Camiguin Trip November 05-07, 2010

The Province of Camiguin, an island Born of Fire.

HOW TO GET HERE

From Manila, you can take direct flights of Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, or Air Philippines to Cagayan de Oro City. Flying time approximately takes one hour and 20 minutes. From Cebu, Cagayan de Oro City is even nearer -- a mere 30 minutes away. One can also take the longer but infinitely more exciting ferry trips from the North Harbor aboard the ships of WG&A, Negros Navigation, and Sulpicio Lines. Depending on the routes (sometimes they stop over at certain ports such as that of Cebu City, Iloilo City or Bacolod City), a ferry trip to Cagayan de Oro City usually takes 28 to 36 hours.From the Cagayan de Oro City airport, you can take a cab to the bus terminal located at the Agora Market and get on a bus for Balingoan, a town 88 kilometers outside the city. At Balingoan, take a ferry bound for Camiguin Island approaching Camiguin by sea. The trip usually takes an hour before you reach Benoni Wharf of Mahinog, which is 17 kilometers from the capital town of Mambajao.You can also take a three-hour ferry ride from the Cagayan de Oro Ferry Terminal to Guinsiliban, also in Camiguin on board M/V Yuhum.1 HOUR MANILA – CAGAYAN DE ORO

(VIA AIR)

(PHILLIPINE AIRLINE OR CEBUPACIFIC)

30 MINUTES FROM CDO AIRPORT – BUS TERMINAL

(TAXI) ASK THE DRIVER TO USE THEIR METER fare Php 127.00

2 HOURS FROM CDO BUS TERMINAL – FERRY TERMINAL

(Ordinary or Aircon BUS or VAN) fare in Bus Php 110.00

1 HOUR FROM CDO FERRY TERMINAL – CAMIGUIN (BINONI PORT)

(Roro Boat) fare Php 250 – 400

30 MINUTES BINONI PORT – CAMIGUIN TOWN PROPER

(There’s a private vehicle offer 350.00 to town proper or until you found hotel or resort) it’s better if you have many friends or colleague

DAY 1 TOUR VIA MINI CAB (1600) from Benoni port

KATIBAWASAN FALLS

Entrance fee: Php 20.00The 250-feet majestic beauty cascades to a rock pool surrounded by ground orchids, wild ferns, trees and boulders. Its ice-cold waters provide an ideal summer splash to locals and tourists alike. Rock picnic tables, seats and cookout facilities are available for use.

SUNKEN CEMETERYLocated in Bonbon, Catarman a huge cross marker has been installed by the Provincial government to mark the community cemetery that sunk during the 1871 volcanic holocaust. Years ago, gravestones were visible during low tide. Today, it is an interesting diving site.

RUIN CHURCHThe devastating volcanic eruption in 1871 wiped out the Spanish settlement of Catarman that was established in 1697. The remains of an Old Spanish church, ruins of adobe walls, belfry and convent are mute witnesses to the wrath of nature. It also allows us a glimpse into the culture of Spanish-era Camiguin.

WALKWAY

ESPERANZA ARDENT HOT SPRING

Entrance fee Php 30.00In the heart of the island bubbles this mineral pool with water around 40 degress Celsius. Mist rises from the heated waters that run down the vents of the dormant Hibok-Hibok volcano. The springs are ideal to bathe in at night surrounded by cool mountain air. It has therapeutic effects. Picnic huts and tables are available in the beautifully landscaped gardens and there is a restaurant on site.

DAY 2 TOUR VIA TUK TUK (PHP 700.00)

we tried the sea urchin P10.00 per piece... put some vinegar in the fresh flesh of sea urchin...

WHITE ISLAND

(Php 400.00 for two way ride in the motorboat) and Php 20.00 for environmental feeTwo kilometers off the coast of Agoho, Mambajao is the Camiguin's popular sand bar. At times it is in the shape of the letter C, sometimes the letter I, depending on the ocean tide. It has the picturesque Mount Hibok-Hibok and Old Vulcan as its backdrop. It is ideal for swimming, sunbathing and snorkeling.

STO. NIñO COLD SPRING

Entrance fee Php 20.00Located in Catarman, the Sto. Niño Cold Spring has a pool measuring 25 meters by 40 meters. It is 2 meters deep of cold spring water sprouting from the sandy bottom. The area has a restaurant, native cottages, picnic huts, cookout facilities and restrooms for visitors.

