Caramoan Bound

From Baras we took a bus to Virac. The road back to Virac is scenic and it snakes along the coast, around the mountains and crosses Bato River. Travel time was roughly one hour to Virac.

Drying Abaca fibers by the roadside

Bato Church by the bank of Bato River

My cousin and I still have yet to decide what would be our next destination. While we think about it we replenished our supply.

We then proceeded to the jeepney terminal and traveled top loading style. The view is always better up here. It was fun and enjoyable despite the scorching sun.

Santo Domingo River (Virac)

The road going to San Andres winds through the mountains. Along the route is the historic Luyang Cave. The natives sought refuge in the cave but were choked to death by the attacking Moro pirates in 1700s.

Below the highway is Luyang Cave Park (San Andres)

Thump, thump, thump, the jeepney had a flat tire. We were so close to San Andres. A few of us passengers got off while the driver and the conductor changed the flat tire. After that minor hitch we were in San Andres in no time.

Replacing the flat tire

Most of the jeepney passengers boarded the ferry to Tabaco City. Instead of taking a circuitous journey to Caramoan in Camarines Sur via Tabaco City we took chance by taking the route via Codon Port to Caramoan.

I negotiated with one tricycle driver to take us to Codon. Codon Port is 15 kilometers from San Andres town and he charged us P150. The road is well paved to Codon. We got off right at Codon Port. The port was designed to handle ro-ro ships but as of the moment there are no ro-ro ships plying Codon.

Port of Codon (San Andres)

It was past noon when we got to Codon and we immediate looked for a boat to Caramoan. We met Mang Rey Manlangit and he offered to take us in his 10- passenger boat to Caramoan for P2,000.

In no time we were on board the boat. Caramoan here we come!