I tried to buy a ticket on a ferry yesterday, but they only sell them on the day of departure. I assume they do this to prevent scalping, but I can’t be sure of that. I was worried about the timing of all this – my tricycle to Mambajao, jeepney…
Category: Camiguin Trip
All
Continue Reading
010 – Sunken Cemetery, St. Nino Cold Springs, & Cockfighting
Sunday April 10, 2011 7:45 a.m. Jasmin by the Sea, Camiguin, Philippines I have some music playing on my X-Mini Capsule speaker and some water boiling in my Yong Heng Electronic Heating Cup. I am mostly packed. Everything is arrayed in neat piles ready to be stacked inside my backpack…
All
Continue Reading
009 – Bura Soda Springs & Binangawan Falls
Saturday April 9, 2011 7:12 a.m. Jasmin by the Sea, Camiguin, Philippines Time for another cup of coffee at the beginning of another day. It rained throughout the early morning hours, but now the sun is shining, so it looks like another perfect day. I set off on my motorbike…
All
Continue Reading
008 – Mantigue Island & the Giant Clams Santuary
Thursday April 7, 2011 7:05 a.m. Jasmin by the Sea, Camiguin, Philippines I have Mozart playing on my little speaker, water slowly coming to a boil in the pot, and a motorcycle sitting outside waiting to take me to some new small adventures. Hard to know how things could be…
All
Continue Reading
007 – Hibok-Hibok Volcano
April 6, 2011 – Camiguin Jess and I made plans to climb Hibok-Hibok volcano the next day. I wasn’t positive I wanted to do that. It seemed like a lot of hard work for very little reason. And, to be honest, I wasn’t sure that given my poor physical condition…
All
Continue Reading
006 – Motorcycling Around Camiguin – Tuasan Falls
Thursday April 5, 2011, 9:00 a.m. Jasmin by the Sea, Camiguin, Philippines Jasmin by the Sea rents motorcycles for 350 pesos a day. They are identical to the bikes that were for rent on Palawan. I’ve heard them called underbones, and they are somewhere in between a motorcycle and a…
All
Continue Reading
005 – White Island & Mantigue Island
Sunday April 3, 2011 12:30 a.m. Jasmin by the Sea Camiguin, Philippines I was interrupted yesterday with the arrival of my dinner. I also had gotten up to take a picture of the hammock with the golden light of sunset on it. I was just thinking to myself that photographers…
All
Continue Reading
004 – A Walk Down the Shore
Saturday April 2, 2011 8;40 a.m. Jasmin by the Sea Camiguin, Philippines The rain came to an end at some point yesterday and today the sun is out. Luckily, the skies still have some wispy clouds scattered about to keep the full force of the sun at bay. There is…
All
Continue Reading
003 – Mambajao and My First Day on Camiguin
Friday, April 1, 2011 6:30 p.m. Post day wrap-up, though I don’t know that I have enough energy to cover it all. All I did was go for a walk and explore the town of Mambajao, but that was enough for today. My bungalow, Jasmin by the Sea, is in…
All
Continue Reading
002 – Camiguin and Jasmin by the Sea
Friday April 1, 2011 10:30 a.m. Jasmin by the Sea Camiguin, Philippines It is the next morning now. Technically it is my second morning in the Philippines, but it is the first morning that I’ve woken up here. It is raining fairly hard and, in fact, has been raining all…