i first had a taste of camiguin last 2008 together with my friends at work. i can barely recall the chronological events of our camiguin adventure that time.
it was thanks to winston (far left) for the free lodging - we stayed in his relative's home plus, for taking care of the transpo for our tour around camiguin.
we dined in one of the famous restaurants in Camiguin -
Vjandep: Kan-anan sa Parola.
and the places we went to:
the sunken cemetery
the guiob church ruins
ardent hot springs
...the welcome sign says it
sto. niño hot springs
we weren't able to tour the rest of the tourist spots in camiguin. so i said to myself, the next time i go back, i will find time to visit those interesting areas i missed.
and so i did back in 2010
- together with my family, a cousin, and college friends.
we traveled to agora bus terminal and planned to ride the bus by 1pm to get to balingoan port by 3 to 3:30pm to catch the last trip to camiguin. it was unfortunate that the aircon bus did not allow bringing of pets inside. the non-aircon bus and vans were nowhere. so we rented a taxi going to balingoan and we paid around php 1,500.00 - php 2,000.00. it was approximately 2 hours travel time to balingoan port and we were just in time for the last trip.
me, ingrid and sai inside the barge.
it was really crowded and we had difficulty looking for chairs.
upon reaching our destination, a boy welcomed us with a sign.
kuya frank - our hired multicab driver was waiting for us.
kuya frank brought us to pabua's cottages - near paras beach resort. we booked a cottage good for 6 persons. the accommodation was cheap. we only had to pay php 1,500.00/night.
the gray multicab is kuya frank's precious multicab.
contact him at 09205405582.
he knows the pasikot-sikot in camiguin.
here's how it looks like inside our cottage.
by the way, kuya frank suggested this place.
the owners are friendly and accommodating.
outside out cottage.
in the evening, we dined in vjandep: kan-anan sa parola.
it was my cousin's treat - a post birthday celebration.
and we went to ardent hot springs to take a night swim.
in the morning, we woke up early to catch the sunrise and see the attractions in the famous white island.
in the rented bangka at php 400.00 (can accommodated 10 pax).
heading for white island.
and the sunrise!
the big red tent.
food booths and souvenir stalls.
taking fun shots in white island.
and the adventure went on.
next stop was the sunken cemetery.
travel to the cross. we paid php 30.00/pax for the roundtrip.
then the walkway to the stations of the cross. nope.
we didn't go further up the trail to the different stations.
we were not up for it.
souvenir shops on the road across the walkway to the stations of the cross
.
the guiob church ruins.
to the katibawasan falls.
swimming in katibawasan falls.
really really cold but refreshing indeed.
to the soda swimming pool.
sightseeing only in soda swimming pool and
ate lunch in sto. niño cold springs.
mission accomplished.
i was able to tour around the famous tourist spots in camiguin.
we traveled back to cdo via paras sea cat.
goodbye camiguin. 'til i visit you again.
