Where to stay in Surigao

  -The Tavern hotel is right on the “boulevard” (this is the place where you will get your boat to come in Siargao Island) , the rooms got balcony facing the ocean.
average price around 2000 pesos a night with a big breakfast buffet included.

-For budget Accommodation you will find the RSY pension . Rooms are clean , about 800 pesos a night .
An other budget place would be the EY hotel , go there if the 2 other places are fully booked , the rooms are clean , but the maintenance not the best .about 800 pesos a night as well . rooms got no windows and are a bit tiny.

To get in those hotels , just ask the driver of the tricycle , they all knows the places.

Where to eat 

Don t expect high quality dinner there, but for local food you will find your happiness.
when you get there in the morning try “Bebelyn Kitchen”, this is one of the small restaurant next to the market. Fresh product coming straight from the new arrival in the market .this is like a buffet, all the dishes are cooked already , you will have a selection of chicken , pork , beef cooked in sauce , fresh seafood , different soup.
if you feel like buying your own product in the market , they will be happy to cook it for you .

For dinner time  go to the pier and ask for BBQ places , there is a multitude of them.
From roast pork belly , roat chicken to bbq stick you will find food to suit you.

Calda pizza is located on the boulevard, nice pizza selection .
then you can find also fast food chain like jollybee, chow king ,greenwhich.

What to do

Hang out in the public park , visit the market ,you can also walk around the town .

Coming to Siargao island 

-first fast boat early morning at 6am from the boulevard, front of tavern hotel.
ask for the dapa express or the Britphield

-11 30 am an other fast boat from the same location .

-12 noon form the Pier , the montenegro , it s a proper ferry , it takes 4 hours to get to Siargao island with this boat instead of 2 hours with fast boat

Western pacific satellite imagery including Siargao island , cloud 9

An excellent hourly updated satellite image covering Siargao island and the cloud 9 area.
Allowing for long range weather forecast predictions within the western pacific area.

Here is the surf forecast for Siargao Island, Cloud 9.
it gives you all the surf predictions from magicseaweed about size waves , wind directions and swell directions.
Click on the “full detail forecast button” to access the detailed predictions for cloud 9.

First proper sunny morning in siargao island since a while. Flowers are back and our honey makers too.

Roast lobster flambée whisky Glazed packchoi with roast slice tomatoes perfumed with cumin powder Slices of Serrano ham roast with olive oil

- Cut the lobster in half, seasoned with salt, pepper and chili powder Add olive oil and put straight in the oven – Put the packchoi in a small pot with some butter, salt, pepper and a little bit of sugar. Add water to level cover and cook until water gone. – Make thick slices with tomatoes, put them on a tray, seasoned with salt, pepper and cumin powder, put some fine chop garlic on the top, olive oil and straight in The oven. -For the sauce make a stocked with prawns head garlic onions tomatoes. Boil for 10 min, strain it and reserve the juice – Remove the lobster from the oven, put whisky and approach it to the burner to make it flambee. Get back all the juice from the cooking of the lobster add the prawn stock and reduced it. Finalise the sauce adding butter and whippe it. Seasoned to your own taste – Remove tomatoes from the oven – Put Serrano slices in the oven just for 5 min – During this time you got all time to dress your plate. Once your done add on the top your roast Serrano Enjoy your dish…… And BON APPETIT

For this first post we would like to give you kind of a good news .
Cebu pacific  just decide to add a plane on Saturday, starting beginning of February .
So now we got a total of 5 flights a week .: Monday / Wednesday /Friday / Saturday and Sunday .
Who knows , maybe one more year and a direct flight Manila-Siargao will happen .