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philippines
trip journal
BUTUAN IMAGE: SAMUEL DE LEON; SURIGAO AND TANDAG IMAGES: LESTER LEDESMA
Feel right at
home at Jing’s
Place Homestay
( jingsplace.com), where
the rooms are affordable
and the rates negotiable
depending on the length
of your stay. Don’t miss
surfing at Cloud 9. A surfing
lesson costs 500 per hour,
which includes surfboard
rental and instructor’s fee.
Marco Paulo Diala
web developer
Choose a sea-
view room at
Hotel Tavern
Surigao (hoteltavern.com).
Check out the unique Mabua
Pebble Beach, just 30 minutes
from the city center, whose
shoreline is littered with
pebbles and stones of all
shapes and sizes.
Jana Vicente
government employee
Siargao
Surigao
Area code
86
Touchdown
Sayak Airport
Get to town via
habal-habal
, hotel
shuttle
Area code
86
Touchdown
Surigao Airport
Get to town via
multicab, tricycle
THE MUNICIPALITY OF GENERAL LUNA IN SIARGAO WAS NAMED AFTER GENERAL
ANTONIO LUNA.
DID YOU
KNOW?
Y Hotel, which
is located
on the city’s
main boulevard, is a new
property with a youthful
vibe. The average rate is
1,000 per night for
a single. Breakfast is
included. Got more time?
Head to the AgusanMarsh,
which is less than two
hours fromButuan.
Andrea AlfelorMacaventa
communications officer
Butuan
Area code
85
Touchdown
Bancasi Airport
Get to town via
van, tricycle
