Need Advise: Road Trip to and from Mindanao

[Egan101]

This trip is also on our bucket list. Best way it could happen is if someone back home bought one of our cars so we drive it there then fly back.

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I could bring the ASX and have someone buy it but for long road trips, the FXT is our choice. If only a RORO ferry from Batangas to CDO is available, it will be a lot easier.


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[JohnM]

I could bring the ASX and have someone buy it but for long road trips, the FXT is our choice. If only a RORO ferry from Batangas to CDO is available, it will be a lot easier.

Direcho na? There are short hops on the western side pero mas familiar ako sa Bicol, Samar, Leyte, Surigao route.

[Egan101]

Direcho na? There are short hops on the western side pero mas familiar ako sa Bicol, Samar, Leyte, Surigao route.

That’s the usual route. Hopefully, a RORO route from Batangas to CDO becomes available. Batangas port is within 2 hours or less from Manila and CDO is around 6-7 hours to Davao.


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[JohnM]

That’s the usual route. Hopefully, a RORO route from Batangas to CDO becomes available. Batangas port is within 2 hours or less from Manila and CDO is around 6-7 hours to Davao.

Yup avoid the long road to Bicol. Ok sana kung gawa na extension to Quezon.

I only did the BuDa route once and that was on an ordinary Bachelor. I love the smell of burning rubber and brakes in the morning.

[onrac]

Direcho na? There are short hops on the western side pero mas familiar ako sa Bicol, Samar, Leyte, Surigao route.

I did that last Dec 2019, though I was stranded at Liloan port on dec 24 due to a typhoon...

[Egan101]

If only roads are good within those areas, matagal na sana yung road trip. Mas malayo pa drives ko sa US kaysa dito sa atin. Once drove from IL to NC, then took the route to MD-PA heading back. Last year, it was GA to AL then to LA and FL.


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[Suzumiya]

I already tried driving to Mindanao from Manila before, but;

I didn't have the balls to try going through Samar at night( in my previous run all my passengers were so scared they all kept nagging me that samar is a dreaded place to drive through at night so we stayed at a hotel in Calbayog to resume the journey in daylight).

Has anybody here tried a night drive in Samar?

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[glenn_duke]

I already tried driving to Mindanao from Manila before, but;

I didn't have the balls to try going through Samar at night( in my previous run all my passengers were so scared they all kept nagging me that samar is a dreaded place to drive through at night so we stayed at a hotel in Calbayog to resume the journey in daylight).

Has anybody here tried a night drive in Samar?

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Karamihan naman ng dumadaan dyan ayaw sa gabi dahil sa dami ng lubak.
80% ng travel ko sa Samar gabi from Allen to Tacloban. Wala namang incident, sometimes sa roro palang may mga family roadtripper din na nagtatanong kung pwede mag convoy, same safety concern nila.

Minsan nag hohotel din kami dyan sa hotel sa Calbayog yung tabi ng beach along the national road, yan lang yung hotel na 4star. Hotel kami pabalik ng Manila.

Ang delikado ay yung Tacloban Palo road, sa area na sunod sunod yung sementeryo, may nambabato dyan at minsan nay bayot na white lady sa gitna ng daan. Minsan natyempohan ko mga yan, mabilis takbo ko kaya diko nahagip yung white lady na bayot, sayang

[Suzumiya]

Karamihan naman ng dumadaan dyan ayaw sa gabi dahil sa dami ng lubak.
80% ng travel ko sa Samar gabi from Allen to Tacloban. Wala namang incident, sometimes sa roro palang may mga family roadtripper din na nagtatanong kung pwede mag convoy, same safety concern nila.

Minsan nag hohotel din kami dyan sa hotel sa Calbayog yung tabi ng beach along the national road, yan lang yung hotel na 4star. Hotel kami pabalik ng Manila.

