Good morning adventurers.
Hey there!
It is another incredible day here in Cebu. The weather here has been amazing.
Even though it's been a little warm
It's been so breezy. So it's been keeping it really nice
Yeah, we came here for this amazing festival and that was actually our last video so if you didn't catch that go check it out
It'll be on the screen somewhere right now, but it was absolutely wild.
Definitely the wildest event I think we've ever been to in our entire lives.
Yeah, people covered us in paint
The whole city went wild, women in these amazing elaborate dresses.
It was just -
Super cool
Top-notch. It was amazing
We are heading to the island of Siargao, one of the places we haven't been to yet in the Philippines
Some say it's one of the most beautiful islands in the Philippines, we're gonna be exploring that.
Almost as far east as you can get it's this little island and it's gonna be quite a trek getting out there and I don't know
If I'm quite ready for it
I don't know if you guys can tell I got a little sick, a little bit of a cold or something.
She's a little out of it, you guys.
Right before I turn this camera she's like "Oh, I'm out of it."
There are two ways to get to the island of Siargoa. #1 You can take a flight
That's maybe a little over an hour. Probably a smart way to do it. We're not gonna do it like that
There's another way you can do it and that is via an overnight ferry. So it is cheaper. It's maybe half the price
It's an eight-hour overnight boat ride that leaves at 7:00 and arrives at 3:30 a.m
And then we have to catch another ferry another four hours to get to our ultimate Island destination. It's gonna be rough
Yeah, we figure it'll be a funner adventure
We'll get to see more of the island and stuff and we have a private cabin on this boat
I have no idea what to expect, if it's gonna be nice or not so nice.
First-class lifestyle, right?
Yeah, before we leave we wanted to get just a little bit more street food
There was a stall just down the road from where we've been staying that we have not tried yet
I got some chorizo. These little guys are so delicious and it pairs so well with rice
I also got pinakbet, it's this nice veggie dish
I like it 'coz it's all the vegetables and I got some string beans and of course
Without asking they just give you a huge bag of rice
[Eric]: So much rice here.
[Eric]: And I just kept it simple.
I just got some spinach over here with some fried chicken and some rice
Crossing the street in the Philippines is always a bit of a challenge.
Confidence is the key.
Just follow a local but I think we got the hang of it now.
I think we're doing okay
Also, if you kind of show that you're coming and kind of put your hand up yeah, they'd stop.
But we are on our way back to the place we were staying. They've been holding our bags
So we're gonna pick those up and then head to the terminal. Before we do that, I wanted to remind you guys
We have a few spots still available on our first Guatape trip
If you haven't heard about that trip we'll link to it somewhere on the screen. We made a video about it telling you all about it.
Yeah, we're doing a group trip and we'd love to see you guys there
It's gonna be so much fun.
Yeah, it's May 1st through 7.
Yeah, so if you want to learn more about that, click the link in the top, right?
We are in our
Taxi on our way to the pier this ferry that we are taking
Overnight leaves only once a day and you cannot purchase tickets online. You have to go to a physical office
So we all went the other day, purchase our paper tickets. We are headed down to Pier one. It's the Cokaliong shipping line
Eric and I went for the suite because it's pretty much the same as getting a cabin
We paid one thousand seven hundred and seventy five
Per person and that got us a private suite. Who knows what the quality will be. I don't know.
I think Tal paid fourteen hundred for his bed.
[Eric]: We met up with Tal by the way.
Yeah, Tal, he's up there.
[Eric]: We didn't officially say that.
[Tal]: How's it going? I'm excited.
[Eric]: There he is.
Either way we should have all our beds and air conditioning
Hopefully smooth sailing, right?
I actually just realized we've been to this port before
We walked right through this gate last time we were in Philippines
When we left out to Bohol, we left from here.
All of a sudden I was like, "This looks so familiar, I've been here."
I think we waited here a few hours.
Yeah, that's right. Also worth noting, this terminal is just as chaotic as I remember it being. People everywhere, people yell and stuff on loudspeakers I can't understand
As we walked in the lady up there said something to us and we couldn't understand what it was
Surfing.
She said surfing
I think 'coz that's what we're gonna be doing.
That's what Siargao is all about is surfing it's got some of the best surfing in the country
We suck at surfing so we're hoping to get better
As you arrive at the terminal you have to pay a terminal fee
It's about $1.
I think it's actually 50 cents.
Yeah, my conversions are a little off
Alright, we paid our entrance fee
She said to go to Gate 4
Everything's going so well for now
[Eric]: We're going to take a shuttle to the ferry and this thing is packed to the tip
Yeah, yeah almost there
[Tal]: I'm squeezing.
