That’s right about a week ago, Joemarie, Nilo and I piled into the new ‘Wreck of the Road’ and headed out to Guimaras Island to explore and visit more religious sites. This is Part 1 of what will be a series of 6 or 7 reports on our Guimaras exploits.
Our day started at about 4:00am on Tuesday morning last week. We left the homestead and headed for the dock area of Iloilo to catch the 5:30am RoRo. We’d been told that the RoRo was very busy with commercial vehicle traffic and if we arrived at the dock my later than 4:30am, we’d probably be too late and have to wait for the next boat scheduled at 7:30am.
When we got there, two large dump trucks had already been loaded and there was no one else around. We paid the fare and were loaded by 5:00am. When 5:30am came around we didn’t leave, we just sat there waiting…finally at 6:00am we head out to sea – well that’s not exactly true – we cruised through the Port of Iloilo and headed across the Guimaras straight to the Island. The 30 minute crossing was great because we got so see so many different vessels in the port and most of all the sun rise over the Island and the city.
The RoRo that goes to Palawan, twice a week.
San Miguel Brewery’s Warehouse at the crack of dawn.
The Hannah II out of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The Iloilo-Buenavista pumpboat terminal.
Container ship being loaded at the Iloilo Container Port.
Iloilo Port Central Warehouse and Offices
The new Iloilo City Hall as seen from the Guimaras Straight.
Sunrise over Guimaras.
Balaan Bukid’s giant Cross on the mountain top is barely visible through the early morning mist.
LAND HO! Arriving at Guimaras.
Long abandoned sugar refinery in Jordan Port.
Jordan pumpboat station.
The day’s first load of commuters on the Jordan-Iloilo line.
He’s heading out to do some fishing for the family.
Home Sweet Home on the shore of Jordan harbour.
Getting ready to disembark. The new ‘Wreck of the Road’ is the silver car next to the dump truck.
That RoRo trip to the island was an ideal way to start the day with magnificent views and vistas all round.
When we finally disembarked it was only 6:35am, we felt it was a little early to start our first Church visit so we headed for the base of Balaan Bukid and the Pilgrimage path to the actual Ave Maria Shrine atop Guimaras’ tallest ‘mountain’ but that’s part of our continuing report for you to enjoy in a few days… join us for the continuing Guimaras Saga, early next week.
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Thanks for your visit Dave. We had a wonderful day on the Island. The climb up Balaan Bukid was a littler difficult for me but was well worth the effort…keep tuned in…more great adventures coming. All the Best!
Great photos, Señor Frog. Never been on the RoRo but looks interesting. Looking forward to your adventure to Balaan Bukid. My asawa and I, along with other relatives, went there Good Friday a few years ago. It was a great visit and well worth the climb.