Finally, CAMIGUIN!!!

20-22 December 2006. For our pre-christmas activity, Fil and I decided to drive from Davao City to Camiguin with his parents and friend Eric. We left Davao City at night and drove for 7 hours to catch the early ferry trip from Balingoan Port in Misamis Oriental that brought us to Camiguin within 45 minutes. And aren't we lucky? playful dolphins escorted us as we entered the Camiguin channel and a full rainbow welcomed us to the island!

Camiguin is a pear-shaped volcanic island with a total land area of 238 sq. kilometers and is famous not only for its natural beauty but also for its sweet lanzones of which they hold a festival during the month of October. The island is so small, we literally circled the whole of it in a few hours! We stayed at Paras Beach Resort for 2 nights, said to be the best in the island.

We visited the usual tourist sites:
White Island (where we ate breakfast and i had fun running around in my bikini - you should see my videos hehehe), Katibawasan Falls, Ardent Hot Spring (although water was disappointingly lukewarm, not hot), Sto. Nino Cold Spring (really, really cold brrrrrr), ruins of the old church and the Sunken Cemetery. Anywhere in the island we could see Mt. Hibok-hibok and the other 6 volcanoes said to have caused the creation of this island due to volcanic eruptions and land movements. We also visited some of Eric's and Fil's relatives and friends of his parents and had a surprise lunch at J&A Fishpen, surprise because we went there to take pictures but ended up ordering whatever seafood dish they could offer.

yeah, we had so much FUN! Camiguin...wish i could "come again!"

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