Caramoan Island via Virac Catanduanes

Manila to Caramoan Via Virac Catanduanez

Visiting this wonder full place is not hard. But hear ed some people, some friends telling going to caramoan is harder and harder, for 6 hour travel and carry on the back of boatman. Will I'm telling you its not..its smooth and hassle free. This is the convenient travel that I can share to my fellow traveller and explorer.

Welcome to Codon Port

From the Airport you can ride the tricycle going to Terminal of Jeep going to Codon. It cost 10.00 Pesos only. Little walked from airport and you can see Tricycle pass, some tricycle pick up at the airport and cost 50.00 Pesos.

Boatman preparing the boat to sail going to Caramoan Island. Before Virac is not familiar to others, that this place is the best way going to Caramoan. Its my first time adventures. Some friends advice the best and near way to Caramoan is Legaspi Albay. I check the map and I cant Considered it. So I make a plan, easy way and not expensive cost.

This the Virac Airport, Its not big or Huge but clean and nice, the people are helpul and not arrogant. They love Traveler and Tourist.

Plane Zest Air 

June 23 and 24 2012

Arrival in Virac is impressive, my seatmate in the plane is one of the Tourist Center Employee, its my pleasure to ask and know more about thier Island. Traveling alone a little loner but if you see beautiful place you will amaze and nothing to feel loner,traveling alone.

Highway road. The place you jump off on tricycle or Jeep, just few walk going to port of codon, where you can hire a boat to explore the Caramoan Island.

Its wonderful to visit Caramoan Island Via Virac

Ate Cynthia is a tourist Center Assigned In Naga near Island of Virac Also, But She is working in tourist Center in Virac many years ago.I love Virac.



Explore Virac for whole day tour:
Hotel to stay with:
Monte Karlo
Rakdell
Catanduanes Inn




I preferred to stay in Rakdell Hotel and Restaurant:


Hotel is not same amendments, Stay in Rakdell good for solo backpackers/traveler, but of course it depends on your budget, they have fan room and air con. I stay in fan room beside room are OK since I want is comfortable stay only. A little feel bad since we all know you have right to cancelled your stay, if their is come circumstance's happen. I just check out early around 7 but sad, i left by the plane, so need to re booked my ticket or look some option, since the re booking cost almost 3,000.
          I decided to back to hotel and check in same hotel same room, but since looking some option to going back to manila, I look around and thinking, just small distance of hotel I reach roro buss terminal maybe I try to take roro buss. I came back to hotel and ask about cancellation. I been cancelling the reason I need to return back to manila for that day. They not allowed a cancellation. I ask them how much they charge for the cancellation..? no answer, never mind it considered reserved. I just check out 7am which is my time check out is 12:noon lousy service. The Lady reply they are not allowed refund even just few min. you payed. I asked the policy, no answer instead of answering she gave me a 100.00 Pesos,refund for 350 hotel fun room accommodation..Cool no percentage but return only 100.00 beside I did not use the room. Feel bad.
I provable not recommend this Hotel.

Next time ask to the hotel if possible you can leave your baggage in few min. without charges. or before you deciding to check out. even you you just check in to their hotel, of course you should bring Ur valuable belongings.


Manila to Caramoan Via Virac Catanduanes Its wonderful to visit Caramoan Island Via Virac Catanduanes.

SIQUIOUR ISLAND and the Hidden falls

Siquiour Island Philippines

Siquiour Island is a  hidden place???
Most people when talking about siquiour they think about witchcraft's  and LOVE fusion or we called in tagalog (Gayuma) in Visayan term they called it Lumay. In my dream i never expected that this island most of foreign people still cant get over to visit, this place beautiful in behalf of the superstitious belief. If you are headed to this place you should not forget to explore the Dumaguete and Apo Island or else you where regret to to see the hidden place of giant fish clown in Apo Island.



From Dumaguete Port to Island and Siquiour.

Lots of tourist visited this beautiful falls. The Island and falls all I can say is AWESOME especially if you gonna see this GUY plus the water falls and nature total Double A+.

From Dumaguete City you can ride on Jet Ferryboat go in to Siquiour. You need to be early because go in to Siquiour have 2 x a day schedule of ferryboat only, due of dark on the sea. From Bethel house just walk around 5 to 10 min. going to delta express, port to Siquiour.

Port near front of dumaguete just walking distance from Bethel House. If you are hurry just take tricycle and pay only 8.00 pesos. Transportation is ferryboard and amount cost is around hundreds only each.

Fill up forms for ticket issuance

The Siquiour is small town only, you can visit and do explore the town for whole day, you can visit the their tourist spot. Better you have contact live in siquiour or meet some tourist center on the boat if you plan visited the island. Its little hard because when u arrived at the port, their is lots of tricycle waiting for the passenger, they were charge you 2,500 or more than for whole day.

Waiting for the boat ride to the island of Siquiour

Picture taken arrival at siquiour port

Place is beautiful

Siquijor Sovenier shop when arriving Siquior City

A  beautiful Island of Siquiour

If you are more than 3 passenger, they were asked you extra charge. Since we meet some tourist center on the boat he recommend us to the registered tricycle driver. Driver charge only 1,500 so each of us pay only 500.

