10.06.09
Peñafrancia Travelogue: The Journey Home
I am supposed to chronicle my travels in this blog shortly after I had them. But since any plan of travel is a far-fetched aspiration at the moment (budget concerns), and since I have been very lazy lately to write about my latest travels immediately, I would just be sharing with you a not-so-recent travel I had. Just to post something in this blog, that is.
So in the next few posts, allow me to share with you my latest travel back to my home city for the Peñafrancia Fiesta. And let me start by sharing with you my journey home.
I went home to Naga City last September 16 in what might have been the fastest travel time to the city that I had in recent years. Leaving the Cubao Bus Station at 8:45 in the evening, we arrived in Naga City just before the break of dawn at 4:30 AM. That’s 15 minutes less than the normal travel time of 8 hours, and much less than the 10 hours of travel I had been experiencing in the last three years whenever I go home.
All these thanks to the strict schedule compliance of Isarog Bus Lines, owner of the bus we boarded on our way home. Arriving a few minutes before 8:45, we were actually the last persons they were waiting for before leaving the station. Then, at exactly 8:45, we left the bus station, traveling smoothly until we reached our destination, stopping only once for a stop-over in a McDonalds parking lot somewhere in Batangas.
Aside from the bus company, I may also have to thank the seamlessly traffic-free road that we passed through on our way home. Even EDSA had very little traffic that night.
Lastly, I may also have to thank the congressmen of Camarines Norte and the 1st district of Camarines Sur for a splendid job in prioritizing the repair of the roads in their areas. Although the roads still pale in comparison to the roads up North, there has been a great improvement compared to the quality of the roads I have been passing through in the last few years. Gone were the bump-causing crater-like holes of the past that will keep you awake early in the morning as you pass by them.
So with all these conveniences, I arrived in Naga City on September 17, ready to enjoy the next 5 days of festivities and rest. In my next posts, I will share with you my activities to rediscover the culture of my home city. But should you rather discover the rural charms of our little city and experience the “Maogmang Lugar” on your own, have a head start by checking out this list of bus and airplane companies servicing the roads and airways to our city.
List of Bus Companies
Isarog Bus Line Contact No: +632.913.3551
Penafrancia Tours Contact No: +632.913.1528
Philtranco Contact No: +632.853.5220
List of Airlines
Cebu Pacific website: www.cebupacificair.com
Philippine Airlines website: www.philippineairlines.com
Air Philippines website: www.airphils.com
I am supposed to chronicle my travels in this blog shortly after I had them. But since any plan of travel is a far-fetched aspiration at the moment (budget concerns), and since I have been very lazy lately to write about my latest travels immediately, I would just be sharing with you a not-so-recent travel I had. Just to post something in this blog, that is.
So in the next few posts, allow me to share with you my latest travel back to my home city for the Peñafrancia Fiesta. And let me start by sharing with you my journey home.
