Part 2 of a series.
DAY 1.
Upon arrival at the airport terminal, I immediately redeemed my check-in baggage, got out of the building and looked for a place to eat and kill-the-time as Eric‘s flight was arriving an hour after mine yet. Luckily, I found a carinderia as I stepped out of the terminal building so I took my 2nd round of breakfast and this time it’s tinolang bariles.
Even before my arrival in Ozamiz, Marc was already scheduled to arrive in Cagayan de Oro but then, for the second time, he missed his flight! Fortunately, as one of the winners of the Cebu Pacific Wandering Juan Blog Contest, he’s entitled to two months of unlimited flights and for that, he was able to rebook his flight to Cagayan de Oro without a hitch. He’s scheduled to arrive in Cagayan de Oro at 2pm.
It was almost 8am when Eric arrived and as soon as he did, we hired a tricycle to Jollibee. The fare? A mind-boggling P200! Lesson: settle and agree on the fare first before leaving to avoid any misunderstanding… (We were told that the regular fare from the airport to the city proper should have been P60 per head). Anyway, I had my 3rd round of breakfast at Jollibee… Yum Burger with Cheese, LOL.
After breakfast, we hired another tricycle to bring us to the Agora Terminal. Fare is at P7 per head. We then searched among the parked buses for a bus that would bring us to Cagayan de Oro City.
The Ozamiz Port: modern and clean, except for some floating trash
From the Agora Terminal, the bus went straight to the Ozamiz Port. For that short duration, I already dozed off. Eric woke me up a few moments later and I was surprised why the rest of the passengers were disembarking. I was quite clueless, so I just followed the pack. So, first, we had to pay the RORO fare of P25 and sign a manifesto. We then had to go through a security check (very much like the airport security check) and pay the terminal fee of P3. Finally, we had to pay a “donation” of P1 to the Red Cross. And after all that, we already boarded on our RORO barge.
The view from the RORO Barge
Large ferries to Cebu
(…to be continued)
