Memories of Dapitan and Dipolog

From Ozamis, we travelled to Dapitan.  Well, it's safe to say that this place is about Rizal and Rizal.  I can say you need to see their City Hall as well. It's Taj Mahal inspired. Very beautiful.

When we arrived in Dipolog via bus (again!), we were dropped somewhere and we rode to go to the City Hall of Dapitan.

You won't imagine that this place is a public office.  It's so beautiful. I had the chance to use their comfort room here and it's so mall-ish.

And I met some locales and they are proud of this architecture.

Your Dapitan Adventure will not complete without seeing this!

We need to rush this trip so we went straight to Rizal's place.  You can rent the pedicab to take you to all these places.  You can finish all of these in 3 hours.

Rizal Shrine, Dapitan

We visited their church, the big map of the Philippines and of course, the residence of Rizal, it's already a museum of his works, trousers, kitchen, room, study room, clinic, his women, etc. You have to see it yourself.

After this tour, we travel approximately 30 minutes to go to Dipolog.  We chose motorcycle to go to Dipolog.  In twos, that's 300.  But if you prefer to be alone on that motorcycle, you can 150 or if you are generous enough you can pay the driver 200.  We went to Dakak.

Bamboo Cafe, Dakak

Enjoy the serenity and tranquility of Dakak

Witness it's beautiful sunset

With me in this trip enjoying the amenities of Dakak

We are booked on a bedroom that's good for 10 people. I think we paid PhP7,999.  This is the expensive part of the trip. Part of it is an adventure in Fantasyland (like EK of Visayas).  You will ride their bus back to Dapitan and they will take you back to Dakak as well.

If you hate rides, you can enjoy locale's finest talent. Amazing show!!! When I say AMAZING, I mean it!

We went back to Dakak to enjoy the rest of the night.  For this night, there are parties held somewhere in the area but I skip it because I am suffering from back pains.  

If you are planning to visit all these places, here are our expenses:

600 - fare - Davao to CDO
100- fare - taxi to Agora
250 - fare - CDO to Mukas
25 - Barge Ride to Ozamis
200 - We rented multi-cab jeep to our host's house
300 - We rented a jeep for the whole day tour
350 - Boat ride to Dolphin Island and entrance fee
300 - Dolphin feeding, swim with the Dolphin
25 - Entrance fee in Hoyohoy
600 - Zipline and Horseback Riding
240 - Fare from Ozamis to Dapitan
50 - Tricycle ride for 5 to tour Dapitan
25 - Entrance fee in Rizal Shrine
300 - Motorcycle Ride to Dakak from Dapitan
500 - Lunch Buffet in Bamboo Cafe, Dakak
400- Breakfast Buffet in Bamboo Cafe
7,999-  Dakak Accomodation with Fantasyland Adventure (good for 10)
1,700 - Private transpo from Dakak to Dipolog Airport

My fave place in Dakak.  Actually, this is in Bamboo Cafe where we had our lunch and breakfast.

Till my next adventure!