Bicol Region - Sorsogon, Albay, Camsur trip (thread II)

[airish_2]

all set na kami next week itinerary na lang

[tammy1979]

Tuki ba is butanding din? hehe...talagang sa Oslob na lang kami pupunta next time, sigurado daw may makikita dun, hahaha!

[ayionick]

anong month ba dapat magpunta sa oslob para makakita ng butanding?

gusto namin ni hubby bumalik sa bicol, pero kasama na ang family lalo si lola ko. kasi yung last punta namin nila lakwatsa sabi ni lola ko "ang daya nyo di kayo nagyaya" hehe! ano-ano bang pasyalan ang pwede puntahan na may kasamang bata at matanda siguro 3d2n o 4d3n? isa sa gusto ko balikan dun yung bulusan lake.

[matetreyes]

sis November kami nagpunta ng Oslob and madami namang tuki. Yearound naman yata yun dahil nga may feeding program. Hehe.

[airish_2]

Fresh from legazpi albay ang saya! ang swerte ng spot namin sa eroplano kita si Mayon at hindi pa sya nagtatago.

[minnie99]

Hi mga sis.

I'm going to Legazpi for an official business and I'm looking for the most affordable accommodation. Since govt employee ako, 800 lang kasi per diem, dyan pa kukunin ang accommodation ko.

Will need to stay around Bicol University dahil doon ang workshop, tapos malapit na rin sa airport.

Questions:

1. Recommendations ng accommodations please?
2. How much ang transpo to get around (I really need this for my budgeting)?
3. Terminal fee sa Legazpi Airport, how much?
4. Any sidetrips I could do at night? I'm assuming the 2-day workshop, each day would end by 4 or 5. So what can I do after that aside from go back to the hotel? May malls ba (for when I want to have dinner), or place to visit so I can admire Mayon, yung malapit lang kasi my own cash na yun, and wala na ko (since biglaan tong trip and I'm actually coming from Singapore)

[iampennylane]

^Hi sis, I grew up in Legazpi City, teka i'll try to help ha.

Marami na hotels dun where you can stay, mahirap isa isahin eh, pero kung near BU dun ata medyo bihira hotels dun. Siguro pwede mga inns.

Yung transpo dun, jeep lang talaga, usually from Bicol University to Legazpi, mga 8-10 lang naman and mabilis lang ang byahe dun kasi konti lang ang sasakyan, walang traffic and hindi din punuan mga jeeps

Maraming pwedeng puntahan dun, you can go to Embarcadero at night sis, pwede ka rin pumunta sa Lignon Hill sa umaga if you have time Ang malls dun, LCC Mall, Pacific Mall and Embarcadero.

Hay I miss Legazpi

[minnie99]

Thanks sis! Wow, okay mali pala ako. Haha akala ko Legazpi pa rin yung part na yun, so is it Daraga? Yun yata yung tama? Haha, near airport...

So jeep lang and no tricycle? Hmm how much kaya ang jeep dun? (sorry haha di rin kasi ako nagjjeep dito sa manila haha)

Na-excite ako nung una tapos nalaman ko sobrang liit lang ng per diem ko tapos dun pa ibabawas accommodation. good luck naman sakin...

[iampennylane]

yup BU is in Daraga na. Alam ko merong decent hotel dun sa unahan lang ng BU eh, tapat sya ng BRTTH hospital and UI (school), i forgot the name of the hotel though. Main transpo dun is jeep talaga yung mga tricycle sa mga barangay lang. Fare from Daraga to Legazpi and back is only around P8-10 lang ata.

[airish_2]

Thanks sis! Wow, okay mali pala ako. Haha akala ko Legazpi pa rin yung part na yun, so is it Daraga? Yun yata yung tama? Haha, near airport...

So jeep lang and no tricycle? Hmm how much kaya ang jeep dun? (sorry haha di rin kasi ako nagjjeep dito sa manila haha)

Na-excite ako nung una tapos nalaman ko sobrang liit lang ng per diem ko tapos dun pa ibabawas accommodation. good luck naman sakin...

sis [textspeak!] tinuluyan namin Pinehurst Suites near BU As in accesible pa sa jeep along hiway lang.

[bagaholic_chewy]

Mga sis, anyone na naka-try na roadtrip to Legaspi? Ilang hours ang byahe from Manila? Ok ba road conditions? Bigla lang kasi nagkaayaan with my kuya and his family. Bale 4 adults + 3 kids kami. Sometime in May pa naman kami babyahe, baka weekend before election.  We plan to leave Manila ng Friday night after dinner, then leave Legaspi ng Sunday late afternoon. Any suggested itinerary? We just want to see Mayon and go to Embarcadero. What else can we squeeze in kaya?

[iampennylane]

^sis yung travel time kasi pag bus is around 10-12hrs from Manila to Legazpi.
You can go to Lignon Hill sis sa daytime, since sobrang short lang ng visit nyo

[bagaholic_chewy]

^ thanks sa reply, sis.

Magdadala kami car - not sure lang kung 1 or 2 cars, pero most likely e 1 car lang kami para makasalitan sa pagdadrive si kuya and hubby.

Possible ba tong itinerary:
Leave Manila 1am Saturday (or midnight), arrive in Legazpi around 10-11am (breakfast stopover in Naga)
Checkin, rest
Then Cagsawa Ruins, Lignon Hill (ano pala meron dito? Hehe, sorry, clueless), dinner sa Embarcadero

Sunday
Checkout, then head to Naga after lunch
Naga sightseeing and CWC afternoon til evening
Leave for Manila around 6pm (dinner stopover somewhere in Quezon)

[iampennylane]

^mukhang okay na yan sis, from Naga city, 2 hours na lang going to Legazpi City.

I'm sorry sis, baket ko ba nakalimutan yung Cagsawa ruins?! Hahaha yeah you should go there. Yung Lignon Hill sis, nature park sya sa taas ng well, hill hehe. So kitang kita yung Mayon dun, actually anywhere in Legazpi naman kita yung Mayon eh hehe.

[bagaholic_chewy]

^ Thank you, sis! Si hubby naka-Legazpi/Naga trip na pero by plane kasi sya, tapos business+leisure trip so sabay lang sya kung saan sila dalhin nung taga-dun, di nya na inalala ang mga pinuntahan nila. Hehe..

[iampennylane]

Namiss ko tuloy Legazpi. Minsan na lang kasi ako umuwi dun, once a year. Ang alam ko ngayon they have Magayon festival eh. So maganda yung night life ngayon dun sa Albay. The usual inuman and kainan, isang strip yun dun sa Albay, buong street. Masaya Not sure though kung till when yun.

[minnie99]

Thanks mga sis! From airport naman, how do I get to Bicol University? Nasearch ko kasi may tricycles pero 50 yata? Which is okay since may baggage ako if ever. Kung may jeep sana, mas okay din.

[airish_2]

^mas ok kung tricycle na lang kung may bitbit ka pag jeep kasi pwede medyo nalito lang kami sa mga loop pero ang dapat ata sakyan mo yung papuntang daraga,guinobatan parang along rizal st. lang kasi ang way nila.

[iampennylane]

sis minnie from airport lakad ka lang onti palabas dun sa street dun papuntang highway mga 5minute walk lang then may mga dumadaan ng jeep dun papuntang BU, di mo na kelangan tumawid, abang ka lang Legazpi-Daraga na jeep, it's only P8 ang fare.

[lakwatsa]

scary naman nag erupt ang mayon. may tour guide and foreigner hikers na namatay.

be safe sa mga sis na may nakaline up na travel to legazpi.