Friday, March 11, 2016

Exploring Albay - Camalig, Ligao, Polangui

On our second day in Albay, we decided on visiting Camalig, Ligao, and Polangui.

The second day was very very rainy day, so our mobility was limited.

We decided on going first to Camalig. We took a jeepney from Legazpi to Camalig and asked the driver to drop us off at the town center or where their municipal building is. We first have to visit their tourist center and ask for advise on what is the best way to go around the tourist spots in Camalig. The tourist center is actually just along the highway.

The guy on duty at the tourist center suggested we skip Quitinday since it's a really rainy day, and besides we don't have our own transport so it makes it lot more difficult. So our itinerary was short - Hoyop-hoyopan Cave and Sumlang Lake. The guy got us our tricycle who took us to these spots.

Hoyop-hoyopan Cave was  like a 40-min ride by tricycle.






The fee for the tour at Hoyop-hoyopan cave was 300 pesos.  It was cheap if you were in groups of 4 or more. But I find it expensive as there were only two of us. They should have pegged this fee per person rather than per group, and have it at say 50 per person.

After touring Hoyop-hoyopan cave, we went to Sumlang Lake. It was still raining hard, and Sumlang Lake was just like any ordinary lake. There were a lot of school kids that day, who despite the rain took effort to ride the rafts.





After a quick stay in Sumlang Lake, it was time to have our hearty lunch with the famous Bicolano dish Pinangat.


Thereafter, and still raining, we took a jeepney ride to Ligao City to check out Kawa-kawa Hill.

Kawa-kawa hill is named as such because the hill resembles a 'kawa'.

And since it was still raining, we just took a pic of the Last Supper sculpture.



Then we found a resto serving Halo-halo with lambanog. So we took our respite in this place.

Still having much time left for the day, we decided on going to Polangui. We think it might be worthy checking out their old church.

So we ended up getting soaked when we reached Polangui town. We just went to their church.
And since it was raining very hard, we took shelter there. But there was a funeral service. So after 10 or 15 mins, we left and went back to Legazpi.

We had dinner at the 1st Colonial Grill. My dearie wanted to try the chili ice cream at level 3!

Called it a day after dinner and slept well hoping the next day will be sunny!!! =)


Next - 3rd day - Discovering Daraga!




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