Last August, I finally bit the bullet and booked a flight to Cebu to finally make it out of the city and explore Bantayan Island. It just so happened that I won Airbnb credits at a contest, and there was a beachfront house listed. Perfect.
Traveling for almost 12 hours from my house to Sta. Fe is quite taxing, but that place was worth traveling by air, land, and sea. The weather is still quite cool in the Philippines this time of the year, and most of the locals are either recovering from the Christmas season or traveling to the Sto. Niño festivals in Kalibo, Iloilo, or Cebu. It’s mostly foreign tourists we saw in Bantayan, and there’s not a lot of them either.
We pretty much had the beach to ourselves at times, which was fantastic. Unfortunately, this meant that whenever we’re outside, we always get approached by vendors selling their wares or pedicab drivers asking if we want a ride.
Sta. Fe is quite small, and we were able to walk anywhere. The only time a ride was required was on trips to the Bantayan town proper, and to the Sta. Fe Port. What’s great about Sta. Fe is that you have easy access to fine white sand beaches that is not crowded, have access to restaurants with good pizza, yet it still remaining a small sleepy town.
Bantayan | ||
January 11-13, 2015 | ||
Amount | ||
Transport | ||
Airfare | Php 1,783.64 | 1 |
Taxi | Php 465.00 | 2 |
Bus | Php 320.00 | |
Ferry | Php 340.00 | |
Tricycle | Php 125.00 | 3 |
Accommodation | Php 0.00 | 4 |
Meals | Php 1,521.50 | 5 |
Fees | Php 37.00 | 6 |
Php 4,592.14 | ||
1 Tickets on Cebu Pacific bought last August during a piso fare promo. No baggage, except for one 15 kilo allowance on the flight back to Manila | ||
2 Taxi to and from the airports in Manila and Cebu | ||
3 Tricycles costs Php 25 per person from Sta. Fe to Bantayan town proper. On our last pedicab ride to the port, our driver said that the standard price is Php 20 per person from Sta. Fe, we just gave him an extra Php 5 per person. | ||
4 We rented a beachfront house through Airbnb. This comes out free, as I used the free credits I won in an Airbnb contest. Sign up using my referral code to get Php 1,000 credit! | ||
5 This is a combination of carinderia food and restaurant meals. | ||
6 Terminal fees at Hagnaya and Sta. Fe Port, gate pass at Sta. Fe Port for our pedicab, and a Php 2 fee to use the toilet at the bus’ stopover. |
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