Living on a tropical island: Home Sweet Home After visiting Santa Fe as a tourist, we fell in love with the place having its cream sand and the beautiful sunset. Just living here is so peaceful and ideal way to escape from the chaotic world. Arriving here on 14th of September and felt so much welcome by the Schaeffer Family. Well... that's a good sign that we will be living the island with full of joy and acceptance. We took the 10 a.m. Ceres bus via Santa Fe (200 pesos per person) and stopped us at the market. Actually, this is new to us since the last time we visited the place. It's very convenient. We had to get off the bus and took the ferry boat from hagnaya to Santa Fe (175 pesos per person). Then, when we reached the sea port, we rode back on the bus and told the driver to stop us at the market, where Richard and his family were waiting for us. *** Bantayan Island? Paradise. Wow. Beautiful place. This is what most expats or tourists say when they come