Oh. How I love Surigao.

I had an escape-from-stress get away with closest friends last October 22-24. Initially we planned to go to Dakak Park and Beach Resort, which is somewhere in Visayas. But most of my friends actually have their regular jobs that they could not afford to extend their not paid day offs. We also had Seagull Mountain Resort in Buda as one of our choices. I’ve been there before and the place was amazing. We decided to go to Surigao. Manlaag man lang gani edi sa layo ta. Bring it. :-)

So for those who plan to go to Surigao let me show you its must-go-there spots.

Photo taken in a gasoline station somewhere in Comval. We stopped over to pee for a sec. Long rides are kinda hard. :/

First stop: Aveflor Inn

Hurriedly, we checked-in at Aveflor Inn. The place was nice. Just so-so. Mountain top view: breathtaking, 9 ft deep diving pool: okay, free breakfast: nom nom, grill area: literally hot, air-conditioned rooms: literally cool, on and off network signal: FAIL.

Second stop: Enchanted River

The place was WHOA. I believe I uttered whoa every other sec. And I’m not kidding. Very enchanting, I promise you. You’ll see the school of fish swimming deep down the river while the people are whirling and floating above. Weird and scary you may think but that’s for real. That’s how clear the river water is. Every 4PM is feeding time! We had a closer view of the biiig fishes. Yay!

This one is funny. My friend’s mom reserved a cottage for us (How sweet is that!). The reservation was named after my friend Carlson Senedo and they wrote down Garlson Senido. Wala man lay tama maski isa. Haha.

And this one is shameful. My toes cramped during the last minute swimming. I was whirling to death and the pain was hell. Then I realized I wasn’t moving even a little toward a safer place. The life guard had to throw this life saver thing to me. People stared then in my mind was a background cricket sound of kroooo kroooo, so I grabbed the thing in slow motion para dramatic. Haha. Early that day I was repeating a hundred times like “Im’ma bay watch baby”. Took a pose. Click. More poses. Wore life vest. Then did dog swim - dog swim. FAIL. I’m not a good swimmer.

We went back to Aveflor after an hour ride. We relaxed a bit, took power naps then immediately cooked dinner. After that we had a quick night swimming, had a few drinks, long chit chats and a whole lot of L.O.L.s. Knocked out around 3am.

Woke up about 7am. But we actually planned to get up at 6, so suposedly by 7 we should have kept going because long rides were ahead of us and so little time to have fun. Surigao is kinda big.

Packed up and checked out then went straight to our next stop.

Third stop: Doll House

When we arrived, tada! We were shocked with this seemingly-never-ending stairway. We were all tired and sleepy. We were so not in the mood to check out Doll House that was actually featured in ABS-CBN’s Rated K and other national shows. No regrets, at least we had longer nap time. And I guess some of my friends have this phobia in dolls.

Fourth stop: Tinuy-an Falls

The 2-hour ride made me puke but the place made me slobber with its awesomeness. I felt like I’m in a haven. The place was jaw dropping. Drool.

Fourth stop: La Entrada

Hello great network signal! Hello wi-fi! Haha. La entrada was wonderful. The place was sorrounded with mangroves, it had floating restaurant and rooms.

Fifth stop: 21 Islands

La Entrada had boats for rent so tourists could explore the 21 islands. I think the travel took about 30 mins. It was not boring because the sea creatures were just astounding. Then we had boodle fight breakfast in one of the islands which was absolutely fun!

*P.A. namo na kana sa tunga, di ba artistahin sya? Hehe.

*Echus kaayo among driver ug P.A., sila jud magbuot unsa among i-pose. Manipulative kaayo. Haha.