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Hailed as the Culinary Capital of the Philippines, I can't think of any other reason more enticing enough to drag ourselves to Pampanga. Finding these talked about restaurants are just so easy. Thanks to some blogs for their recommendations and Waze for directions. Lol Now, this is not a one day tour. This is a compilation of the restaurants we've been to every time we were in Pampanga. Aling Lucy Sisig. Coming from Bulacan, we always take the fastest route, the NLEX. We followed where Waze directed us and after some series of stops and turns, we finally made it to Aling Lucing's.

January 11, 2014 Day 4 We checked out from Revlun Pensionne at 6AM and walked towards the market. We need to go to Hayanggabon Port where our boatman waits for us. There are vans/multicabs/bus going that way but don't know what time they'd pass. Since tricycle is always available, we hired one and paid 30 pesos each. The same fare had we chose to ride in multicab/van's.  Hayanggabon Port.

January 9, 2014 - Day 2 Woke up at 4AM inside our room in La Entrada resort. Last night went by quickly as we all slept early because of fatigue. We arranged a pick up from the tricycle driver who brought us to the resort yesterday. He picked us up at 5:30 and arrived at the highway 10 min before 6 am. Lucky for us, a bus bound for Butuan passed by. After paying 40 pesos and 30 minutes of travel, we arrived at Barobo terminal. Here in the terminal, we had a quick breakfast - coffee, bread, noodles, eggs bought from food stalls. We checked in our bags at The Point Inn located just across the terminal. This is so our only hand carry are the clothes we will use during the tour and leave important stuff in the Inn. For 300 pesos, we rented a room for 2 with electric fan and shared bathroom. Perfect! We left Barobo terminal at 7:15AM bound for Mangagoy via van. Fare is 90 pesos and travel took 2 hours. Upon alighting at Mangagoy, our contact person/tourguide we f...

January 8, 2014 Day 1 A reservation was made for island hopping from La Entrada Resort prior to coming. We started at 4pm. It was already late but had to push this through, after all this island hopping is the only purpose why we visited this place.  We were led to the drop off. Britania consists of 24 islets, five of which have white powdery sands. Among the five islets, one is privately owned. And so only four islets can be visited without a fee. Overnight staying is not allowed, the guide said.  I tell you, these islets are worth seeing. We were only able to see three islands. I was surprised and thrilled by their powdery white sand and pristine water. islets Hagonoy Island Boslon Island Hiyor-Hiyoran There is another one called Naked Island. This is their own version of a sandbar.We didn't visit this one because the tides were strong on this part.  After seeing several islands in this country, I thought I've already se...

January 10, 2014 Day 3 Because of the change of plans, the whole day of day 3 was spent travelling from Surigao del Sur to Surigao Del Norte.  We braced ourselves for a day of butt-numbing ride. At 10 AM we left Barobo terminal and headed to Tandag City via bus. We paid 50 pesos fare. Unfortunately, there is a bridge under construction that's temporarily closed for all types of vehicles. It can be crossed though by foot and at the other side of the bridge are vans/bus are waiting to take passengers to Tandag. We arrived in the bridge at 11 AM. After crossing, we rode in a van and continued our travel to Tandag City. We paid the driver 80 pesos each and waited for the next two hours til we arrive in Tandag bus terminal. At 2PM we arrived in Tandag bus terminal. We hopped in a bus bound for Surigao City but must alight in Claver, the drop off for Bucas Grande.  My friend asked the conductor what time we'll get to Claver, the conductor said something like "it ...

It was not easy planning this trip as the destinations we plan to visit like Britania Group of Islets, enchanted river, Tinuy-an falls and Bucas Grande - are far from each other. But hey, we were ready to do anything for this trip. After some researching, we were all set. Let's start!!! ~ o ~ o ~ o ~ o ~ January 8, 2014. Day 1 Our group seated at the departure area of NAIA Terminal 3 at 5:30 AM. My hunger, tiredness and sleeplessness were all rumbling into one crazy emotion that I couldn't force myself to eat or nap while waiting to board and depart at 6AM. Thank goodness the Philippine Airlines arrived on time but plane flew 12 minutes late. It was because of runway traffic, the announcer said.