BURA SODA WATER SWIMMING POOL

Entrance fee Php 20.00The one and only in the country where you can swim to a poll of soda water. It has great scenery over the fields and the seas as its cold water provide a refreshing splash to bathers and picnickers. Picnic huts and tables are available beside the pool.

We stayed at Hidden bed & breakfast for only Php 800.00 per night

( due to mis understanding we got this breakfast) we thought its free & complimentary but said to say its not Php 250.00 per mealBut it’s little bit far from the town proper it’s near from white island, Parras resort, Secret Cove Resort.

CAMIGUIN IS VERY NICE, QUIET AND CLEAN I’VE SEEN SO FAR. THIS ISLAND IS IDEAL FOR THE NATURE LOVER. FOR THE PERSON WHO WANT TO RELAX AND ESCAPE FROM THE POLLUTED CITY.

THE LOCAL IN CAMIGUIN ARE VERY NICE AND HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE AND I CAN SAY THAT IT’S VERY SAFE PLACE.

Don’t forget to try their pastel and lanzones….

Please make sure to put this in your check in baggage if you’re going to buy a souvenir like this.The bureau of custom will not allowed you to hand carry those stuff.

we got save on this tour because we met a new two friends in port of Binoni who's join in our DIY tour.

Visita Iglesia 2011

Bisita Iglesia or Station of the Cross,... 

we did visit 14th churches here in cavite yesterday.....

1st station (St. Augustine Catholic Parish Church) Tanza Cavite

2nd station Naic Parish Church

3rd station (Sto Nino Parish Church) Ternate Cavite

4th station  Maragundon Church

5th station (St. Joseh Parish Church) Gen. E Aguinaldo, Cavite

stop over and lunch time at our grandparents house....

6th station (Monte Maria Church) Father Suarez the healing priest (Amuyong Alfonso, Cavite)

7th station Calleruega

8th station Our Lady of Lourdes in Tagaytay Cavite

9th station SVD in Tagaytay Cavite

10th station Silang Catholic Parish Church

11th station Imus Cathedral (Our Lady of the Pillar Parish)

12th Station (St. Francis Parish Church) General Trias Cavite

13th Station Rosario Catholic Parish Church

14th Station Noveleta Catholic Parish Church

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hongkong tour....

Tomorrow is my flight schedule going to Hongkong together with my three friends. But we will not pursue our trip .... but since we booked it into promo ticket we cannot refund it anymore. thats the saddest part when you're booking to promo fare ticket.

my bangkok tour... ( the shopping capital) Sept. 17 - 20, 2010

I'm going back here again!!! Because I only have 2 days tour in this place and I missed a lot of tourist spot there...and our priority that time is shopping... and I accompanied a old woman, kids and pregnant lady so it’s very hard for them to walk and walk and walk….what I normally in my past tour.

We arrived at Subharbhumi Airport @ 11:30 pm 3 hours away from manila with one hour time difference. The taxi fare from airport to Bangkok is 450 Bhat so I said to my colleagues we got to find out another way how to go down town to the city 450 bhat is too expensive I’m the treasurer that time so I’m the one budgeting our money hehehe.

I tried to asked some people around the airport what is the other possible way going to city since it’s too late they all telling to ride at the taxi but I said it’s too expensive and I only have 250 bhat in my hand that time… one local help us to ride in bus for free; I think it’s a private shuttle he talked to driver to letting us to ride but I have no idea that time where we are going to stop so I talked to driver and I found that she will going to dropped us at the bus station. (the driver is pretty & kind)

At the bus station, we wait for a couple of minute for a bus going down to the city. There’s a lot of mosquitoes at the station and until now I had the mark of that mosquito bites. While waiting for the bus one of the van driver offer to us to ride to his van for 40 baht each person. Then we ride again at the taxi who talked by a filthai who we met at the station we did not understand what did he said to driver because their talking in thai language but since he is a half Filipino we trust him. Wow this taxi driver takes us around 5 times within the city before we found out the white palace hotel and he asking for 150 baht for that since we are metered taxi… First I don’t want to give because it’s his fault and I know it just his a trick but he is shouting us and I’m afraid so I gave him all my baht that time which is 120.00…

We Check – in as walk in at the white palace hotel so we did not get a good price for our room.  So for me I advise you guys to have an early booking online to save some money because they did not offer some discount or a little consideration for walk – in.

