Till we meet again Camiguin! (Day 3)

On our second and last day in Camiguin, we visited the other remaining tourist spots.  Despite our bad hangovers, we woke up early for our half-day tour before we catch the ferry back to CDO.

We dropped by first at Walkway to the Old Volcano and Stations of the Cross. Here, you can see the life-size statues portraying the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. There are actually 14 Stations of the Cross but since we were pressed for time we just stayed in the first few stations.

Another groupie shot

Well, this picture still makes me laugh although it was taken roughly two years ago...haha Did it come true, TJ??!!!

Praying hard, I must say! 

Have you ever seen a sunken cemetery? Well, there is one in Camiguin. The cemetery have been submerged in water when the Mt. Vulcan erupted in the 1870s. It was said before, that during low tide the gravestones can still be seen. But the volcano erupted again sinking the gravestones deeper. 

A large cross has been built to mark the site that was once a cemetery. Quite surprising but this place is actually a popular and unique diving site.

Sunken cemetery

A few minutes away is the Catarman Church ruins or more commonly known as the old Spanish church ruins. It was a remnant from the devastating volcanic eruption during the 1870s. Up to this day, only the wall structures are existing.

We also spotted here one the largest trees we’ve ever seen! 

Feeling insignificant...

On our way to Sto Nino Cold Springs, we made a quick stop to view Tres Marias, one of Camiguin’s volcanic domes.

The water at the Sto Nino Cold Springs surely woke up every sleepy inch in me. It was ice cold on a cool September breeze.

Acting cool in the cool springs. hehe

There are fingerlings swimming in the clear water and they sometimes nibble our feet.  It was fishtantic! 

Fish-a-fish-a-fish

Because all good things must come to an end, our Camiguin trip ended with that. Two days of staying in the island wasn’t enough but it was just enough to make me adore Camiguin.

We traveled back to Benoni Port where we caught the ferry going to CDO. By noontime, we were back in Balingoan Port in CDO and our driver was waiting for us. We then have to catch our flight from CDO to Manila at 4pm.

Before boarding the plane

I wished we stayed longer, see more of Camiguin, and feast on lanzones and Vjandep pastel...

But that also gives me a reason to come back to Camiguin. 

I gotta see this island the next time I’m here!

Mantigue Island

Counting the days...

*One of my goals for my blog this year is to write all my travel posts since I started traveling. This is a backlog post. To the best of my memory, I've written this Camiguin post which happened in 2009. Better late than never!