HOW TO COMMUTE FROM MANILA TO BALER

Baler was hot spot of the surfers recently. It is located at capital of Aurora (43 miles) northeast of Manila via a mountain pass accessible by bus and private vehicle.

It was identified by Google in 2009 as topping the list of beach destinations in the Philippines. It was described by Yahoo! Southeast Asia in March 2013 as one of the "top surf spots" in the Philippines. Nine-feet waves serve as its main tourist asset, attracting hundreds of surfers during the surfing season from September to February.



How to GET THERE?

Manila to Baler

We choose to commute instead to use a private vehicle because we don’t know how to get there.

So we went to Genesis Transport (located at CUBAO) to reserve a seat at JOY BUS. Unfortunately it was fully booked. It should be 1 week before so we can have seats to reserve for.

Why should you choose JOY BUS??

-          The bus is very spacious with comfy chairs

-          There is no stop over so the travel time is much less unlike to regular bus

-          They have restroom inside.

-          They provide snacks like (bottle of water and crackers)

-          They provide blanket if you want to sleep

-          They have attendant (WOW)

CONS – It cost PHP 750.00 (which is pricey versus on regular bus cost PHP 450.00

We failed to ride in the JOY BUS and we have no choice and buy a ticket to the regular bus instead =( they have 1st come 1st serve policy!

[caption id="attachment_10" align="aligncenter" width="300"]             No more Joy Bus =( Bye bye[/caption]

 

We left Cubao by 4:00 AM and arrived at Baler around 12:00 noon and the bus has 2 stop overs for bladder break =)

 

[caption id="attachment_13" align="aligncenter" width="552"] Museo de Baler[/caption]

We are waiting here so we can check in at Costa Pacifica by 2:00 PM =)