Coming to Siquijor, some of my friend’s family were a bit worried that we are going there. They were afraid because of Siquijor’s reputation. In the Philippines, Siquijor is known for having mambabarangs, mangkukulam (witches) and aswangs(monsters)

That connotation is really funny, because Siquijor is no scary place at all. It’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve been into. Plus the people are really nice, and they didn’t eat us! haha.

One of the things we were warned was if some Siquijor local taps us in the back or in any area, we have to tap them back. Because a single tap means that we have been cursed. What’s next? require every people we see to put saliva in our forehead to prevent us from getting “usog” haha.

Maybe aswangs and witches is what caused Siquijor to be so beautiful. Most tourist are scared of it.

Our itinerary started from Dipolog, Dakak, Dapitan and then Dumaguete. We didnt catch the daily 4 pm ferry from Dapitan port. (Due to some annoying people we ran into in Dipolog)

Because of this, we opt to ride from Dapitan, then Dumaguete then Siquijor. So thats two ferry rides from two ports.

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Things to do in Siquijor

The only thing we did in Siquijor was to tour. We (four of us) rented a tricycle to do the tour for us.

We went to Cambugahay falls, the biggest Balete tree, Lazi convent, and Lazi church.

• Lazi Convent

Lazi convent was pretty amazing, it’s huge! I googled just right now, and it’s actually the biggest convent… in the whole of asia!!!!! hahaha. It used to be a convent for friars and nuns during the 18th century. Right now it’s just a tourist spot having a mini museum, which lies on the second floor. Entrance to the museum is 20 pesos. Of course like any other museum pictures are not allowed. They also sell t-shirts there, in case you’re interested. Speaking of t-shirts, we were told that one good souvenir to take from Siquijor are t-shirts with aswang illustrations in it. But none of the locals know where to get it. So in case you get lucky, please tell us where you bought one. hehe.

• Biggest Balete Tree

Okay so to add to the spookiness of Siquijor, it’s also home to the biggest Balete tree (wait I just need to google which area). Okay it’s only biggest Balete tree in Siquijor, I thought it would’ve been categorized in the ‘whole of asia!!!!’ category. Its really big, and pretty annoying actually, they commercialized the area by putting some stupid man-made no-water pool in front of it. But they didnt say it’s the prettiest Balete tree, it’s just the biggest.

• Cambugahay Falls

Whenever we would tour, Falls are always on our itinerary, it’s kinda getting old and boring. Good thing Cambugahay was really nice. Though you have to make a good 20 minute trek down it, I’d say its worth it, cause the place is really beautiful, and the water is clear and cool. But again we ony dipped are legs in it, cause we were off to another tourist spot, and getting there wet is not cool.