20 December 2015

Day 1: Indang, Cavite to Allen, Northern Samar

According to Google, the total distance from Indang, Cavite to Matnog, Sorsogon is 563 km. We drove 593 km and it took us almost 15 hours. That's the first leg of our journey to Mindanao and we only have one super driver. Bravo!

We were supposed to leave yesterday but the weather forecast was not good because of three weather systems over the country. Today it was still overcast and raining in some parts of our route. We left Indang at past 2 a.m. The first stopover was for breakfast in Gumaca, Quezon. Lunch was at Camalig, Albay where we had the famous pinangat, Bicol express, and a chicken dish. The third stopover was in a gas station in Sorsogon City and finally, we reached Matnog port at 3 p.m. Our roro ticket was for 4 p.m. departure to Allen port but the boat left at 8 p.m. so we decided to spend the night in Allen, Northern Samar. The town had no power and phone signal since Typhoon Nona hit the area making it difficult to look for accommodation but we were able to find one with water and standby power. We were just in time before the closing of a small restaurant which is a walking distance from our lodging house and we had a hearty dinner to cap the day.