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There has been many stories as to how Siquijor was named as such. According to wikitravel, "Siquijor Island or Isla del Fuego as the Spanish named it, due to the intensity of fire flies lies some 22 km east of Southern Negros . Legend has it that Siquijor rose from the sea during a tremendous thunder storm sited as evidence is fossils and shells which can still be found in Mount Bandila-an, Siquijor's highest point. While the coastline is mostly white sand beaches, oceans full of tropical marine life the interiour is mountainous." Siquijor is interesting in its own way and this is the reason why we chose to visit it in the first place. How we got to Siquijor? We booked a flight (from Manila) to Dumaguete City. In Dumaguete is a port bound for Siquijor. At the time we were in the pier, a ferry scheduled to leave at 1pm was already full and the only option we had was a 3:30 PM schedule. It was only 11:00 AM then.  My friends and I decided to take a ni...

After 5 months of nestling in my own crazy world, I got to finally take a break and set foot on a different soil. Before the our Dumaguete-Siquijor trip, I was excited and a little bit scared at the same time. Excited because of the thought of braving through a land famous for shamans and the like in Siquijor. Scared because one of my friends has this 3rd eye and it frightens me in an exciting way that we might encounter something extremely scary because of this. The Plan Research.. research... We'll be landing in Dumaguete City via Cebu Pacific on Sept 7 at 8am and we'd like to spend one night each in Dumaguete and Siquijor. Upon researching further, I learned that we could day tour in Apo Island!! Swimming with turtles would be so fun. I wondered if we could squeeze this in our itinerary. So as we planned, our itinerary would be like this:

Finally!!!!!!!!! A trip somewhere far from the crazy busy city impeded me from insanity. Seriously... After months of stress from work, I badly needed a breather. Bee and I had two options -- Boracay or Cagbalete. I really really realllllyyyyyy wanted to experience riding in a 2Go ship from Batangas to Boracay. Added to the thrill was that our favorite radio station was set for a summer party in Boracay on the date of our target trip!!! It could have been a perfect plan for me and Bee. We'll arrive in Boracay in the morning, then party all night and then go back to Manila via the same ship the next day taking the early and only trip. Sounds like a plan right?

It was our last day in Bantayan Island and in a short while, we will be going home.

Good morning Bantayan Island!!! Our experience yesterday was great and we looked forward to our Island hopping this day.

Going to Bantayan Island is very easy. First, we need to go to Cebu North Bus Terminal, then take a bus to Hagnaya port, then take a roro boat to Sta. Fe. Piece of cake, right? :) We checked out from Sampaguita Suites at 8:30AM and instructed the cab driver to drop us off at North Cebu Terminal. From there, are airconditioned and non-airconditioned buses plying for Hagnaya.  Fare: P132 (non-aircon). Travel time: 3 hours.

Second stop for our Visayas trip is a visit to Bantayan Island in Cebu. I realized there's more to Cebu than I thought. There's just so many places to see. Sadly, I only have limited time. My original plan when I booked our flight was Cebu-Bohol-Cebu but then I thought, oh well I'll just visit Bohol separately....