Travels
Note: This page is still under construction
This page was created because I later realized that I’ve been to a lot of places already and it’s nice to sort those places out.
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BACOLOD: City of Smiles
-This was a cheap escapade since I didn’t have to pay for lodging. hehe.
Palmas Del Mar, Panaad Festival
CAMARINES SUR -Come South, CamSur!
Manlawi, Cotivas, Sabitang Laya
CEBU
-Cebu, I love this island!
DAVAO – Land of Promise
DUMAGUETE – City of Gentle People
-I fondly call the City of Falling Leaves
LEYTE
-Holy Week 2008 spent with people I barely knew.
MANILA
Had a Business Trip here, had to go to different places as well.
Binondo, Luneta Park, Baywalk, MOA
SIARGAO- summer 2008
-Spent a week in Siargao and it was so worth it because I didn’t spend much!
SIQUIJOR
-Out of the blue, we decided to spend a day/night here.
Enchanted Balete, Capilay Spring, Beach
Waaaaaaa nasuya ko hehehe nicely done ang page … psssttt … tudlo-i nya ko unsaon ha?
Hi Ed, Je here from Cavite but I work in Muntinlupa. You have great pics from Cebu. Have you been to Bohol? My friends and I (a total of
will be in Cebu and Bohol from Feb 19-24 and were in the process of creating our itenerary for the trip. This will be our much awaited breather from our stressful professional lives, so we really want it to go as smoothly as possible. Can you please answer some questions for us? I will be back later. Thanks in advance! (AWESOME SITE BTW!)
Je: Hi Je, Yeah, I’ve been to Bohol but I haven’t really taken much pics of the place. It’s a great place to hang out and get a temporary break from the office. Sure, I can answer a couple of questions, I just hope I can get some good answers. hehe. Thanks!
Yehey!
First we want to ask if you can recommend a pension house for us in Cebu city and if its best to choose Bantayan Island amongst all the beaches in Cebu. We only have 2 days to spend and we also want to go to Kawasan Falls, Plantation Bay and tour the city.
In Bohol we plan to stay at the Metro Center Hotel, they said its connected with the Panglao Nature Resort (based on web pics it looks great), then the following day were off to another resort around the Bohol beach club area (which we haven’t found one as well). Third day Bohol city tour with lunch @ Loboc river.
Would you suggest renting a van for our group instead of taking tour package offers from resorts? And did we miss on anything that first time Cebu-Bohol trippers should experience?
Again, thanks a lot in advance!
Just to clarify, you’ll be spending two days in Cebu sometime between 19-24, right?
Bantayan will actually take 4 hours of travel (land trip and barge) from the Cebu City proper.
If you decide to go to Bantayan, it’s not practical to just go there and stay only for a day considering you’d be consuming a lot on travel time alone. It would be better if you stay there overnight. There are a lot of cottages that are cheap in Sugar Beach but you can also check out resorts if you want to be more comfortable. That’s why you can just go directly to Bantayan so as not to spend too much time. However, since you mentioned you are planning to have a day tour in Cebu, and you’re looking for a place to stay, the cheapest place I know is in Sugbutel (250 per person/night) but it’s not at the metro though. Anyway, there are still a number of pension houses that are affordable within the city.
Bantayan is an island on the northern tip of Cebu. Kawasan, on the other hand, can be found in the town of Badian, a 3-hour drive to the South of Cebu City. Then when you reach the area, you have to walk for 30-40 minutes in order to get to the falls. You don’t have to stay there overnight though. You can also go to Moalboal afterwards and spend the night there. Moalboal is a nice beach which is less than an hour ride from Kawasan as it is a town before Badian.
As for Plantation Bay, the place is expensive, you can check their rates online. You can go there on a day tour and spend about 2000 (not that sure though) each person. But it is a good place to hang out. It’s less than an hour from Cebu City.
For the bus going to Bantayan, you can go to the North Bus Terminal in Subangdaku, Mandaue (near SM). As for the transportation to Kawasan, you can either ride a bus from the South Bus Terminal or a van in the Citilink terminal (South Bus and Citilink are near each other).
About Bohol. I’m not very familiar with the place. I was able to tour the place sometime last year because we also had our own team building there.
There’s a beach beside Bohol Beach Club called Dumaluan Beach Resort, that is the place where we spent the night on because it’s cheap. It’s actually just a public beach beside the privately owned Bohol Beach Club and you can just cross the beach club without any problem of tresspassing and such. It’s the same beach anyway.
I suggest that while you’re in Bohol, you can just rent a van and let the driver take you where you want to go. It’s much cheaper I believe because that’s what we did when we went there (we’re a bunch of cheapskates, hehe.) When you arrive at the port of Tagbilaran, Bohol, there are a number of vans waiting and you can just negotiate with them to take you around the place. They will even suggest spots for you on where you can go. We went to Sagbayan Peak, Chocolate Hills, Loboc River, Man-Made forest and the Dumaluan beach. Hinagdanan Cave is also a nice place to go to but we haven’t gone there.
Hope I was able to give you some insights.
Hi ed! I will be going to cebu and bohol w Jhe! thanx for info:)
michelle: ey, no prob! glad to be able to help. wish i also had the time to travel again. hehe.
Thanks a lot! (pasensya kna dun s singit na post, umeepal lang yan)
je: no prob. gud luck with your trip. lol at you and michelle. hehe
sir/madaem. I just wondering if somebody can give me advice where can I jog in siquijor. Anybody know a trail or a long beach? May be can tell me what is the longest beach in siqijor.
thnak you so much
Hi rocky, I’m not too familiar with any long beach or trail in Siquijor. I hope somebody can give light to this matter.
can you post more tourist destinations in the phils? me and my friends love to travel.
thanks!
jenny: i hope so; once i have the money to travel.