Economy tour bulard and rice

[Peter Lee]

Hey guys and gals don't wana be a pain but.   If I decide to marry in the PI in July I wanted to go on a honymoon on a cruise ship and tour the Islands for a couple of weeks.  With her Philippine passport she would have to stay in the PI for sure.   Do they have equivilant luxury liners assigned over there like back home?   If not what is a good alternative.  What would it cost and is it much cheaper than here.  Any ideas and suggestions would be helpful especialy from past exereriance. I could go economy and get a nap sack and go from ferry to ferry island to island eating bulard and rice LOL.

[Esiang]

... in response to Economy tour bulard and rice, posted by Peter Lee on Feb 16, 2003

I could go economy and get a nap sack and go from ferry to ferry island to island eating bulard and rice LOL.

That sounds more adventurous and fun except for bulad (bulard) on your honeymoon he..he..(joke) Haven't you tried fish kinilaw?

[Peter Lee]

... in response to Re: Economy tour bulard and rice, posted by Esiang on Feb 16, 2003

Haven't you tried fish kinilaw?

No, sounds like i'm missing something good.   Thanks for the correction on da spelling "bulard".   Sailty dried fish tasts the same no matter how you spell it. LOL  Bulard seems healthy and no fat. Kinilaw?  so you gunna tell me about it  Esiang?

[Esiang]

... in response to Re: Re: Economy tour bulard and rice, posted by Peter Lee on Feb 17, 2003

Kinilaw is a raw fish with vinegar and spices, it's really popular to Bisayan people.

I liked kinilaw if the fish is really fresh and much safer to eat he..he..

Congrats on your upcoming wedding plans!!!

[Peter Lee]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Economy tour bulard and rice, posted by Esiang on Feb 18, 2003

Kinilaw is a raw fish with vinegar and spices,

yes i remember eating it now.  It seemed the spices were a little different from house to house.   I can say i could do without it i don't care for vinigar that much and liked the balard better.  After all i was invited to their house every day.  They were Bisayan family and i noticed that Bisayan was very popular in Cebu.  They had moved from Mindanao, there were horror stories of forced marrages with moslems and rebels that demanded protection money.

[Ray]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Economy tour bulard and rice, posted by Esiang on Feb 18, 2003

Hi cousin!

I recommend staying away from kinilaw unless they have a strong stomach. That stuff can kill you if you're not used to it. My Filipina cousin here in San Diego went home to Surigao after 4 years away and ended up in the hospital for 3 days because of some bad kinilaw na pusit (raw squid kinilaw). I think Tagalog people eat 'kilawin' (sp?)

I have a strong stomach, but the last 2 times I ate fish kinilaw, I had a very upset tummy for a couple of days. But it did taste good! :-)

Ray

[Esiang]

... in response to Forget It!, posted by Ray on Feb 18, 2003

he..he...Cousin,
       
           he..he...upset tummy, my husband likes it except for Balot.
           I dont really like squid kinilaw, too bad your cousin got sick of it, if it's really not fresh kinilaw it might be unsafe and also I wont eat kinilaw if I dont make it myself or know the person's making it.

           Yeah, tagalog people have their own kilawin but in Manila it's dangerous to make kinilaw.....he..he..he..

[Ray]

... in response to Economy tour bulard and rice, posted by Peter Lee on Feb 16, 2003

You could book the honeymoon suite on the Super Ferry for around a hundred bucks or less for a 2-day cruise. Or, you could sleep out on deck with Humabdos and the “economy class” :-). Personally, I don't like the overnight ferry trips. I'd rather be awake when the boat starts to sink. When they load the ferries over there, they let one passenger on at a time. When the boats starts sinking, they take 2 passengers off (margin of safety) and get underway.

What we did after the wedding was just go down to the bus terminal in Surigao and catch the next air-con bus out of town. We ended up in Butuan for a few days, Cagayan de Oro for a few days, Camiguin Island for a few days, etc. We just jumped on a bus and looked for a decent hotel when we arrived in a town. Or we took a pump boat over to an island and stayed in a hut on the beach for a few days. No set plan or anything. It was a lot of fun.

You can have an expensive planned honeymoon at some of the big resorts, like Boracay, or just throw some old clothes and a towel in a gym bag and head off into the unknown. You sound like an adventurous guy Peter. Maybe you would enjoy a nipa hut on a remote beach somewhere with no electricity, no internet, no TV, no telephones, no traffic…. Just the warm sea breezes rustling the coconut trees, a white sandy beach, a crystal clear lagoon, a cold bottle of San Miguel beer, half-naked native girls strolling down the beach, … OOPS! Sorry, I got carried away there… :-)

Ray

[DanAndChed]

... in response to Cruise Ship?, posted by Ray on Feb 16, 2003

We did a bit of both.  Depending on where your coming from, getting to Boracay can be an adventure.  

We left Escalante, drove to Bocolad, took a nice ferry where they all prayed for safety on the way out. Spent the night in Iloilo.  Then the next day we hired a driver and road across the island of Iloilo.  It was the nicest drive.  The scenery was beautiful.

Once we got to the other end of the island(I forget the name of the city), we took a boat across to Boracay.  My wife got real mad when I wouldn't take one of those little filipino style boats and row across.  Boracay was very nice.  The hotel was a bit, but the rest was great.  30 bucks got us a boat, lunch and tour guide for the day(8 of us).  We went snokeling and stopped at the prettiest beach I've ever seen.

I'd recommend going to Boracay the long route, take a couple of days to take in the sites and then spend a couple nights there.  If you can avoid the long trip back then do.  We rented another van across Iloilo.  There was not airconditioning and the driver was a mad man.  

Dan and Mares

[Humabdos]

... in response to Boracay is nice?, posted by DanAndChed on Feb 17, 2003

I took a bus from Kalibo to iloilo it was a great trip and only about p80 to p100. Hum

[Peter Lee]

... in response to Cruise Ship?, posted by Ray on Feb 16, 2003

belive it or not i never thought about just busing around and getting my own hotel as we go.  Great idea!  I would do that by myself why not with her.   I could end up in a resort before going home. I would need a good map for sure.
Thanks again

[Humabdos]

... in response to Economy tour bulard and rice, posted by Peter Lee on Feb 16, 2003

You could rent a pumpboat they are very nice!
Or a sailor like you could rent a sail boat and sail right to FL. :-)  Hum

[Peter Lee]

... in response to Pumpboat, posted by Humabdos on Feb 16, 2003

What is a pump boat?  or are you kidding?
Sail to the PI?
It is those pirates and the Sulu sea dat would be the chalange.   Don't think I didn't think about it though.