The trip from Cebu City to Daan Bantayan/ Maya (the jump-off point), would normally take between 4 to 4.5 hours by bus. A 4-hour trip, it is long enough for a supposedly leisurely travel so you should take the airconditioned bus, Ceres Tours, to relax a bit while in transit. Maya is some 145 kilometers away from the city via narrow and winding road passing through scenic landscapes along the way.
During the bus ride one will pass Mandaue City and Consolacion
The bus ride is far from smooth over a winding and narrow road all the way to Bogo, a progressive town which is more like a city itself. The bus will reach Bogo about 2,5 hours later and then after a 15 minute stop for unloading passengers will go to the last leg of the journey. The towns of Medellin and Daan Bantayan are located in a peninsula connected to Bogo only by a narrow isthmus. The bus had to slow down as we entered the peninsular towns as the road was surprisingly unpaved
About 4-4,5 hours after leaving one will reach Maya wharf and then continue the journey to the island, this time by boat. Malapascua Island is a 30-minute boatride across a shallow 8-kilometer channel from Maya.
Calangaman island is about 2 hours boatride from Malapascua to the south. Good diving spot. Very romantic. Only one fisher family lives on this islet.
From above this islet looks like a flying seagull.
For the traveller, it is the variety the Philippines offers that is so interesting. The bustling capital of Manila Kontrasts with lonely islands fringed with superb beaches and gardens of coral. There are towns where you will find a thriving nightlife, but you can also visit mountain tribes who still live according to their own laws and traditions. There are huge rice terraces built eons ago with the most primitive of tools; wide sugarcane fields with subterranean rivers and lakes; or shadowy palm forest groves and dense jungle. lf you can learn to be as laid back as the Filipinos amid all this natural beauty, you'11 fit in just fine
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Glad to see you dig Malapascua =) I live there and love it, especially the diving. If you'd care to, you can see my webpage at www.gotomalapascua.com - I'd really appreciate it by the way, if you could spare two minutes to mail me a few words about the place you stayed, and what if it's a place you'd recommend.
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