We shut the door on Tal.
Is it closed?
I don't know.
Oh, jeez.
I don't know what's going on here. There are trucks everywhere trying to run us over. It is so chaotic
Siargao! MV Filipinas Cebu
Your ship
[Tal]: What ship?
MV Filipinas Cebu
Ok, well the guy informed us that was the wrong ship so I'm not exactly sure
He just kind of pointed in this direction - the opposite direction everyone else seems to be going
Okay
Some of the guys over there pointed in this direction too. So this is the way we're going
We are in the loading zone. I don't know where we are
Nobody else is here, though. I'm pretty sure we're gonna get ran over by a forklift
Smells like a pet store.
This is one of the weirder boat boarding situation I've been in
What is happening?
I don't know.
So here's what happened. There's the terminal building. We've boarded a bus right over there
Took it all the way around way over there. And that was the wrong spot and then had to walk right here
So we ended up right next to the terminal building
I think had we actually heard what the bus driver was saying. I think he was saying to disembark for that ship
and we should have listened for our ship but we made it
Alright, we're aboard the ship we're gonna go scope it out
[Eric]: Well, this is us. Bogo Suite.
So cold in here. Alright. Look at this.
[falling object noise]
Sorry! (laughs)
[Eric]: Holy cow, look at this thing!
Check it out, is this luxury or what?
[Eric]: "Luxury"
Okay, but actually compared to the other floors, this is luxury.
We have pretty substantial sized room
A full bed. I wasn't sure if it'd be like little bunk beds or twin beds. It's a full bed
We got blankets, real pillows unlike people down there. Don't worry we check for bedbugs, we're okay.
We got a little TV. I don't know if any stations are on it.
[Eric]: That's the best TV ever. I love it.
We've got a faux window, but I think it's just -
[Eric]: What is this window?
Like an emergency exit or something. There's nothing.
We do have the good old AC.
[Eric]: Yes. This is the best feature in this cabin
[Allison]: It'll hum us to sleep at night.
And then the full bathroom with an actual shower, which is pretty rad
I was not expecting that in the slightest. Definitely worth it if you are traveling as a couple
So is it about 3500 total which is 80? No 70 USD or something
Definitely worth a splurge, I'd say.
To get a key for your room you have to leave your ID. Little nerve-wracking but worth it so that our stuff stays safe.
Yeah locked up baby let's go explore
First thing we learned to find was whether or not they had like a meal deck or like a kitchen
We were told they would. We didn't get many things in way of snacks and meals so
We found it. It's here. So we will have food on this trip
[Allison]: They have lots of cup of noodles.
Some sweet stuff. I think beer - very essential
Here we have the lounge, which is surprisingly empty
I thought everyone will be in here not quite air-conditioned, but definitely a lot cooler than outside
So we mentioned before how they have the multiple tiers of tickets. This is economy
It's basically just these open beds like the ones you see behind me. Sorry a lot of people it's very crowded
This is what you get if you get economy, so I'm pretty glad we went to private cabin.
It kind of has a pillow. No blankies though but I don't think you would need them it's very hot here.
They have the tourist level which is essentially like the economy except with air conditioning.
It's a little bit nicer and I feel like they've got a little bit more design to them.
[Eric]: Little bit more privacy.
Yeah, exactly
And this is the cabin
Where Mr. Tal is staying.
Welcome to my crib ladies and gentlemen, check it out. Look what we got
We got one two, three, four, five six bunks. We got a whole old couch
Look how nice and old it is and a TV that looks like it has a cassette player in it
But it doesn't it led me the wrong way and then check this out. We got a full-fledged
bathroom in there
[Allison]: Yeah, you do.
Look at that whole bucket filled with water
Tal is a lucky man because he has so far has this all to himself
All me. I could sleep in any of these beds or all the beds at the same time
And I got AC how amazing is that?
So we're just chilling in the lounge we got some beer it's not that cold but I didn't even think they would have it
So I'm pretty happy about it and they actually have a TV over there playing a movie. I think it's X-men or something. Alright.
It's actually one we haven't seen.
Nice, they don't have internet on the ship and we totally forgot to download something in advance
Oopsie we're hoping we can just go to bed early.
Yeah. I mean we're waking up theoretically like 3:00 a.m
So we're probably gonna be in bed pretty soon.
"You also show the three wise men"
"They're going to quit by the Qaida's on the star"
"This is a good trip in a peaceful day."
