Bantayan Island in Pictures
I will just go ahead and post the gallery of my Bantayan Island pictures for now. This is my first trip to Bantayan Island. We still have a LOT of the Island I have not seen. Jessie saw bit more of it than I did. That’s okay, I got more rest than she did. 
There is an old church there that I hope to visit this month. There are some old homes. I’m a little unclear on that, I thought Jessie said they were built during the Spanish colony years. The church too, I think. We didn’t have time to visit this time.
I may be doing some wind surfing next time I go, if I get to go this month. I really don’t know if I’m up to wind surfing. I’m afraid I’ll hurt myself. Give myself a hernia for one thing. I’ll have to check with the guy is willing to teach me how to wind surf.
His girlfriend is going to be sky diving next month and doing it from Bantayan Island. Am I getting ideas? Yes, of course. LOL Jessie said she would do it. That’s hard for me to believe.
I hope you like the pictures, if you have any question please leave a comment. I love to hear from everyone. I continue to enjoy living in Cebu, Philippines.
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FYI, we have running water in Tacloban, but there is so many consumers and not enough water pressure. Only at night. so we basically stuck up on drinking water and for cooking. Since we have a water pump (manual), we use it for bath and cleaning the premises.
Jessie, my dear awesome Filipina, I know you had running water but it didn’t work most of the time. That’s why I said most of the time. Having running water that doesn’t run is a bit like having a multi-cab without an engine.
Christine, there are several sections of the National Highway running along the edge of the sea. It could be that you were not moving at 80 to 100Km an hour in the old days.
When I visited in 1986, Bogo and towns around it had running water, well sort of. The water only flowed twice a day, early in the morning, and early evening. So you have to scramble and fill up containers for your family’s needs for the day. So showers is still the “dip and pour” system (shower de tabo) unless you’re keen to get up at 5am and have your shower then! Of course Tacloban might have been more advanced than Bogo.
Is there another highway to Bogo? or did Arroyo carved an inland road? I did see a lot of the seaside, well it’s mostly seaside until you get to Consolacion (or was it Compostela?) but not much cliffs anymore. It’s quite possible a child’s memory is exaggerated, i.e. what appears to be kilometers of cliff’s edge might not be so for an adult. I will ask one of my Aunts when I get there.
There are more cliffs closer to Bogo city.
Highway 1 or the National Scenic Highway is the only Highway along the eastern coast of Cebu.
Water pressure in Bogo is still poor. Most homes have water towners that tore a good deal of water and twoer over the home. This is what provides the pressure. I don’t now what the ater would be like without that water tower. Probably pretty poor.
Een Cebu City is having trouble meeting its needs for water. There have been some battles with MacTan (I think it was Mactan) over the issue.
Tacloban is more modern than Bogo City, in fact, Bogo appears to have lost its city hood for good. The town has filed a second motion for reconsideration but it appears the supreme court has ruled against it twice already.
Would it really matter if Bogo lose its city status?
Doug has got a reasonably good water pressure, but I hate the cold showers! Last year I borrowed Aunties’ water heater, the one you dunk on the container. I’d rather have a warm “dip and pour” shower than a cold running water shower! The kids didn’t seem to mind. I’m going to buy my own water heater this year.
I will have to pay better attention to that highway this time….
It matters a LOT. A city gets much more funding from the province. The province sets up a set amount all the cities are going to get. Since Bogo got a part of the funds, there was less money for the other cities so they filed a case in court to reverse it.
You can get a water heater like your talking about for P190 at Gaisona. Even when I warm up a pale of water I still end up using mostly the shower. I just can’t get clean with a bucket.
Well not the large bucker we have. mabe five of them. 
The other day I had the bucker with hot water but barely used it. i realized that I’m become more Filipino every day.
The water that comes from the tap is pretty warm this time of the year but when you convert it to a spray it gets a bit cold. Sometimes I get really sick of it.
You can get a water heater that hangs on the wall and the shower runs through it. They cost P5000 to P13000 plus installation. They work great. If you end up building your own place or just adding on to Doug’s place Ii would consider doing that. I would do it, period!
I had an almost drum size container plus 2 other buckets. Trouble is, it takes along time for the water to heat, so by the time the 2 buckets are warm enough, the large container is just starting to get coolish. That water heater for the wall sounds great. Who sells it and who would install? I might even get Doug to organize this before June.
There are a couple of places in Bogo City that sell them but I don’t know their names. Maybe Jessie remembers and will answer. I could show him where. I don’t know who installs. You need a plumber and an electrician.
They work well, was too hot for Jessie. I suspect they will be too hot for me now. I know, you can stay at my house and install one here. hehe
You can also get them at SM and Ace Hardware in Cebu City.
The little heater we bought heats the water up very quickly.
When you move to Bantayan Island, I’ll stay at your house – make sure those knives are safely tucked away somewhere
Maybe you have the thermostat up too high? You wouldn’t need it too hot there. My Aunt’s heater must be old (well, it looked old!) takes ages to heat just one bucket. I’ll get Dawg to check it out.
Hmmm more motivation to move to Bantayan Island…. Maybe you could just buy something on the beach with a pool? I’ll house sit it for you and wont even charge you a fee. Arn’t I good to you?
I wrote a review of Tickety Booo Beach Resort on my Bantayan Island site.
how are you?
sorry for only visiting you right now….
I’m doing well Vivian, how are you?
I’m doing good here…. are u still living in Bogo?
Yes, I’m still in Bogo.