Come Again in Camiguin - Countryside Tour

September 18, 2012

Hiyaaahh!! It's ber month and Im back on backpacking and beaching mode! Oh yeah, nobody cant stop me from exploring every niche of the PI.. :p

This time, I went to Northern Mindanao with my solemate and his friends. First, we went CDO for the white water rafting - see next blog. The morning after, we went straight to Camiguin.

From Cagayan de Oro, we went to Agora Market Terminal to catch the first trip to Balingoan Bus Terminal.

From Balingoan terminal we took a tricycle (10pesos each) to the ferry terminal bound to Port of Benoni in Camiguin. Fare is 170 PHP / Terminal fee is 2.50pesos and travel time is 1 hour - 1 and 45mins (depends if it is a fast craft or not) The 5am ferry that we took was not! We arrived Port of Benoni at 6:45am :(

Recap:

Cagayan de Oro to Agora Market Terminal (Bus bound to Butuan)

Bus to Balingonan Bus Terminal

Ferry to Port of Benoni Camiguin

Sunrise at the Balingonan Port

Our tour guide, Kuya Roger arranged everything for us already, including the room accommodation, the ferry boat fees, country side tour in Camiguin and island hopping.

yah, at the back is our serviced multi cab for two days. :))

We were greeted with Camiguin's famous Pastel and Lanzones! Thank you so much Kuya Roger! :))

We took our breakfast at this resto, sorry forgot the name. They have 100 pesos for eat all you can meal.

After we dropped our things at our place, Palabunan Cottages, we went straight to Katibawasan Falls.

Rainbow + falls = so perfect!!

we are all having fun! Sarap lang!!!

I dont know where we were here.. We just stopped for some photo ops...

afraid of heights! I cant stand properly on that rock. hahaha

group shot at the highway

Lunch at Cold Spring

There's a paluto service outside the resort. Kinda pricey but worth the price. We ordered native chicken and it is just so yummy..

After the Cold Spring, we went to Soda Water Park for the Soda Swimming pool.

I didnt try to swim as it was scorching hot already, but according to my friends, it didnt taste like soda.. hehehe

Next stop: BonBon Catarman

Welcome at Old Church Ruins

The church rocks were held together by egg whites and was ruined by the explosion of Mt. Vulcan in 1871-1875.

there's a creek on the other side of Old Catarman
Church Ruins and the curious cats went down to
check how fun it is to play with the waves. :))

Masku-man!

Tired and running out of camera battery, we went to

Sunken Cemetery

some pump boats were docked on the shore that you could rent so you can go near the cross. Boat fee is 20 pesos each.

The boatman will serve as your photographer as well, just give him tip afterwards. :P

They really know how to do camera tricks

5-8 minutes away from Camiguin Walkway

Kulit group shots courtesy of kuya boatman

next: Ardent Hot Spring (no photos - i ran out of battery)

for the last stop of our countryside tour, we dined in at opppps sorry, I forgot the name (will edit this soon with the resto name)

Hungry tummy hilfiger! :P