Day 57. 26 Oct. Sabang, Puerto Galera
We had to spend an additional day at Boracay looking for a pumpboat. Prices at Boracay are expensive. We finally managed to get a boat for P5,000.
The crossing to Caluya Island was a bit surrealistic. In that morning just before sunrise, the wind was blowing hard. I thought to myself, if it’s windy here at [...]
Day 49. 18 Oct. Boracay
Leaving the comfort of Shangri-La Mactan was hard. But we had the Habagat wind pushing us as we moved north along the east coast of Cebu. We crossed a short river canal at Bogo. At the narrowest point, it’s less than 5m across and our hulls were scapping the bottom. That saved us some 50km [...]
5 Oct.
We crossed Surigao Strait in excellent weather. We also had the honor to be escorted by Philippine Navy’s petrol gunboat PG389. The captain is Commander Luz Camacho, the first female Captain of a ship in the Navy. They did an excellent job.
The next 2 days saw us crossed 2 more open water of 25km and [...]