest place on earth. It witness parents leaving their children in order to provide them a bright future. Families and lovers separated by distance not knowing when to see each other again. Despite of that I considered it the happiest place on earth because seeing a father reunited with his child is priceless. Families seeing each other again are something that money cannot buy. That kind of scenario actually made my eyes watery.

DAY 1:

At exactly 12:20 AM We departed NAIA terminal 3, I had to meet up with me group because they came from Ilo-Ilo City. The traffic jam that night is really ridiculous! because there is an ongoing protest in EDSA but as soon as we reach the sky-way the traffic became light. The moon is stunning that midnight. When I was little I thought it follows me. I was able to take a nap.

10:00 AM we arrived at NAGA proper.

We opted to travel by land since the last boat in Sabang port will be leaving at 11:00 AM

The road to Caramoan is an endless zigzag; I honestly thought it would take us forever.

I’m just glad the shoreline and the mountains feeds my eyes and it helps me divert my attention as I am already feeling sick.

It must be really precious because our creator kept in on a very secluded location

1:40 PM touch down Rex Tourist Inn, Bikal Caramoan. 

We ate our late lunch then rest for a moment. It was actually my first time eat a huge prawn, I almost choke!

3:00 PM Island hop

Seeing the waves crashing over waves calms me. Oh! I miss surfing. The back of the resort do have a pathway to the river so we started cruising the calm water of Bicol sea.

1^st island – First island was with passageway going to another beach. Looks like a twin beach.

I climbed on a rock to have a better view of the island and to be honest was very beautiful.

Of course we would not miss a group jump shot

2^nd island – We had coconut juice straight from the shell, the vendors collect the used plastic straws and maintain the island clean. You may climb on the rocks to have a better look of the sea and islands.

3^rd island – did not stop due to the tide is high

5:30 PM headed back to resort

Sleep, I missed dinner.

Day 2:

7:00 AM had our breakfast

7:30 AM off to island hopping

River cruise until the fresh water meets salt water

4^th island – white powdery sand, with cottage, bigger than the first 3, we stayed for only 15 minutes because we have to make sure tide will remain high or else were stuck.

5^th almost low tide when we reached this island – this is my most favorite. Clear clean calm shallow water, no cottages, untouched.

11:00 AM lunch on a floating cottage somewhere in the ocean

Our boatman and tourist guide prepared Pinangat/laing, adobong pusit and fried pork.

12:00 NN off to Next Island

6^th is not an island – but we snorkeled, enjoyed the rich underwater life of Caramoan sea.

7^th we had to walk to a mud like sand since it’s already low tide, we conquered the 250 steps and had the overlooking view of Caramoan as the prize.

Being at the sea helps me clear my mind.

5:00 PM back to resort

Free time

I noticed that the electricity is fluctuating but they have their own generator.
In case you wanted to consider staying at Rex tourist Inn, here's a sneak peek of their facilities. 

DAY 3:

9:00 AM off to San Jose via bus since our van left yesterday and will meet us up in San Jose. There were couple of buses traveling from Caramoan to Naga and vise versa but I would highly suggest travelling via Sea.

12:00 NN San Jose

1:30 PM Had our lunch at SM city Naga

12:00 AM Manila

I purposely did not include the names of the islands because aside from it’s hard to remember, this place is so beautiful and it simply deserves an effort. So you better start researching.