1^st day

We availed our free buffet breakfast.

Then we proceed to our first destination to Grand palace temple.
A huge temple… we ride in tuktuk to go there for FREE coz the tuk tuk driver asked for our help to have their free gas “I hep you, you hep me” you will just said how much how much you don’t need to buy you will just look and asked how much how much… but for me it just a wasting time we spend almost our half day for his own tour hahaha…

The Grand Palace Temple

the city's most famous landmark

Open: Daily 08:30 - 15:30
Location: Na Phra Lan Road, Old City (Rattanakosin)
Tickets: Tickets sold from 8:30 - 15:30 and cost 350 baht. One ticket includes entry to Vimanmek Palace and Abhisek Dusit Throne Hall. 

Please note that they have a strictly dress code to enter in the palace and you must wear a clothes with sleeve and long skirt or pants or else you must rent a cover up (skirt & polo) for 100 baht in the booth near the gate entrance although it’s returnable but it is hassle and time consuming.

Don’t rent or buy cover ups outside the palace gate… they will not return back your money.

Bangkok Wat Phra Kaew
The Emerald Buddha


Wat Phra Kaew or the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (officially known as Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram) is regarded as the most important Buddhist temple in Thailand. Located in the historic centre of Bangkok, within the grounds of the Grand Palace, it enshrines Phra Kaew Morakot (the Emerald Buddha), the highly revered Buddha image meticulously carved from a single block of jade. The Emerald Buddha (Phra Putta Maha Mani Ratana Patimakorn) is a Buddha image in the meditating position in the style of the Lanna school of the north, dating from the 15th century AD.
Raised high on a series of platforms, no one is allowed near the Buddha except HM the King. A seasonal cloak, changed three times a year to correspond to the summer, winter, and rainy season covers the statue. A very important ritual, the changing of the robes is performed only by the King to bring good fortune to the country during each season. The temple is beautifully decorated and has a great sense of peace about it.

Wat Pho in Bangkok
Temple of Reclining Buddha

Wat Pho (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha), or Wat Phra Chetuphon, is located behind the splendid Temple of the Emerald Buddha. It's the largest temple in Bangkok and famed for its huge and majestic reclining Buddha measured 46 metres long and covered in gold leaf. The Buddha's feet are 3 metres long and exquisitely decorated in mother-of-pearl illustrations of auspicious 'laksanas' (characteristics) of the Buddha.
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You can also receive a blessing from a monk for a small donation which helps to maintain the 'wat' (temple). The entrance fee is 20 baht.
Open: Daily 08:00 - 17:00  (Massage available until 18:00)
Location: Maharat Road. Close to the river (about a half mile south of the Grand Palace), Old City (Rattanakosin) 



Bangkok Wat Traimit
Temple of Golden Buddha

Located at the end of Chinatown's Yaowarat Road, near Hualampong Railway Station, Wat Traimit houses the world's largest golden seated Buddha measuring nearly five metres in height and weighing five and a half tons. In the past, artisans crafted the Buddhas in gold and disguised them from invading armies by a covering of stucco and plaster.
The Buddha at Wat Traimit was discovered by accident when it was accidentally dropped as it was being moved, revealing, under a casing of plaster, a beautiful solid gold Sukhothai style Buddha. Pieces of the plaster are still kept on display.


Opening Hours: 09:00 - 17:00 
Location: Traimit Road (west of Hua Lampong Station), Chinatown

The hostage drama scene yesterday in tourist bus by a dismissed police name Captain Rolando Mendoza affects the tourism in our country.

It’s ashamed how poor of cops/government we had they let the hostage hurt and died.

Black advisory Hong Kong issued the Black Outbound Travel Alert for the Philippines. The black alert is the highest level of Hong Kong's three-sign Outbound Travel Alert system, indicating a “severe threat” exists and all travel to the destination should be avoided. (With reports from Aaron B. Recuenco, Czarina Nicole O. Ong and Jeamma E. Sabate)

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