We made sure we are well equipped for this trip by having a rack installed on the sides
and said goodbye to our friends.
The guys at the workshop said, I might try another bike other than my Rusi KRZ 200.
But it was too small for me 😉
14. of Oct – Monday
We went from Iloilo to Dumangas and took the ferry to Bacolod. We had to wait 2 hour because we just missed the first ferry. I had to wait 15 minutes in the scorching sun and was totally wasted after that.
It was the first day when I realized again that the sun was too much for me. You have to ride all covered up with every bit of scin under some fabric. The vibration coming from my new motorcycle was also very harsh on my wrists.
Dumangas is one of the easiest ports that I have encountered because they don’t ask you to run infinite errands for all kinds of documents. I wonder why this can’t be simplified by the authorities. If they put the Terminal Fee, the Ticket, The Coast Guard, The Muncipality Fee, and The Gate Fee or what they call that together would greatly ease all the errands that one has to go through. But I guess it’s the lack of financial trust or the difficulties In adequate bookkepping that would come with that.
Anyway, I digress. We arrived in Bacolod just about 2 hours after departing. The whole journey was not only the least complicated but also cheap. The ticket for my motorbike was including me and cost around 350 pesos.
Bacolod as approximately the size of Iloilo, and twice the traffic chaos. We needed some time to find our AirBnb but it was a very good accomodation with clean amenities and nice inner decoration. The free Netflix kept us indoors until the next afternoon.
15. of Oct – Tuesday
We spent the first half and the afternoon of the day in bed to recover from the journey from Iloilo, we stayed at a beautiful “homestay” which I booked over AirBnb.
Around 4 pm we went to see “the Ruins” which located just on the outskirts of Bacolod and are worth a trip. They have set up an old colonial building with lights and a beautiful, serene park surrounding it. Lot’s of arbours, a few fountains and the building itself emenate a charm of a burgeois colonial residence architectured 2 centuries ago and wielding the beauty of European style.
