Rough Groove

North Cebu roadtrip

After having been told by benjieordoñez of flickr yesterday regarding the location of the old lighthouse in Lilo-an, I woke up at around 0515H this morning, prepared my things and left 0600H. The original plan was to take shots of the old lighthouse and go north to Danao City for that old and beautiful church. But since I was already there, I decided to continue with my journey: check out the churches of Carmen (the Spanish era church was demolished and replaced by a modern building), Catmon, Sogod and up to Bogo. However, I came up at a sign telling me the direction to Tabogon, and, why not (?), I detoured.

The road was rough and I wasn’t able to see an old church. I continued with my trip and didn’t realized that I was heading back south only to find out that I was already in Borbon. I checked my gauge and thought that I can still make it to Bogo (30KM away) but a few kilometers after, the gas seemed to be running out that I decided to go back my way. Besides, the weather was not good and church hopping should be rescheduled. On the way back, I visited the churches of Compostela and Liloan.

This trip would have been good if the weather was fine and, gasoline was cheap. Just imagine, I spent already around P800 for a few liters of unleaded gas but I just arrived home with a few kilometers left!

A beautiful sight at Bagacay Point in Liloan where this lighthouse, built in 1904 stands gracefully. I have often seen this one many times and its only now that I was able to go close. Unfortunately, the caretaker was not around and I wasn’t able to climb up.

Reaching this place might be confusing but what one should remember is that the sideroad (asphalted) leading to this place is only less than a kilometer from the main highway when one turns right infront of the church and afte the bridge where many townsfolk take a bath. Near this place, a high-end subdivision (Amara) is being developed.

A couple of meters infront of the church of Danao City is a port where huge motorized boats from Camotes dock and board passengers. I’ve tried riding these boats once a few years ago and its an experience especially if the waters are rough.

In Catmon, after taking photos of the church up on a hill, passed by this newly burned down area just along the highway. Families were back to sift through the burnt area for things that they may recover.

The mangroves of Borbon just near the main road bisecting the sea, forming a lagoon.

It was already almost 1300H that I passed by this place, the famous Titay’s. Here travellers usually stop to buy their bread and biscuits including the rosquillos, a sweet biscuit, flowerlike with a hole in the middle. When we were still children, my mother would buy this. For our evening snack, my sister and me would prepare Ovaltine, a choco drink, get a few pieces of rosquillos, submerge in the drink and wait for these to soften. A treat

When one visits Titay’s, their meat roll (P25 each) is a must. Hot buns filled with pork with a slice of egg. Its really very delicious. I was able to consume two of these.

And I though budbud kabog can only be found in Dumaguete and in the Legazpi Village Sunday market(check the link) in Makati, but I was wrong. In the highway in Borbon, just near the church and a few meters to the north, several vendors are waving at cars holding these sticky rice delicacy. Its smaller than those sold at San Lorenzo but the same size as those in Dumaguete. One can buy these for P20 per pack of 5 or 3 packs for P50. I bought 6. And its really delicious.