Today's travel, let me take you to Dipolog. Situated at the Northwest part of the Zamboanga del Norte province. Just a drive away from Dapitan and the famous Dakak Beach Resort.
HOW TO GET THERE
FLY. Cebu Pacific & Philippine Airlines provides daily flights to and from Dipolog. Book your flights in advance to avoid expensive tickets.
BUS. Travel by bus. Rural Transit provides daily an hour interval trip to and from Dipolog in Mindanao area.
WHERE TO STAY
HOTEL CAMILIA 1. In my numerous travels to Dipolog, I always go back to Hotel Camilia. REASON: I LOVE THE BED. I am very much picky with beds. I have tried other hotels but their beds was not up to my standards.
A Standard Room costs P750.00/night with 2 single beds. Perfect for budget conscious travelers.
WHAT TO DO
LINABO PEAK. Climb the 3,003 steps and bask in that panoramic view of Dipolog & Dapitan. During the Holy Week, devout Catholics would climb up those steps all the way to the top to perform their penitential rites.
BOULEVARD. Watch the sun go down while enjoying the fresh sea breeze at the boulevard. From there, you can treat yourself to some street food.
GASTRONOMY. Dipolog has a lot to offer when it comes to food. From the street food stalls at the boulevard to the BBQ restaurants to Seafood Houses.
One particular place that I had to go back to was AN'S SEAFOOD HOUSE. They serve the best "Sinigang"! I think it was 2 yrs ago since BF first brought me there and I fell in love with the food they serve. So this year, I insisted that we visit An's SF house again. Well, we can't exactly remember where it was so we had to drive around town to find the place to have lunch before my flight.
Then I was craving for cake in the late afternoon. So we headed down to GRANDMA'S and got myself Braso de Mercedes. Not the kind of cake I was looking for, but since there's nothing else, and even Goldilocks ran out of cakes, I settled down for this Pinoy classic dessert. It has been a long time too since I last had Braso de Mercedes.
What I really did in Dipolog a few days ago was to celebrate Valentines with BF. Well, we don't celebrate valentines actually being far most of the time. But this year, we have so many things to be thankful so I booked a flight and behold, our 2nd time to celebrate VDAY being together for so long.
We did not however book expensive restaurant nor booked any hotel. We had our date "outdoor style". Yep! After picking me up from the airport, we had lunch together with BF's sister & family at Sunburst and right after lunch I was left to rest at Ate Ching's place while BF was prepping up for our "date". LOL.. We don't do dates really. Having been together for a long time.
Late in the afternoon, BF picked me up and we headed up to the "TIERRA".
Hold and Behold! The sweetest thing ever.. We have an outdoor picnic set-up and a tent pitched. With no toilet but thankful that we had water for washing. LOL.
So it was. He gave me a bouquet. He BBQ'd dinner. And I was the Queen.
We stayed there for 2 nights. Mosquitos were part of nature's elements. It was windy though at night. And with no toilet, we had to dump it there. Piss & shit. It was fun! I had a great time!
So guys, how did you celebrate Valentines???
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Mad Love.. xoxo
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