Blogs from Camiguin, Mindanao, Philippines, Asia - page 2

As the Chinese would say “the journey is the reward”.. Truly it is. We traveled for more than 6 hours by plane, taxi, bus, tricycle, ferry and a multicab but nothing is more rewarding than to set foot on Camiguin Island. We took the Air Philippines flight Friday (Nov.23) morning, 8:20 to be exact going to Cagayan de Oro. As expected there was a delay in the flight and they texted us a day before the flight that it was moved to 11:50 and I immediately called their office to transfer our flight to PAL because I need to go to Cagayan de Oro by 10 a.m. and without hesitation they transferred us to PAL’s 7:20 a.m. flight to CDO. So we arrived 8:30 to CDO’s Lumbia Airport and by 8:50 a.m. we were able to ... read more

Nous sommes toujours en terre philippine, bref pour encore quelques heures! Après avoir décompressés et pris des forces à Malapascua, nous avons repris notre escapade avec énergie pour amerrir à Camiguin, une petite île volcanique dans la région de Mindanao. Cette fabuleuse île (qui contient plus de volcans que de villes) ressemble étrangement à celle du film de "Jurrassic Park", par ses imposants monstres rocheux recouverts d'une verdure intense et omniprésente. Ces berges sont évidemment recouvertes d'un drap de sable noir, témoignant ainsi de son ancienne activité volcanique. À quelques milles marins de Camiguin, se trouve un petit bijou de sable blanc, à peine quelques mètres de circonférence, ou l'eau est plus claire que l'eau du robinet, telle une hallucination!!! Nous avons passe une journée entière sur cette "islette", parmi les quelques pêcheurs présents tout en ... read more

We had lunch at a local cafeteria where we were greeted “Thank You and Camiguin”. I grinned. On their wall was a map of Camiguin Island and below it, says " Camiguin means ‘Come Again’ ”. Ahhhh... Now I get it! The Half Day Trip to Camiguin We made arrangements with the DOME jeepney driver so he could pick us up at 7:00am from PNRoa to Agora Market. It’s where we will be taking the bus that will take us to the Balingoan, which is still part of the province Misamis Oriental. To keep the story short, the jeepney brought us straight to the port of Balingoan. All the better! It was 9:20am when we got there. We could have arrived later if we took the bus. This Scary Ship Might Snap! We took the 10:00am ... read more

Finally found the time to do the blog for this trip! This was the first packaged / guided trip I’ve gone to - it was a Camiguin - Cagayan de Oro combi. As it was an arranged trip, I don’t know much about the logistics but can pretty much remember the places we’ve gone to. Going to Camiguin, we took the PAL flight to Cagayan de Oro. After a quick breakfast at the city, a private van took us to the Misamis Oriental sea port (travel time: 1.5-2 hours) where we caught the barge to Camiguin (travel time: 1.5 hours). In Camiguin, we were picked up by another private van and proceeded to Bahay-Bakasyunan resort. It was a pretty neat place and the food was great :) Camiguin, the island of the seven volcanoes, has only ... read more