Guimaras Island

Welcome to Guimaras Island 🌴

This is where the infinite ocean is seen.

This is an island near the Iloilo City.

There are a lot of ways to reach this island:

1. Fly from Manila to Iloilo through CebuPacific or PAL.

The flight time is 45 minutes.

The round trip ranges from P2000 to P3000.

From the airport, ride a van to the city, the fare is P150.

Then, from any point, ride a jeepney to the port.

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2. Book your ferry reservation through 2GO from Manila to Iloilo

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3. Book your ferry reservation from Batangas to Caticlan then ride a bus going to Iloilo.

Once in Iloilo City, ride an Ungka or Jaro CPU jeepney to the port.

The fare is P8.

Once in the port, take the boat to Jordan warf.

The fare is P14, 30 minutes boat ride.

Then, once in Guimaras port ride the jeepney going to Nueva Valencia.

The fare is P40, 45 minutes travel.

Just tell the driver that you are going to Guisi.

They will sometimes drop you in the junction 

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anywhere where you can ride a motorbike.

Then, rented a motorbike to take you to the resort.

P30, 20 minutes rough ride.

We stayed in Breakwater resort.

The room accommodation is P1200, fan room and good for 4.

They serve good food, too.

 

A day tour entrance is P20.

Some shared sunset.

It has a nice white sand shore with the Lighthouse nearby.

We celebrated one of our friend's birthday.

Happy birthday Plinky!

Cheers to good life my love ♥

and mine too 🌴

Happy 26th year of existence.

Airfare: P3000, round trip.

Total expenses: P1500.

We stayed 2 more days in my hometown.

Companion: 3

Potipot Island

Welcome to Potipot Island, Zambales

It was the first week of  January 2013.

The best time of the year to start beautifully.

It will take 8 hours from Manila to Candelaria, Zambales.

There are a lot of bus lines along the EDSA Cubao.

We took the Victory Liner for P450.

We just tell the driver to drop us in Uacon: jump off point to Potipot Island.

From Uacon junction, you can walk to the shore as there is no port in this place.

The island is 15 minutes away from the mainland.

The boat fare is P400, round trip.

Good for 4-5 people capacity.

We bought some fresh fish and rice to cook.

There is a source of water for bathing but no electricity.

Day tour is P100, each

Overnight stay is P300, each.

There are cottages available, good for 2 for P400.

Just make sure to bring a mattress, blanket, pillow, food and water.

You can also set up a tent.

It's a small island.

Our cottage.

We manage to squeeze into it.

We left the island at 4 pm to catch the 6 pm bus bound to Olongapo.

Then, transfer to another bus to going back to Manila.

We had some snack in this floating restaurant while waiting for the bus.

Total expenses: P2,000.

Companion: 3