2010 Spillover 07 : Dumaguete Univer-City...

Me at Silliman University

As we start our way home to Davao from Dapitan, we took the 4:00 PM 4-hour trip via Cokaliong's (http://www.cokaliongshipping.com/) M/V Dumaguete bound for Dumaguete City last December 17. Rommel only got us the economy bunk so we only paid Php 260.00 each. The trip was okay, we had a lot of fresh air that brushed our hair and made us feel light and helped our wet clothes dry... :D

Bay walk as we approach Dumaguete

While on the vessel, I spent all my stay, as usual and expected of me, sleeping and trying to gain back the energy that was swept away by the combination smell of the fuel, ship smoke burst and sea breeze. Before we jumped on this trip, we contacted a friend, Moses (Brother of Dominic who was our officemate), who is stationed in Dumaguete and arranged a place to stay for the night and joined us for a side trip to Siquijor the following day.

First SPC Sister's Landing @ Baywalk

We arrived around 8:30 PM. Moses met us at the port and took us to a nearby restaurant for dinner. He showed us our beds for the night and instructed us to get our Siquijor tickets early the next morning so we'll have ample time to explore one of the forbidden and forgotten places in the Philippines.

Kids learning karate @ Baywalk

Let me clear my last line on my next blog re our adventure to Siquijor.

So we retired for the night and tried to get up as early as possible the next morning...

The Cathedral

We started our day early to catch the first trip to Siquijor but unfortunately, it was already fully booked when Rommel went to buy some, so we got the second trip at 10:00 AM. Since it would be a bit longer wait, we decided to stroll along the streets of Dumaguete while at it. Moses joined us as we walked along Dumaguete's bay walk boulevard, where we saw men and women jogging, boys and girls trying to learn karate and some just enjoying the sunrise and the cool air and smell from the ocean.

Inside Cathedral

We walked passed them as we stride to find a place for breakfast. After the boulevard, we went to the cathedral. It's another beautiful old church that everyone is in awe. It still  has it's old building but improved. We stayed for a while and prayed for a safe and exciting adventure in a few hours to Siquijor.

Silliman University

 Dumaguete is one of those improved Cities I've seen in the Visayas Region of the Philippines. It has shopping marts/malls  in almost every corner. Fast foods all around the place. And our fave, coffee shops just about everywhere. However, public transportation options has not yet escalate and remained in the motorcycle industry. And women in this town does know how to rock the streets... Texting on one hand while maneuvering the motorcycle on the other? How'd she do that? I consider that one of the wonders God has given to women... Multi-tasking, even on a bit not-so-safe arena.

While wondering what else women can multi-tasked, we head for a McDonalds breakfast meal. As we enter the place, we were welcomed with a view of snows on our minds. I've never seen more foreigners on one place in the Philippines than this one! I almost thought we were on a foreign land for a while... ;p The city is becoming more of a tourist destination these days... :D

Moses & Rommel @ Silliman U

After stuffing breakfast in our craving self, we went to the most famous place in Dumaguete, the Silliman University (http://www.su.edu.ph/). The guard was kind enough to let us in to see the place and so we did! The university has a laid-back structure, with the seafront view that is more than relaxing and invigorating.

After our Silliman University visit, we walked our way back to the port to hop on our Dumaguete-Siquijor trip, which details I will divulge later...

Our plan was just to take a day visit at Siquijor with Moses, our newly volunteered tour guide (Thanks Ses!), so we all went back to Dumaguete and continued our City tour right after it. :D

Robinson's Parking Area

We arrived back in Dumaguete around 6:00 PM, passed by our room to clean up a bit, then to Robinsons for a lovely dinner. When I said, motorcycle industry is big in Dumaguete due to its  transportation needs, we never really knew how big, until we saw Robinson's parking area. I'm  not sure if I can remember where I parked my ride if I did. :D

Sans Rival

We ended the night satisfying our sweet tooth at Sans Rival, still at Robinsons Mall. Our friends back  in Davao wants us to bring some but unfortunately, due to our means of transportation and the length of time to get back home, the sans rival wouldn't last that long. So instead, we took pictures of it, before we consumed all of it, posted in facebook and tag one of our friends... and then she hated us... in a nice way... ;)

My capuccino @ Sans Rival

We bought few delicacies at Bing Bong's (still at Robinsons, just beside Sans Rival), went back to our room, packed, and prepared for an overnight trip to Cebu, which happenings I will be telling after the Siquijor adventure story.

Stop light here friends! But nothing can stop life and changes to happen, so let's continue to live life at what we know best... Love yourselves... Let's! 'Til next blog! See ya!