Dumaguete Trip: Our First Day

May 05, 2022

Hello everyone! So I just wanna share today what happened on our first day in Dumaguete City.

We arrived in Dumaguete City exactly 6AM last April 1, 2022. And our first destination is where we will be staying for four days. It was located 20 minutes away from the airport. We rode a tricycle to get there. I knew that tricycle is one of the primary means of transportation here in the Philippines and it was so good to see different types of it. What I mean is it’s sidecar. The tricycle in Dumaguete can load up to 8 persons unlike here in our place where the maximum person it can accommodate is four.

Upon checking in to the place where we will be staying. We immediately unload our things and prepare for our first destination which is the island Siquijor. We need to go to port (pantalan is what they call that place in Dumaguete), ride a RoRo (a big boat) to get to the place. It would take us 1 and a half hour to reach Siquijor.

We reached Siquijor at 12 noon and we need to get to the maximized the 5 hours to get to the places we wanted to see because we need to travel back to Dumaguete before 6pm. By the way, we have contacted a tour guide who will get us to the places via Van beforehand.

So our first stop of course is the signage that tells us that we are on the island of Siquijor. 😊

Next is this beautiful white sand beach. We decided not to swim because of the intense heat. (Sayang ang kojic. Lol)

This picture was taken on a spring which is open to all the people who wanted to swim.

We also got a chance to try a fish spa near a Balete tree. Old tales says that there are mysterious creatures living on a Balete tree. But all I saw is fish. 😝

We also visit the church but this acacia tree caught my attention. It was huge and probably a century old tree.

You need to go down a stair before you can reach this place. Exhausting but the cold water from this series of falls is worth it.

Our last destination is this beach resort. Look at the clear water. It was like tempting you to swim on it. Too bad that we didn’t got a chance because it is close for any water activities on the time we have visited. All we can do is took a picture and be amazed on the scenery.

I almost forgot to include this, this is the place where we ate our merienda. It was called pande-saya. All breads are baked on this pugon and the people who are selling it don’t understand Tagalog. Good thing is our tour guide saves the day.

Our day tour has ended at exactly 5:30Pm and I can say that it was worth it and at the same time “bitin”. So for everyone who wanted to go Siquijor I advised you to go early so you can take tour time enjoying the scenery.

We arrived back in Dumaguete City at 7:30pm. Eat on a “karinderya” and decided to call it a day.

That’s what happened on our first day in Dumaguete City. I’ll share again tomorrow about what heppened on our second day stay there. thanks for reading.

All photos uploaded are taken by me. 😊