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With its area, considered as the second smallest province in the country, Camiguin proves that a weekend is not enough to explore its natural attractions: beaches, springs, waterfalls, and heritage sites. Given 48 hours, I tried to go around the island as much as I can to discover the beauty of this paradise to create…
Fantastic. Spectacular. Fabulous. These are not just words to describe the beauty of Mantigue Island, but also the adjectives used by our witty guide, pertaining to the photos he took on my camera. For every click of the shutter, another adjective that makes us laugh. “Fantabulous!” he added. We went back to Mambajao Proper from…
Restaurant hopping and island hopping are two mainstream tourism activities in the country especially on provinces that offer local gastronomy or blessed with numerous islands. How about spring hopping? Why not! You can have it in Camiguin. And when we say spring hopping, we mean different types of springs from soda water, cold to hot…
High noon and we just got back from White Island. Famished, we searched for the nearest restaurant available. The bistro we found close to the jump off point in Yumbing, which satisfied our craving, is Luna Ristorante. We started to go over their menu and ordered Crispy Pata and Sizzling Squid. They’re known for pasta…
Second day in Camiguin and we just wanted to lounge in Bahay Bakasyunan. I had the visit to the inland attractions the other day so it was time for the islets. Camiguin is only blessed with two other islands, White Island and Mantigue Island. Morning of that day was planned to visit the first. People…
The viewing deck, where I was busy chatting with locals, is just meters away from the famous landmark in Camiguin. Tripod was waiting to be perched and camera’s shutter to be clicked. I was waiting for the sun to set. A jolly local was busy taking photos of a group as his friend shared to…
Words blaming the habal-habal driver while gasping for air, as I hiked the walkway to the Old Vulcan. It was midday when we arrived at the tourist attraction and he suggested that I need to hike to have a better vantage point, yet he didn’t even dare to join. The trail started by paying a…
Total darkness enveloped the entire island and I was still busy taking a photo of the driveway of Bahay Bakasyunan sa Camiguin. Ate Nats called a motorella and already conversing with the driver in Bisaya. Our next destination on that day was Enigmata Tree House Eco Lodge where we booked a reservation for our last night…
The moment I was obsessed with long exposure photography, I was also enthralled with waterfalls, maybe because the first is the best way to capture the beauty of the latter. I even purchased an ND filter to take better photos of Camiguin waterfalls. On a recent trip, two waterfalls located in the province of Camiguin…
When I am in a certain province, my task is to explore the area as much as possible. This is to discover the different attractions available with a limited number of days. On my recent visit to Camiguin, this goal was hindered by a superb, well-landscaped tropical resort having a native Filipino theme, Bahay Bakasyunan…