Town Plaza of Siquiour Island

The Lagoon..What you gonna see fish around love it..

Oldest tree in the world (Balete Tree)

You gonna wonder this tree its the oldest tree genus of record as per conversation with Kuya, our tourist guide and our driver around for the day tour Trip.

This place you gonna love it, even we did not try to swim around, but seeing some tourist feel great, because  you could not imagine that their is beautiful falls found in this small Island in Siquiour. I can Imagine its not like International white sand Islands, but its a place you gonna love and its not crowd.

We take our lunch here in the beach a little far from the town proper of siquiour but impressive to stay here, one night it cost thousand per one person. White sand and not spoiled or crowded place. Few Filipino people know about it but more foreign people come and visit this place.

                          

It comes on my head always why lots of foreign people visit our islands..? Yes because its beautiful..that the reason we should take care of it. Wishing that after 3 to 4 years my country will rise again and show to the world how Wonderful to stay in the Philippines

Big rock and park at this beautiful beach

This is the road to renovate..soon the road was good enough and later its good for tourism.Hope and pray that people visit here keep the place clean and cool. Not to be spoiled or government don't be greedy.

Place to Visit Siquiour :

Old Balete Tree

The Lagoon 

The White Sand at the edge of the Island

Big Rock

The Falls

Not Much expensive if you travel with the group. If you go alone the place is expensive but its priceless after seeing this wonderful place.

APO Island where Giant Corals and Big Clown Fish found

APO Island Philippines

Were Giant Corals found.

Manila to Apo Island through Dumaguete City
Airlines:
Cebu pacific


Its my first time do snorkeling at APO coral reefs..and so beautiful. This corals preserve and take care by their own life, were not allowed to feed clown fish and other fish on the marine sanctuary.Feel bad we don't have some pics on giant corals.

Amazing rock formation when visiting Apo Island. Going to Apo take plane Manila to dumaguete, when you arrived dumaguete you can explore the place and take schedule for next day tour here in Apo and you can do also Siquiour Island.

Station house of APO marine sanctuary

Staying in Apo, you can also extent more days, but you should list where you stay. Because when we arrived in Apo some Tourist Inn not yet build, just few houses offer to stay. You should need to check before staying the place in Apo Island.

Front of the Apo beach marine sanctuary

Rocky but behind those rocks on water, lots of big clown fish and Giant corals..

Picture again.

Following the path going to see Nemo (Clown Fish0

Since Apo don't have toiletry to take bath after snorkeling we take bath on their native water giant hole, don't know what they called it, but in Ilongo we called it (Bubon) my grandfather have that also its been made since world war 11 and still have water, clean water.

Together with out tour guide.

This is beautiful formation rock is almost many decade, great to seen ed this..

Were going home now after 1 day tour of the island, So bless to see some hide place like Apo where Giant corals live..Hope someday after few year, when we come back again to this beautiful place corals is more bigger and clown fish are more than thousand.

Taken souvenirs pics to remember that in my life been here this beautiful place, at my back is beautiful formation of rocks found in Apo Island.

Taken pics again before leaving the beautiful Island of Apo.. we leave the place as early because government not allowed to leave the town at late afternoon, due of dark on the sea. we leave the Apo together with the priest who visited and take a mass in this beautiful Island.

We only pay for the Boat and snorkeling for almost: 1,500.00 after Apo island day tour we back to Dumaguete City for buying some pasalubong or enjoy the dumaguete delicacies to bring to our family in manila.

Surigao City Home of Pebble and Beaches

Surigao City Home of Pebbles and Beaches.


Part of Mindanao Philippines (Mla to Surigao)
Surigao del Norte

Airlines: You can rich Surigao Via Plane
Cebupacific
AirphilExpress
Philippine Airlines

Surigao City is One of the beautiful places I've been. You can rich Surigao  by Land trough (RORO) Water or Air.Surigao City is abundant of Fish.

Looc Pebble Beach Surigao City

                   When you are in Surigao City, nothing to worry because just few distance.their is a jeepney to bring you in town city.  little feel bad because I sat beside some of surigaonon at the plane and i Ask him if he is from  Surigao? He answer yes. I ask him what is the tourist spot or beautiful place here in surigao.He answer nothing or none, the beach are just ordinary beach. He should be proud of surigao, does he!. He dont think thier is beautiful place..

                                 Surigao City Airport and cheapest terminal fee going to Manila. When you arrived at Surigao, suggest to visit thier tourist center. Small office but people who work thier is nice and friendly. They help you what best place to go.

When entering in surigao City tourist center you can easily seen this WOW Surigao posted near ceiling. Colorful and attractive

Meet Friendly and nice tourist Center Employee of Surigao City

Left and Right is new friends working in tourist center, they are friendly and nice people. They help me find hotel to stay and help me tour on their city and market place, where lots of dry good sell.

New friend and treasure friend meet in Surigao City Jhap or Jhapo.

Surigao Market have lots food. best buy I brought in surigao is Danggit. Taste is good.Little Dismay Because some part of the fish is missing he..he.he..

