Visayas-Mindanao Tour: March 26-April 1, 1963

Does anyone still remember these details?

                                                                Actual schedule of the VISAYAN TOUR
                                                                    March 26 to April 1, 1963
                                                                Sponsored by the U. P. Prep School P.T.A.

March 26 (Tuesday), Pier No. 6, North Harbor

    Leave                           Time and Day                     Arrive at                    Time and Day

Manila                            4:30 a.m. Wednesday           Cebu                       9:30 a.m. Thursday
Cebu                              8:00 p.m. Thursday               Cagayan de Oro      6:30 a.m. Friday
Cagayan de Oro             6:00 p.m. Friday                    IliganCity               10:00 p.m. Friday
Iligan                              4:00 p.m. Saturday                Ozamis City             6:00 p.m. Saturday
Ozamis                           4:00 a.m. Sunday                  Cebu                       5:30  p.m. Sunday
Cebu                            11:00 p.m. Sunday                  Manila                     8:00 p.m. Monday

                                                        Places Visited

Cebu:
    Mactan Island
    Lapulapu-Magellan battleground
    Opon Church and Ukulele factory
    Plaza Independencia and Capitol
    Osmena Residence
    Talisay Beach
    Beverly Hills
    Marikundo Beach (Mactan)
Cagayan de Oro:
    Del Monte Pineaaple Plantation
    Del Monte Packing Corporation
Ozamis City:
    Church
Marawi City
    Mindanao University
    (Dr. Isidro, President)
        Dr. Katapusan, vice president
    Lake Lanao
Iligan City:
    Maria Cristina Falls
 

Note:     Land transportation to be aranged by General Shipping agencies in these places.
 
        2.  While we float from port to port there will be program, dancing and movies on the boat.

        3.  The cost per person is P75.00. This includes first class food, lodging and land transportation.

        4.  Those interested should contact Mr. Manuel S. Rubio, Rizal Hall, Padre Faura not later than March 22.

   


While typing this now, I recalled the sailing delay and how our parents stayed and talked while we were docked. They left us late in the evening already. We slept and awoke when the ship started to sail.

The tartanilla ride was very novel, indeed. And when I went back to Cebu as an adult, the first thing I wanted was to ride a tartanilla. I did, too.

I was in awe when I saw the Maria Cristina Falls. I could not quite believe that was water flowing. To me, it looked like a falling solid object to me.

I have never been back to Marawi City, but I can still recall all the sarimanok at MSU, the blue of Lanao Lake, and the beautiful houses with the unique decorations.

I remember the royal welcome in Ozamis City. We paraded with a band leading the way.

The plateaus of Bukidnon were so foreign looking to someone like me who grew up in the Central Plains of Luzon.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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