bicol tour part 3: albay day tour

march 14. it's the last day of my bicol tour and this day was the albay day, just to see the perfect cone - Mayon volcano!

at 6am, from naga, camarines sur, we were fetched by a van going to Albay. it was a two hour drive without traffic and with a driving speed of 120kph. yeah, i know. that was fast for me! and that speed kept me awake and praying the whole time. hahahah.

first stop was the cagsawa ruins, we arrived at around 8AM. the mayon volcano's crater is not visible due to the clouds but it was a beautiful view.

little did i know, this perfect cone is very visible anywhere albay. hahaha. i thought we can just see it from the cagsawa ruins. hahahahaha. cagsawa ruins is the only place i know when i was in elementary where i can see the mayon in person.



we didn't stay too long as we have only limited time. second stop was the lignon hills/mayon skyline adventure.

during the time we had our tour, vehicles were not allowed to go to the top so we have to walk up hill. woah. very tiring. walking up hill seems forever and it was very windy! from the top you can see the whole legaspi and even some parts of albay. cool. you can also see the legaspi airport and the runway. so relaxing up there. aside from the view, there's the mayon skyline adventure where you'll do zipline across the mayon volcano. i think, it's worth Php300 - zipline plus a photo of you and the mayon as the background. other activities such as going through the tunnel and the kapit tuko trail is available. but we didn't try those as walking up the hill is just so tiring. all we wanted was to relax. hahaha.

after an hour, we went downhill and dropped by in daraga church.

we weren't able to get inside as this church is under renovation. after sometime, we dropped by again to another church, i just forgot the name. i was too tired by this time and was unable to enjoy the spot.

it's almost lunchtime and we were heading to embarcadero. a new establishment in legaspi. going there makes me feel like i'm in Manila. kinda traffic and lots of vehicles on the road. embarcadero is not fully developed yet but it was like ayala malls where high-end boutiques can be found.

there are still lots to see in legaspi - one i can remember is the misibis bay but we only have limited time since our flight back to manila is from naga, camarines sur at 4pm the same day. so after having lunch, we need to go back to naga.

for the people who by any chance read this, when you're in legaspi, you may opt to book a flight going to manila from legaspi. that would be easier and less time consuming.

woohooo. this bicol trip will be remembered. a very tiring one! i was able to travel by air, water and land, all in this trip. it was all adventure plus the tsunami story. :)