                               Surigao City have lots of dry foods except squid. they don't have dried squid. Some people say their city was curse by the old lady who ask a squid and the fisherman don't give some squid he got on the sea. The old lady told the fisherman. tomorrow you will see,this city will no longer caughed any squid, the old lady get the squid on the basket and throw to the sea. Some people believe, because even now their is no squid found in Surigao.

Lo-Oc Stairway and Beach

Wanna see another worth it view found in Surigao City.

Looc Beach Located near Mabua pebbles beach. Lo-oc or Looc is hidden placed found in Surigao, Looc have 300 step stairways. The place is peaceful its a great place.

Some Rock form Looc Beach

Stairway down to Lo- oc Beach. Amazing view be seen at the top of the mountain.

Taken some memories with new friend Jahp.

  Its a Greenness mountain. At the top you goin see a beautiful place on earth.

Wide Pebble stone found in Looc Beach. After passing by greeness garden top of the mountain and hundreds of stair. You see this un touch Pebble stone beach.

Amazing View that some people don't appreciate even some other surigaonon people.

Take some shots for my self down stair of hundreds steps of Looc Pebble Beach

People should take care of the nature, in the future this beach will be one of tourist destination.

 This View is amazing when you are on the Top of Lo-oc Beach. Water is Blue and         that because of you, that's why I love you. (Nature).

Meet my new Friend Jhap. She is doing business in Surigao also. I Admired her at age of 22 she have her own going business ..Like her and I learned a lot, even I'm older than her.



 

View that much prettier when your their. Lo-oc Beach much

Amazing . Front of Lo- Oc Beach

The place is not yet clean but in the future this place will be known also.

                                                                            

Tourist center need to clean and take care of the island, someday this will be most tourist destination of the country.

                         Fish that fisherman caught ed and they sell some tourist who want fresh fish. They sell only 100.00 Pesos only. if you want they gave you the big one for only 150.00 pesos and 300 for 2 medium size and 1 big size..

Fisherman caughed this fish and sell only 100.00 pesos.

                                                             Yummy for lunch....



The fisherman caught  fish and sell to the resort or some tourist walking around the beach.

MT. Bagarabon Hotel

                           Mt Bagarabon Beach Hotel is a beautiful place. Its my first time visited surigao and I like it. People are nice. Even Mr. Peter owner of Mt Bagarabon Hotel. He sent his driver to pitch me in Tourist center even he and Dra. his wife stayed in Manila. When you arrived in Mabua Pebble beach his Sister will assist you and her secretary Rose. Ms. Rose nice Lady, I stayed their resort with great service.                     

                            The room where me and jahp stayed for 2 days. The place is cool, Front of the sea. In the morning you see a beautiful view of the water so amazing place.

           

Mabua Pebble Beach

Mabua Pebble Beach is cool place and nice place I found here in surigao, so its not true that their is no beautiful place found here. Man I meet in a plane is don't know what beautiful place they have.

                                 Front view of Pebble beach Resort. Where you seen far the Island of Leyte.

                  

Want to try rock climb.. will cool things i did with my new friend jahp.

A beautiful sunset in front of Mt Bagarabon pebble beach. Cool warm sunset .

Kids Playing enjoying the sunny day and water.

Our Lunch for that day. Jahp enjoying our food. Our resort make 3 dishes for fish. Inihaw, Fried and Sinigang .

Some Personnel working in Mt Bagarabon Resort            Our Lunch for the day Fried, Inihaw and Sinigang

                 My First kayak in my whole life with new friend Jahp. I enjoyed kayak we get some waste we seen while kayaking. even when where walking we do clean the beach..look like funny but it best we did while enjoying the beach.

Happy meet new friends in some Places. Kayak is good things to do in mabua pebble beach.

Bangka that you can rent at Pebble Beach. Only 2,500.00 for 2hrs.

Enjoying the night on the pebbles beach w/ boracay rum.

Taken picture in front of Mabua pebble beach resort.

Being in Surigao is just an incident due of my ticket going to tuguegarao was cancelled. Its happened I'm bless because i didn't regret being in Surigao for this Trip my Budget for 2 days is only 3,000.00 Airfare not included. To avail less than 3k Mabua Pebble beach have a discount for Group who travel.

                 Taken Picture before leaving the beautiful Mabua pebble beach in front of Mt bagarabon hotel where I stayed for 2 nights in Surigao City.Praying that someday when I come back with this place and i meet some Surigaonon people at the airlines, they recognize that they are bless to have this beautiful place.

At the airport, eaving the place where I admired. Thanks I'am so glad I

found another place to share with my friends that this place is great to visit.Thanks Surigao for warm welcome.Take care of your nature someday somehow this will be a tourist spot and Surigaonon will be found of it that they have a great place to go.



Goin Home to Manila Bye bye Surigao See you my next visit of your memorable and unforgetable place.

I'll Be back soon to visit some hidden place of surigao.

Staying this City is great for me, people and nature I admired.
Here are List of some hotel to stay in Surigao City



Total Buget with out fare is almost 3,000.00