Ferry boats: Matnog, Sorsogon to Allen, Samar

We enjoyed the ferry boat ride from Matnog, Sorsogon to Dapdap port in Allen Samar primarily because it is a short ride less than two hours and it's breezy out there in the deck.  The kids have a grand time watching the kids who will swim for coins. 

 The kids are still in their pajamas because we left the night before at past 10pm so they were in their sleeping attires.  I also wanted them to travel comfortably but shortly after taking this picture , i already had them changed to their day-time casuals.

We took our bath at Calbayog, Samar already because there was plenty of water and clean wash room. We only have to pay 20 pesos per person for taking a bath. 

Short Stop: Mayon Volcano, Daraga, Albay

We left manila past 10 pm of September 22 and so we were fortunate to see Mayon's perfect cone early in the morning unhampered by clouds.  We stopped by the road side just to take photos of the great mayon inside our vehicle.

Even with countless eruptions, the great mayon still retains it's perfect cone-shaped.  How's that? We truly has a great God, creator of small and mightly things.

Overnight Stop: Zamboanga City

Our visit to Zamboanga is two-fold, to visit hubby's siblings who lives there and for hubby to attend a reunion at his school Zamboanga School of Fisheries, which is a maritime school. He spent his days and night with his batchmates while we stayed at his sister's house. I mainly spent the day tutoring AJ on her exams. We brought all her books with us but i can honestly say we only covered math and reading. Bad idea to bring books on vacation, it's never gonna work. Note to self, re-schedule vacation after kid's exam.

Anyway, later we lighted candles at Fort Pilar and enjoyed the breeze for a while at Paseo del Mar. There was a brief brown out in most parts of the city but thankfully, a relative of theirs invited us for dinner at Village Restaurant. The food was okay but the place is a good bonding place for families because of the playground. The kids enjoyed their stay thoroughly.

I would have wanted to visit the barter trades again but we did not have the time since we had a schedule to follow.

Downtown zamboanga has narrow streets and traffic is already horrendous. Lots of tricylce. I think the streets are even narrower than Iligan.

Short Stop: Tacloban City

We arrived early morning around 9 am and we stayed for a while at Nicolas Tire Center in Tacloban to have the car brakes checked again. We did another short stop at Gingoog Goodyear but even after changing the brake lining, it still didn't solved the problem.

Abby is seen here on a tricycle for a ride towards downtown Tacloban.  We needed cash so off we go in search for an ATM machine. We paid P20 for a tricycle going towards downtown from Nicolas Tire Center but on our way back we paid double that amount.

Here's us, fully loaded with top load still.

Sleepy but cant. No bed to sleep on. Rough sea.