Camiguin

Moving from Palawan to the Central Bisayas, on the island of Camiguin we encountered our first bit of monsoon season. So we rented a motor bike, took out our rain ponchos a set out to explore what the weather could allow.
This is also a volcanic mountain, with a 64km road circling the coast and Mount Hibok-Hibok Volcano at 1300m. So clouds acumulate at its top and middle causing abundant rainfall in the wet season.

We ended up spending our time leisurely going from café to restaurant and resting from the excitement and business of Palawan. There are a few
tasty restaurants we treated ourselves to on the ocasion of my birthday. That being said, the most expensive and luxurious meal cost us all of 27 euro!

We were lucky enough to get an hour or two of sunshine so we jumped at the occasion and got a short boat trip to White Island, a strip of white sand opposite the black volcanic sandy beaches of Camiguin, facing its imposing volcanoes.
While we were on there we got a sudden rain shower with strong winds, and the only place we could shelter was in the water. Quite the funny experience!! Monsoon reality.

Oh... on sundays everything is pretty quiet and we happened to come a cross a place teeming with people and motorbikes. So we stopped to take a look and found it was the weekly cock-fighting event. We took a peek at it and were somewhat bewildered by the betting system they have previously to the actual fight. Everyone starts shouting and gesticulating at one another, and somehow they reach an understanding among the chaos.Leggi altro