Zamboanga City To Sandakan - Philippines to Borneo. Can it be done by Ferry?
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- With only 6 days left on my visa for the Philippines, I had to find out if there were any ferries heading out of The Philippines, going towards Borneo. I had done no research at all, except seeing a ferry line on a couple of maps heading that way. There was nothing online to give me any schedules or timetables of ferries leaving from the only port that I thought they were leaving from, Zamboanga City.
I arrived here earlier then what I was expecting to be to ensure that there were ferries.
I left Dumaguete by ferry. There are a couple of ferries, and it looks like they change timings often. The ticket office is 10m minutes walk from the ferry port and I got myself the quickest ferry which left at 2 pm and took 4 hours.
The ferry took me to Dapitan, which is a small village, with no hotels. There a lots of taxis (tricycles) waiting for you to get off. The nearest city is Dipolog, which is a 20 minute ride. I was lucky that I shared a taxi with anther person which made it cheaper. I stayed the one night and then headed off early in the morning from the Main Bus Termal, and got the bus to Zamboanga. The bus is every 2 hours. It costs 755 Pesos. The bus will stop 3 times for toilet breaks! Take lots of snacks!
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No worries mate, as you say a bit disappointing for you, but the Adventure starts the next stop country. Definitely not worth the risk on both fronts. I'm sure there will be twists and turns along the way of this journey ⛰
all good my friend. U have to slow down, my plan is to get to Thailand be for you lol maybe meet up :)
When are you planning to be in Thailand?
@@olderbackpacker I don't have a date yet , still trying to sort out some stuff. it will be in 2-4 months I hope. Will be for long term
I’ve got 2 months in Borneo I reckon :)
Thank you for the info
No problems :)
Bummer Stu but the adventure continues
It’s definitely going to continue :)
The service is back September 5th returning to the philippines from Malaysia
Really? I missed it by a month :/
Well you gave it a good go but sea travel to and from the Philippines is basically a none starter! My background is similar to yours I finally retired end of May and September 4th I move permanently to the Philippines close to cebu so we just missed each other! Borneo next I’m looking forward to seeing that but take care !
Cebu will be a better destination in the Philippines. Good luck with your move :)
So how did you get entrance to the Philippines with the e travel bollocks? Entered 3 times from Europe since last November and it has changed every time???
I completed an online form at the Philippine border/customs at the airport on arrival through a QR code that was everywhere. Not the most straight forward thing I’ve done but went straight through.
Oh dear ....
I know :/
Sorry Stu I deleted my comment on kangaroos in Borneo it's Papa New Guinea
I did see your comment and I did google it. Seems there’s an Indonesian island just off the coast of Borneo that has marsupials, which I didn’t know about! So I might have to head there :)
How was the trip from Dumaguete this morning?
Long, tiring and very long! Too long. Have I mentioned that it was a long trip?
Yes. Tawi-tawi would present you as pissibly a very real kidnap victim held for ransom. South Philippines is not a tourist destination.
So I’ve found out. Flying seems to be the right way to go :/
@@olderbackpacker you must have noticed you were only Caucasian in Zamboanga. Life survival.
Hard not to notice lol