Where: San Francisco, Camotes Island, Cebu
How we get there - Estimated time & fare:
1. Plane from Manila to Mactan, Cebu - 1hour and 10min - Promo fare at about P1200
2. Taxi to Mandaue North Bus Terminal - 10-15min - P100 (flagdown P40)
3. Bus to Danao City Port - 45min - 1 hour- P35 student, P45 regular
4. RORO from Danao Port to Consuelo Port- 2hours- P150 student, P180 regular
5. Motorcycle to my Lolo Henyo's house- 5min-7min P50/head
Distance: 21.08 km
Start and Finish Point: Lolo Eugenio "Henyo" Herda's House in the woods of Brgy Paypay.
Maps:
Pictures:
(1. ) The 21.08 km Run
Day 2 in San Francisco Camotes, Cebu
Kinilaw (Kilawin) as part of Carbo Loading, anyone?
Me and hubby John left Lolo Henyo's house at 5am. It was still too dark before it, no road lights, and we are not familiar of the terrain. But as soon as we hit the main road, we noted some landmarks, and headed north.
First kilometer mark we encountered on the road. No idea where the Km 0s of these originated.
Dawn breaks and now we can see the rice fields along the way.
Half of the way are flat roads.
In case we get lost.
School Zone could not be so far.
Wild guess, schools, elementary for the most, are 10km apart. And pupils, like the ones around my Lolo Henyo's vicinity have to endure walking stony(if sunny)/ muddy(if rainy) terrain this far to get educated.
At this point, I have a gut feeling that we are already 6km to our destination, SF, means San Francisco, town, where Km0 is.
And the sign said so: Town Proper 6km! I just saw this while writing this blog.
Never been here. Wait until next year.
...and the rest of the places in this sign!
Lake Danao? There is a lake in this small island?
I guess we are almost there...
I was surprised when Uncle Corcino, a locale here, told me they have fun runs here from time to time, then culminate to Tree Planting Activity. How did you know? I asked him ignorantly. "Because it is compulsory for us, barangay officials, to join such," he replied.
I loved basketball! I am usually the Captain Ball of our team from 1st to 4th Year Highschool.
A roadside cave?
I guess it is a natural shallow roadside cave which is declared as Bird Sanctuary. We wished we had all day to explore this site.
Another morning of their daily routine.
Lake Danao on the left side of the road.
The spectacular Lake Danao. I think, like Lake Lanao of Marawi, this is redundantly named. "Danao" and "Lanao" already means Lake.
Hydration Time!
And eating time! We got hungry the moment we saw this "bread-man" on his motorcycle. P10/pack, so hurry, grab yours!
Running. It is definitely more fun in the Philippines!
There is a cellphone signal on the road! But no load? Luckily we found this loading store.
These rows of trees forming an aisle leads to San Francisco Town Proper, about 1km away.
Finally!
This is a T-road. You have to take the road on the right side. I went straight ahead and got lost on our way back.
Nowhere can we see a sign that reads Km0, but I guess this is the one where the monument(of whom? ups, sorry, we failed to note it) is, just like in Rizal Park.
10.54km from our starting point in Brgy Paypay, San Francisco, Camotes.
Me and John smiling in front of the sizzling rising sun.
Down the monument is already the Port of San Francisco, where this Agora is.
You can take a motorboat to cross to Poro, Camotes.
Their Baywalk. The mangrove areas fronting the port at the background.
The Baywalk Trail.
Time for U-Turn! Still to cook breakfast for the kids!
Good thing they were still asleep when we got home.
Some can't seem to get up after a cold night's sleep.
My Lolo Henyo(red shirt) was already up and had prepared the breakfast. Uncle Beto(shirtless), plucked some buko for us, dehydrated runners.
(2.) Packing Up
Share if you spotted the dried buko hulls. =)
My two kids, Bambam and Pebbles in Lolo Henyo's Kubo.
Lolo Henyo's House.
After we ate our lunch, we packed up and left.
We could still get lost. We just followed the foot trail.
Only 2 ways to get to the port, by foot or by a motorcycle.
My little sister Maygan, son Bambam, daughter Pebbles, niece Pauline (L-R) eating their time away while waiting for boarding the Roro.
Boarding Time!
The Camotes Island Port.
Camotes Island Views from the Roro deck below.
The Roro for the next trip.
