Part 3 of a series.
DAY 1.
Ozamiz City
From the Ozamiz Port, crossing the Panguil Bay took us approximately 20 minutes. Midway through the float, I was surprised why some of the passengers started to go downstairs, but we didn’t mind. The barge docked at the Mukas Port in Kolambungan, Lanao del Norte and when we were about to re-embark on our bus, Eric and I were surprised to see that it was FULL! We had no choice though but to just get in as there was no other bus available and our baggages were tucked in at the compartment beneath the bus. So for a few minutes, we were standing in the middle of the bus that was going through a long and winding road. I really held tight as I’m very fragile and I might get thrown when the bus goes on a sudden break, LOL. After 30 minutes, some passengers disembarked and we finally got to sit down! So that’s how the RORO system works huh? Lessons learned!
From the Mukas Port, the bus traveled straight to the Iligan City Bus Terminal and paused for a lunch break. Eric and I opted not to have lunch since we really had grand plans. Imagine eating a pineapple-fed steak at the Del Monte Golf Club in the cool and breezy Camp Philips in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon! For that, I just bought a Ham and Cheese Bunwich at Dunkin’ Donuts (my 2nd Bunwich of the day!)
Supposedly, travel time to Cagayan de Oro takes approximately 3 hours (1 hour from Mukas Port to Iligan and 2 hours from Iligan to Cagayan de Oro) but for some reason, our bus was going on a snail’s pace! We were scheduled to arrive in CDO at 1:30pm but we actually arrived at 3:30pm! 2 hours late! For that, we had to shelf our Bukidnon lunch plans. 
Anyway, as soon as we arrived in CDO, Marc texted us that he has already landed in CDO too.
(…to be continued)
