Dear Marawi,
I heard a lot of stories about you. Some good. Some bad. Some really bad. Twenty-something years old already, I came to face my fears of the roads. I have to be honest, you're one of it. I have to be frank in saying that maybe it is because I feared you from the stories I've heard. Those, and the nagging thought that maybe I might visit you in an unfortunate circumstance during, what we would call --- "isolated incidence". And brush it off with "Just your random incident with the rebels, or of other kind", like lint on a sleeve of an expensive shirt. I would not want that. Not for me, or for anyone else.
Twice I visited you now. And twice you never failed to teach me that difference, and acceptance is a married concept. Maybe it's that. Maybe that is what I am now betting on. That there will always be difference that makes a place unique to it's own, and I have to accept that. You're beautiful, you know. You're beautiful --- your people, those streets, and some run down buildings, brightly colored mosque, and the richness of your culture, and tradition. I like it just like that. You had me when you taught me what Bulos Kano meant. Thank you for being nice to me at the time of those visits. I hope all visits will be like that --- nice, enriching, and safe. Sometimes, it is better to be proven wrong, than be sorry to you say that what you thought about a place was right all along.
Yours, Pinay Travelista
*** Fares may change depending on approved rates:
POST DATE : October 2012
CAGAYAN DE ORO to ILIGAN CITY
1] Daily flights from Manila, Cebu, and Davao - Lumbia Airport, CDO
::: From Manila Travel Time
Flight: ~1H 20mins
Ferry: ~30H
::: From Cebu Travel Time
Flight: ~30mins.
Ferry: ~16H
2] Lumbia Airport - Bulua Terminal
:: Taxi Base Rate: 200Php Pax
Travel Time: ~20mins
3] Bulua Terminal - Iligan City | North Bound Bus Terminal (Tambo)
:: Non- Aircon Bus ~40Phph Pax
:: Aircon - NonStop Bus ~ 85PHP Pax
Travel Time ~2H
***CDO-Iligan and vice versa bus fare is presently at 85Php. A discounted fare rate for TS Sendong (Washi) affected areas/cities.
ILIGAN CITY to MARAWI CITY
4] Iligan City | North Bound Bus Terminal (Tambo) - South Bound Bus Terminal (Camague)
ILIGAN CITY to MARAWI CITY
4] Iligan City | North Bound Bus Terminal (Tambo) - South Bound Bus Terminal (Camague)
:: Free if you are riding a bus from CDO.
Get off at the South Bound Bus Terminal (Camague)
:: If you drop off at the Bus Stop or at North Bound Bus Terminal (Tambo):
Get off at the South Bound Bus Terminal (Camague)
:: If you drop off at the Bus Stop or at North Bound Bus Terminal (Tambo):
--- Take any jeepney line bound for the city proper
--- Ask the driver to drop you at Zoey's Cafe ( Gen. Aguinaldo St.)
Fare: 7.50PhP
Travel Time: ~15 mins.
--- Take another jeepney (Bacayo or Buru-un) line
--- Ask the driver to drop you off at South Bound Bus Terminal (Camague)
Fare: 7.50PhP
Travel Time: ~15 mins.
--- Take another jeepney (Bacayo or Buru-un) line
--- Ask the driver to drop you off at South Bound Bus Terminal (Camague)
Fare: 7.50PhP
Travel Time: ~15 mins.
Travel Time: ~15 mins.
5] Iligan City | South Bound Bus Terminal (Camague) - Marawi City | MSU -Marawi Campus
:: FX / 10 pax
Fare: 70PhP pax
Travel Time: ~45 mins.
:: Jeepney
Fare: 50PhP pax
Travel Time: ~1.5 H
:: FX / 10 pax
Fare: 70PhP pax
Travel Time: ~45 mins.
:: Jeepney
Fare: 50PhP pax
Travel Time: ~1.5 H
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