Trip - Dumaguete - The Boulevard

We didn't want to waste most of our time inside our room. After all, it's not like we get to go to Dumaguete any day. We rested for a while and took a hot shower at Harold's Mansion. We then headed out to Dumaguete City's boulevard. Apart from other things, you will see there the bay walk, street vendors selling tempura, squid ball, and balot, and also the "I Love Dumaguete" sign.

Harold's Mansion room good for 2 is priced at Php800.00. The non-air conditioned rooms were priced at Php600.00.

From our hotel, we took the tricycle going to the boulevard. It was a short 5-minute trip.

View from inside the tricycle

Tempura, squid ball, and balot in the middle of the street

I love Dumaguete

Cooking squid balls

Delicious sauce

Trip - Dumaguete - Harold's Ecolodge

When we got to Dumaguete, part of our itinerary was Casaroro falls. We understood there was going to be a short trek involved and, so, we decided to make it our first stop. One of a few lodges close to Casaroro falls was Harold’s Ecolodge. Hence, we initially decided to leave our things, cars, and stay there after Casaroro Falls.

I’d say you could compare the drive to the Ecolodge is the same as driving to Busay here in Cebu. It was an incline with some parts more steep than others.

The lodge looks like a cozy place. Plus, the caretaker seemed to be very accommodating. However, when we got back from our hike to Casaroro falls,we decided to go stay at a hotel instead; a place with air conditioning and a hot/cold shower. The Ecolodge, although looks cold at night, does not sport even an electric fan inside their rooms.

They have:
3 rooms good for 2 @ Php500.00.
1 room good for 4 @ Php250.00 / head

All rooms are non-air conditioned.

I'll post details of our trek to Casaroro Falls in the next blog post. So stay tuned.

 

The rooms

Where you eat

Inside one of the rooms

Another view of the rooms

Our Trip To Dumaguete

Summer is fast coming to an end. We decided to top it all off by going on a trip to Dumaguete. Aside from going on an island hopping trip, we also decided to go to Casaroro falls, and roam around Dumaguete City during the night. Hence, we decided to bring our own cars.

How much did we spend? Fuel we spent from Cebu going to Liloan, Santander port plus our trips in Dumaguete cost us Php1,500 worth of fuel. Two-way fare for the barge was a little over Php1,200. This included the car plus 4 people.

There were a few mishaps but, overall, I’d say our trip to Dumaguete was a success. I’ll be posting more details of our trip in future posts. So check back.