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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Wandering in the Wonders of Surigao: Enchanted River



For about 4 hours or less of rest in the hotel that we stayed in, my boyfriend and I woke up at around 1:00 am to prepare for our next trip in Surigao del Sur where the Enchanted River is located. Along in our trip,was my mom and a friend of mine, Melissa. Actually, none of us know the way to get there except for Mel, who had been there for almost 2 years ago.

The supposed plan of our egress from Davao to Surigao was at 2:00 since we won't be staying there for the night we have to go there early as possible so at least the 5-7 hours road drive will be worth it. So we fetch Mel, then headed to our home to get my mom. But unfortunately we left at 4:00. Still no worries since I have the coolest driver who had never driven the Philippine terrain ever since..

So, what we used was the best help that technology has to offer, the Google Map.
Estimating 5 hours of road trip from Davao. So here are the towns/Cities that you'll have to pass through to get to Surigao:
Panabo
Carmen
Tagum City
Mawab
Nabunturan
Montevista
Monkayo
Bislig








We followed the top directions without knowing that the road was under construction. So it sort of delayed our peripatetic semi prepared trip also it made the car dirty. The weather kept on changing, it rained and it suddenly stopped. But it was fun, the way, our GPS, excitement and whatsoever since we had a hard time finding the Enchanted River!!! I felt like a nomad for more than a week.


It was past nine o'clock when we got to our destination. To be honest, we almost got lost, good thing we bought enough gasoline for the long trip. The GPS made it more complicated for us. Hahaha. In case this happens to you, you can just ask people roaming around. Just like what we did, we asked a total of five people until we reached the place..


The place has some "carenderias" or eatery along the road that was close to the said river that offers food for those people who didn't bring any "baon". So we ordered food in there and they are going to
deliver it in our table and the delivery is free.

When we headed to the place of which the river was located to pay for our entrance fee and a table (since there were only 4 of us we don't need a cottage) we didn't know that the parking area was a little bit far from the said location therefore we have to go back then walk under the sun to get back there.
But it was fine, since I really don't care if I'd get sun burns. Just that, the heat of the sun was really different from my normal encounters. LOL.




When we got to the place, we immediately wander around the area, then we washed our faces in the shallow part of the river. The first thing that we thought when the water touches our faces was how
dirty our faces was as it was pretty salty. We really looked at each other and joked around about how the road all the way to Surigao made our faces dirty. Little did we know that it was the river's water that was salty since it connects to the sea. ^_^






Then we decided to do a little island hopping. We headed to the floating restaurant where in they cook fresh sea foods, but we didn't had our lunch there since we already ordered for our food. So after passing by the floating restaurant we headed to a cave.





















We were supposed to go to the Britania island where in we'll have our chance to swim but then it was a little bit far.Too bad we haven't had the chance to go there since we only have a short time for this trip. Maybe next time. Hahaha. So if you planned to go to Surigao, please, please, make sure to know all the hot spots before planning to visit here because a day wouldn't be enough to truly enjoy.

We then headed back to Davao after a quick swim in the river, and got back at 6pm when we left by 1pm. We changed our route which was a little better than the other route we passed through in the morning. It was really tiring, more for my boyfriend's part. Since he has been driving since our trip in Kapatagan. But the important thing is that we both enjoyed his vacation here. Before him and I gets back to our work. Haha

Thank you for reading!!!