Camiguin | Benoni Port

CAMIGUIN | Benoni Port

Gateway to Camiguin, Island Born Of The Fire

Saturday, November 5, 2011.

It was like a long drive and you just reached your goal, that was what I felt when I finally set foot in the pavements of Port Benoni. This is where I entered Camiguin and also where I bid farewell later on to cap a very eventful day. I was hopeful, like as always when I'm on the road, I am happy even when things don't come out as planned, I'll make this day special. Leaving Cagayan De Oro City around 2 AM for a bus ride to Balingoan Port in Misamis Oriental, I spent the first few hours of my birthday crouched on a cold bus that's driving through the pitch black highways, feeling that same eerie camaraderie with  other yawning and sleeping passengers with the silent bus driver who's probably in a zombie mode.

From Balingoan Port, I witnessed the cloudy sunrise with rain drizzles. I guess this is what afforded to me by Northern Mindanao for this day, a slow creeping blue hour with lights gathering but without the sun shining. Time to board the Roro to Camiguin, no hopes for a dramatic photo from here. The entourage for the Camiguin Tour awaits, few quick shots of the port and observing the port activity is what I can afford most.

Upon arrival in Port Benoni, we were greeted by a ready and solicitous smile of our guide Kuya Jojo, along with it was light rain that placed everything in grey perspective. I was hoping for a better light, the rain just damps everything and for a photographer, there's not much to do except to edit your pictures to either sepia or black and white, an easy getaway for some but not very challenging.

I like Port Benoni because it is clean and unimposing. Though I could see that Benoni is not free of pollutants, I have high hopes for the people of Camiguin being the silent town that it is. I was here in Camiguin for just a day, its almost like an amazing race tour but it didn't feel like that at all. Later this day on the same Port Benoni I witnessed a grand sunset aboard a jetty boat that goes directly to Cagayan De Oro Port. There's more that I could have done and visited, and so much that I can do yet for now, I could say I've been there in the Island Born Of The Fire, I've paid homage to the charms of Camiguin.

Interested in visiting Camiguin Island?
Check on how I enjoyed a days tour through Camiguin.

Camiguin Island Tour
Contact Jojo Ocular 0905966288
For Habal-Habal or Multi Cab Trips
He could also help with locating the best resorts and lodges that suits your budget.
Highly recommended.

Northern Mindanao Series

Mindanao Bliss

Bukidnon

Dahilayan Zip Zone

Del Monte Farm Clubhouse

Cagayan De Oro City

City of Golden Friendship

Camiguin
Port Benoni

Katibawasan Falls
Mt Hibok Hibok Hot Spring
White Island
Sunken Cemetery
Road Travel via Habal-Habal
Giant Clam Conservation

Misamis Oriental
Balingoan Port

Francis Balgos is a Call Center Agent, Weekend Travel Warrior, Amateur Spelunker, Sometime Surfer, Newbie Mountain Climber, Photography Enthusiast, Certified Beach Bum, A first born son, Faithful lover, True Explorer...

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