Category: Donsol

  • Donsol: Getting there and away

    Donsol, Sorsogon about 540 kilometers from Manila. Like most provinces in the Bicol region, it can be reached by plane (via Legaspi) or by bus. By Plane: Philippine Airlines flies daily to Legaspi. PR277 from Manila departs at 7:00 am, arriving in Legaspi at 8:05 am. The flight back to Manila, PR278 leaves Legaspi at…

  • Donsol Accommodation

    Here’s a list of your other accommodation options when you go to Donsol for the whale shark interaction. These are listed on the official Donsol tourism brochure. Amor Beach Resort Dancalan, Donsol, Sorsogon E-mail: rasyl_r_amor@yahoo.com / info_amorbeachresort@yahoo.com Contact No. +63 9095181150 Contact: Razyl Amor Vitton Beach Resort Dancalan, Donsol, Sorsogon E-mail: vittonbeachresort@yahoo.com Contact No. +63…

  • Review: Amor Farm Beach Resort

    Accommodation plays a role in your overall trip experience. Whether you’re staying at your hotel/hostel/guesthouse/b&b/resort the whole day or just sleeping there, it would still impact how your general feeling about the place. I guess one of the reasons why I enjoyed my Donsol trip so much was because of the overall feel and the…

  • Going on the Butanding watch

    This is the third part of a series of posts about my weekend trip to Donsol, Sorsogon for the Whaleshark experience. Previous posts in this series includes the budget for this Donsol trip (download Excel file here), and my musings about being back in Bicol after almost 6 years. The Tourist Center is the starting…

  • At home in Donsol

    This is the second part of a series of posts about my recent weekend trip to Donsol, Sorsogon for the Whaleshark experience. Budget for this Donsol trip is available for download. This wasn’t the first time I’ve been to Donsol. The last time we went home to my parent’s hometown, my dad decided to have…

  • Travel Expenses: Donsol 2008

    After several months of planning, I finally made it to Donsol. Actually, I didn’t really make any plans or did any research. I just signed up for a trip already organized by Owen, from my PEX mailing list. (He’s also organizing a couple of trips to Coron, Palawan. Anybody interested?) It was great to just…