Sa website ng 2GO i input the dimensions of my car and it said i will be charged about 16k to ship my small car to cdo. Sa oceanic naman 22k ang singil sa akin as freight. Luckily my friend said siya na lang daw mag drive cause he always wanted to go on a road trip
My friend drove my mazda 2 from QC to CDO instead. As expected bugbog raw sa long bad roads. Puro trucks and buses ang kasabay niya.
Super inefficient ang RORO docks. Very prone to fixers. Back and forth to different tables/windows. Bring a stapler kasi andami mo receipts that need to be complete upon boarding.
Hindi na up to date ang nakapost na instructions. And you have to be alert which number your car is. Kasi may mga naglalagay para makasingit tapos mabubump off ang car mo. The plate numbers are written on a blackboard so you can check each car kung oc-oc ka at ayaw mo masingitan. After boarding the car, it took 3 hours pa before the ship left

Along with stopovers to visit friends and some wrong detours, it took him and his wife 71 hours. And take into account that that this was holy week. This road trip would have been shorter if the ROROs were on time.

It was about 1300kms. I paid P7,800 for gas and the 2 ROROs. Below is their rough schedule

April 15 "HOLY" TUESDAY
3AM - leave QC
• concrete reblocking of many roads at quezon province
1PM - arrived at Naga
• lunch break
230PM - leave Naga for Caramoan (FAIL) cement road was cut off at some point. beyond that road is not compatible with car so had to back track 90km.
8PM - arrived at Legaspi
• dinner
9PM - leave Legaspi for Sorsogon City
10PM - arrive at Sorsogon City
•SLEEP

WEDNESDAY
530AM - leave Sorsogon City
630AM - arrived at Matnog Port
10AM - load car to ferry
1145AM - Ferry Departs
130PM - arrived at Allen, Samar
• drive for Calbayog
230PM - arrived at Calbayog
• eat lunch
330PM - leave for Tacloban
•bad roads towards Tacloban. Still relatively very depressing scenery
7PM - arrive at Tacloban
• SLEEP

THURSDAY
730AM - leave Tacloban City for San Ricardo
9AM - stop-over at Agas-Agas Bridge
11AM - stopped to visit relatives over at Pintuyan
1145AM - arrived at San Ricardo
330PM - Load Car at Ferry
430PM - Ferry Departs
7PM - Disembark at Lipata Port, Surigao
9PM - arrive at Butuan City
• Dinner with friends
11PM - left for CDO
• bad roads at Gingoog

GOOD FRIDAY
2AM - arrived at CDO Tunes hotel. Ang ganda at mura nung hotel

Hope this helps future road trippers.
Happy easter!!


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