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Bantayan Island Diaries


First day - November 25, 2015

I have heard about Bantayan from my friends and they said it is the paradise of the northern part of Cebu. But of course, I was so skeptical of going there because of the Yolanda destruction. After researching if they have fully recovered and read blogs, so we have decided to go to this very attractive island. We woke up very early in the morning after my daughter Hannah woke up. :) Actually, she is our daily alarm clock. 

We had all our bags ready - most are Hannah's stuff - heater, rice cooker, her bottle and like. It is very challenging to travel with a baby. I am thankful that we took her nanny with us, 



But -- it was fun knowing that we survived the entire trip with her starting from riding the taxi (from Basak Pardo to North Bus Terminal). We paid 170 pesos and 10 pesos entrance fee for the taxi if you want him to get inside the terminal to drop off your baggage. The good thing was we took the bus immediately to Hagnaya, San Remegio around 5:30 in the morning; we arrived 8:30 in the morning with 10 minutes stop somewhere in Danao to stretch our legs.
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I'm just glad that Hannah was still sleeping. Not anymore and she started to cry when we almost get to the port.  Since we arrive an hour before an hour  the huge green RORO which all trucks could fit in left. Only a few people can fit in the passenger seats, we just consumed our time from eating breakfast and then ready to go.I think you should prepare 170 pesos for the fare plus 10 peso terminal fee. 

Well... as a mother, I always interpret that my child was pretty excited to get there soon as much as I was. She never cried and instead she was sleeping in the boat until we docked in. And, there was a trike guy who met us and negotiating to send us to our cottages or accommodation. But in our mistake, we never let him pick us from the port and instead we chose to walk along and until we could get through the exit. *Pretty far!


and for 20 pesos each, he took us to our Bantayan Cottages which is 400 per night for not aircon room and 600 for aircon one. Then, we spent our day to rest and explore the Sta. Fe town and its marketplace where we were happy we bought a tuna but not exactly for 95 pesos for a half kilo. To take us there, we need to catch trike for 10 pesos, but actually, you can walk if you want.


Finally, we spent the rest of the day watching the sunset and enjoy the breeze and white sand of the paradise. 



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