I forgot to mention in the last blog that one of our big regrets was not hanging around longer to coincide with the whale shark snorkelling tour. But don’t worry we'll be sure to get back one day to tick that one off the list.
Today was Suzanne's birthday, and was probably one to forget really as the entire day revolved around travelling from one place to the next, we caught the tricycle to Moalboal and from there a non-air conditioned bus down south to Bato. We then rode the ferry across to Dumaguete. We arrived at our accommodation for the night, and it wasn't at all pleasant. Although the good news was that there was no sign at all of the damage from the typhoon, and it didn't interrupt the tourist trail and infrastructure at all. Although of course we weren't pleased that there was a typhoon at all, as it was reported to destroy many lives and buildings. Our hotel for the night was Plaza Maria Luisa and was right in the middle of town. However the foyer absolutely reeked of raw chicken, and in fact we both had to dry reach a few times. We
little catapillar wrapped in a sleep sheet in Dumaguete
these silk sleep sheets keep you clean and bed bug free, plus roll up into almost nothinghad to change rooms as well as there was no hot water in our first room.
We hit the local Internet cafe... 3 times, in order to find some accommodation in Sipilay. I forgot to mention in my last blog that our original plan was actually to head to Sugar Beach at Sipilay. However we rang around our options on Sipilay, using one of our hotel staffs mobile phones, and had absolutely no luck. Seems as though everything was booked out already. This is when we decided to change plans of attack and actually head to Siquijor instead. Not having a mobile phone really doesn't help matters when stuck trying to book accommodation. Note to self next time take an unlocked mobile phone so we can use local SIM cards.
Read more at http://www.travelblog.org/
No comments:
Post a Comment