So we may not have bedbugs but we do have roaches
I just opened the door to the bathroom like three or four of them just scurried
One of them's under the sink over there and then one of them I tried to smush. Now it's just crawling in pain
It's an upgrade from bedbugs. At least we can so we know where you are.
[Eric]: I'll take roaches over bedbugs. That's for sure
I see another one. Oh
This guy wants to die
He did one roach down probably a million to go. We'll get there
This trip is under way. I have no idea where we are, but we finished X-men
It was pretty decent from what we could hear.
Yeah, and it's about 9:00. I think we're going to hit the hay.
To get at least maybe 6 hours of sleep?
Maybe we'll feel okay tomorrow?
I think it'll do the trick. I've got my earplugs. I actually have a whole bag of like a hundred earplugs that I travel with
Must-have travel item.
We will never not have earplugs now.
We will only have too many earplugs.
All right bedtime. See you guys at 3:00 a.m
See ya.
We left the light on because we figured it would
Keep the roaches away. We just slept with our eye masks.
It's a rough night, guys.
Yeah, it was actually a rough night.
I did not sleep well
Can you tell?
Our AC...You can't hear it now but it makes some terrible noises in the night.
[Noise like a Woodpecker]
I don't know why but I couldn't stay asleep it was just waking up every like 30 minutes?
Well this thing kept making like horrible screeching noises and there's a horrible smell in here like
Chemicals or gas or something like that?
It kept waking me up and I kept thinking we were being poisoned and I had to like talk myself out of it
Yeah, it's gonna be a rough rest of the day. I feel pretty tired
[Eric]: How was your night?
It was fantastic actually, it was really good. How about you?
[Eric]: Kind of sucks.
Really?
[Eric]: Yeah.
'Cuz it was rocking a lot?
[Eric]: Our AC was making noise all night
Welcome to Mindanao. We're here, we're here on the island. Isn't that crazy?
[Eric]: So apparently this is our ferry, 5:30 a.m.
Takes about three hours to get there. How much is it?
320 per person.
Yeah, which is like 7 bucks-ish? Not too bad.
We found a little stand over there they had some hot meals with rice
literally and everything we asked for they didn't have so we got the two they did have
And I don't think it's gonna be very impressive
No, I got fish in a bag.
I don't know how to feel about this.
[Eric]: Fish in a bag, could be good.
Happy Sinulog!
[Allison]: Well we made it to our next boat.
It is maybe a quarter of the size of the last one, a fifth?
[Eric]: It's like 1/10 of the size
We supposedly bought seats with airconditioning but I don't know where that will be.
Well, here we are
So this is business class
There's another class the same price, but they're up one floor
And I wonder if they have windows, we have no windows down here
But we have AC at least.
All right
[Eric]: Hot meal with rice.
Fish kikiam, is that what it was?
Fish sausage, apparently. Right?
[Eric]: It's almost like a fish ball.
2 green beans.
Breakfast
So we have all three collectively decided we're not going to eat the hot meal with rice. It just tastes a little off man
I know it's fish but like...
It's really really fishy.
So we have like these chips that we brought with us. So we'll just nibble on that. It'll be good
We'll be all right
We made it it was a very long journey
We crashed out a little bit but I still feel like I haven't slept a wink.
Yeah, no. Mostly we've been watching really B-list action movies.
You have to register when you get to this island
We also had to sign off before we got on to our ferry, which was the first time we've had to do that
That I remember
We have to get to the other side of the island and when you walk out
You just have 10 guys swarming you trying to get you to take a tricycle. Take a taxicab Yelling out numbers.
I don't know what any of it's for. We just need a minute guys
Okay, so we're gonna do one of these jeepneys
The guy said 500 bucks. We just took it because I don't have any energy
Where are you from, sir?
USA
Woah, really?
Yeah
California, wooh!
The guy assured us that we're not picking up anybody else so private jeepney ride
[Eric]: Hey, how's it going. Eric. Nice to meet you.
You guys we finally made it to our spot in Siargao.
We checked into our Airbnb
And look who our Tuk Tuk driver is
Hi! 2,000 rupees for the ride. Thank you very much.
My god, we're gonna die in this thing
This is how we're gonna begin around the island until we get sick of and get some scooters
Tal is our schauffer from here on out.
That's gonna do it for this video. We're gonna have more fun adventures on the Tuk Tuk
We're going to have more fun adventures on the island.
We cannot wait. It's so pretty here
We can't wait to show you guys around until we explore more of it ourselves. So there's a little rainy condition. All right. Goodbye adventurers.
We'll see you on the road