Ang delikado ay yung Tacloban Palo road, sa area na sunod sunod yung sementeryo, may nambabato dyan at minsan nay bayot na white lady sa gitna ng daan. Minsan natyempohan ko mga yan, mabilis takbo ko kaya diko nahagip yung white lady na bayot, sayang

Hahaha mao ba? kuyawa jud anang bayot nga white lady. Thanks for sharing your experience sir. [emoji38]

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[yubby24]

Yung unang punta namin, gabi na kami nakadaong sa Samar. Mga 6:30 o 7:00 PM na ata yun. Tanda ko last trip na ng Fast Cat noon yun eh. Grabe katakot nga magdrive noon. Malubak at madilim. Buti may nakahabol sa amin kaya ginawa kong convoy. Sa Casa Apostol kami nagpalipas ng gabi. Nung pabalik ng Manila, sa Baypark Hotel naman kami nagpalipas ng gabi. Mas okay ang pagkain at rooms doon.

Nung pauwi na kami noon, Sept 2019, mostly ayos na yung mga kalsadang malubak eh. Kasi nung papunta kami noon, Aug 2019, ang nagpatagal samin is yung mga on-going na reblocking. Siguro ngayon tapos na lahat yun.

[Suzumiya]

Yung unang punta namin, gabi na kami nakadaong sa Samar. Mga 6:30 o 7:00 PM na ata yun. Tanda ko last trip na ng Fast Cat noon yun eh. Grabe katakot nga magdrive noon. Malubak at madilim. Buti may nakahabol sa amin kaya ginawa kong convoy. Sa Casa Apostol kami nagpalipas ng gabi. Nung pabalik ng Manila, sa Baypark Hotel naman kami nagpalipas ng gabi. Mas okay ang pagkain at rooms doon.

Nung pauwi na kami noon, Sept 2019, mostly ayos na yung mga kalsadang malubak eh. Kasi nung papunta kami noon, Aug 2019, ang nagpatagal samin is yung mga on-going na reblocking. Siguro ngayon tapos na lahat yun.

Thanks for the info sir it's reassuring na di naman pala ganun ka nakakatakot hehehe

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[baludoy]

Last month lang ginawa ng utol ko & friends mag drive from tacloban city to catarman city in n. Samar. Unfortunately nasiraan iyong fortuner na gamit nila kaya ayon napilitan sila mag over night sa tabing daan. Pero swerte din kasi parang sa trucker's stop daw sila naabutan tapos nagpalipas ng gabi - sa loob ng fortuner na gamit nila. safe naman daw.

do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do

[Suzumiya]

Last month lang ginawa ng utol ko & friends mag drive tacloban city to catarman city in n. Samar. Unfortunately nasiraan iyong fortuner na gamit nila kaya ayon napilitan sila mag over night sa tabing daan. Pero swerte din kasi parang sa trucker's stop daw sila naabutan tapos nagpalipas ng gabi - sa loob ng fortuner na gamit nila. safe naman daw.

do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do

Thanks for the info, It's re assuring that my passengers are just over exaggerating. They're all afraid that some entity supernatural or NPAs and bandits would block the roads at night.

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[yubby24]

Thanks for the info, It's re assuring that my passengers are just over exaggerating. They're all afraid that some entity supernatural or NPAs and bandits would block the roads at night.

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Thanks for the info sir it's reassuring na di naman pala ganun ka nakakatakot hehehe

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Wag na lang siguro papaabot ng gabi talaga. Ang ginawa namin nun is pag pagabi na, may isa nang magsesearch ng hotels malapit sa area kung nasan pa kami.

[Suzumiya]

Wag na lang siguro papaabot ng gabi talaga. Ang ginawa namin nun is pag pagabi na, may isa nang magsesearch ng hotels malapit sa area kung nasan pa kami.

Sabagay sir, it is better to retire for the night and rest if possible.

Just wondering if any tsikoteers here had an experience with NPA checkpoints.

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[glenn_duke]

Sabagay sir, it is better to retire for the night and rest if possible.

Just wondering if any tsikoteers here had an experience with NPA checkpoints.

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Sa Samar, wala, pero in the mid 80s sa Davao-Agusan-Surigao meron, iba pa yung LC ni Lademora.