On the Road to Bantayan, Cebu

A lot of people wonder which is a better beach to go to in Cebu, Bantayan or Malapascua. Being able to go to both beaches, I realized that each has its own beauties.

For me, both trips started with a plane ride from Manila to Cebu.

Then a 3 hour long bus ride along a ceres bus going to Hagnaya Port. The Bus ride to Hagnaya is a bit shorter than that for Maya Wharf going to Malapascua. The bus fare from the North Bus Terminal to Hagnaya Wharf costs P150.00/head.

Hagnaya Wharf is more organized than Maya Wharf. You will ride a ferry or a roro to go to Bantayan. It's bigger than the ones for Malapascua also because Bantayan is a lot bigger than Malapascua. Bantayan actually consists of 3 municipalities.

Here are some pictures on the road to Bantayan. 

Hagnaya Wharf - Buying Ferry tickets

There are grills selling hotdogs and longganisas in sticks (I don't recommend the hotdog though, it's not TJ)

Ferry

Hagnaya Port

Sta. Fe Port

You can also ride the RORO

Via Mare

For your  Filipino food and kakanin craving, try Via Mare. Our total bill for everything pictured was P700.00

Kare-kare

Alimasag Omellette

Olympus TG-1 IHS Sample Pictures

I have owned 2 underwater cameras - the Lumix TS2 & the Fujifilm, both did not last me more than a year because the insides usually get wet (defeats the purpose of being an underwater camera, I know).  So I kind of gave up on buying these kinds of cameras.  Instead we stuck to our Canon 600D SLR. This was very useful to us in our travels and although bulky, the quality of pictures more than made up for its bulkiness.

But last Summer I realized I still wanted a rugged camera which I can take on swimming trips and fieldworks. So for my birthday this year, Mac bought me the new Olympus TG-1 IHS. I like it for all its nice to have extra features like the GPS, artsy and pop art modes, and the interchangeable camera lens.
 

Olympus Tough

 Here are some sample shots I took with the Olympus TG-1 IHS. This will further be tested underwater during our Bantayan trip in August.

Grid Mode

Super macro mode. That's an egg yolk up close

It also has different lighting features

Dramatic Shot

Fish -eye

I love how accurate it captures colors

It has a dog's face feature - camera automatically takes a picture when it detects a dog's face

Sparkly mode