tangub or not

last june, rhea and i booked a flight for ozamiz city and a return flight from cagayan de oro city. however – a few Fridays back, typhoon Sendong visited the PH and devastated parts of Mindanao. It specifically hit the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. This wrath of nature claimed some 700 lives and a thousand more people missing. while my adventure for travel wasn’t quelled, the typhoon after-effect definitely put a damper on my december travel plans. i initially heard that some bridge in Iligan was badly damaged that traveling to neighboring cdo could proved problematic. while i have no way to confirm this , what truly clinched the decision to cancel the trip was the thought of the many lives that succumbed to the tragedy. i just couldn’t summon myself to be excited for the trip knowing many families have lost some of their loved ones. of course, one can argue that I had nothing to do with their deaths and that tragedies shouldn’t let the living from continuing on with their lives. i should go, right? my travel thirst says I should, but my moral voice says i’ll be the most insensitive dick on earth if i go. some part of me truly wants to go despite the voice, but the other part is scared of the devastation I might see while there. given these thoughts, i fully understand why rhea decided to cancel on me as well. my initial reaction was truly of fear, so i don’t take it against her that she decided against going.

now, the travel thirst is definitely still there. i know i’ll give myself a bad beating if i decide to stay put and spend the whole vacation at home. in addition, the itch to go to tangub is getting  “itchier and itchier.” it’s been three years now since I promised myself that I’d see the Festival of Lights in Tangub someday. since june, i’ve been looking forward to finally see the country’s Christmas Capital.  so, to ease the thirst, i got myself a return ticket from Ozamiz yesterday. while i may have secured myself a safe ticket back home, what’s stopping me from feeling truly at ease with this trip is the idea that i need to be at tangub at night. i’ve been trying to locate a place to stay in tangub, but to no avail. the accommodations i could find are from ozamiz and oroquieta. this means, i need to go back to ozamiz at night. now, i’ve no information as to the transportation available for tangub-ozamiz and back. so YES, i’m kind of hesitant if i will truly go to tangub. i could go to tangub by day, but will i have the means to go back to ozamiz at night?  i need to be in tangub at night, but have to return to ozamiz at night, too as I didn’t have any luck finding a place to stay in tangub. it is because of this uncertainty that i decided to book a return flight the next day. my only reason for booking a flight to ozamiz in the first place was to be in tangub.

i guess, i will have to wait on december 28 and see for myself if i could summon enough guts to go to tangub alone at night.

 

 

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travel plans 2011

will this year turn out to be a year of more travel opportunities for me?

i’d like to hope so. i’m truly crossing fingers that it will be and hoping that my beautiful uterus will cooperate.

last january, i got to visit dumaguete city again. i didn’t quite have a chance to explore much of the city as i was there primarily for a baptismal. dumaguete was just a side trip as the destination was the neighboring town of amlan, negros oriental.

now there’s a long holiday coming up this weekend. the holiday will give me a chance to do what i failed to do while in amlan. part of the reason i went to the baptismal was to get myself to the beach. the year didn’t quite start right for me with all my beautiful uterus’ drama. i had this notion to hop on a boat, have a quick dip at the beach and leave any sickness behind and allow the wind to take it where nobody will be bothered. but going to the beach didn’t quite happen as planned. so as soon as went back to cebu, i promised to rectify the situation. knowing ahead of the february holiday, i initially thought of exploring siquijor. however, as days went by – traveling solo lost its appeal so decided on going back to panglao, bohol instead. while i’ll be going there on my own, a college friend will actually meet me there and my sister will follow the next day. so if i don’t forget one little errand later today, i’ll be all set to leave this friday for panglao.

june of last year, i got myself sale tickets bound for manila. the travel date for that ticket is march 12-13. i’m hoping i can brave going to subic alone. but much like the plan to go to siquijor – traveling solo isn’t quite appealing to me these days. hopefully, the person who’s agreed to go with me won’t back out. if the person does, i might just cancel the trip altogether or just roam manila on my own and gain perspective.

ha, i succumbed to another seat sale again this month. i got myself tickets for cebu-manila-saigon-manila-cebu. the travel date for this is way, way into the future – august 13-18, in fact. so, i’m truly crossing fingers that my beautiful u won’t act up. that way, i’d still have enough leaves to enjoy come august. call it a birthday gift to self as august is my birth month.

lastly, i wish to cap the year by visiting tangub city. since i saw an episode of korina sanchez’s Rated K featuring the city, i’ve been dying to go to that place. but it, being in mindanao, my little paranoia over security often comes in the way. i’m hoping to change that perspective this year. i need to change that perspective as i truly wish to see the country’s Christmas Capital.

OK, they’re not that many. but it’s many enough in my books.
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UPDATE: got sale tickets @PhP283 for two to cebu-caticlan while my sister got tickets for iloilo-cebu at the same price during cebu pac’s end of march seat sale. so, if things go as planned. i get to see boracay again this september. crossing fingers!