Forest Camp, Silliman University and More of Dumaguete City

We had to visit the Forest Camp in Valencia, Dumaguete and try to see what made this place so famous. Or infamous. After lunch at Lab-as Restaurant, my friends wanted to see nature and all its glory in a small town in Dumaguete and I have to say that, normally, the smaller towns would have the best parks or forest camps.

In Valencia, Negros Oriental, approximately 11.5 kilometers (says Google) from the provincial capital of Dumaguete City lies the Vicuñas Family pride – Forest Camp.

Check out these major vintage military truck and vehicles inside Forest Camp, Dumaguete City.

Above is the family picture and below is the pre-nup hahah!

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Lab-As Seafood Restaurant in Dumaguete City

April 24, 2010 – It was lunchtime when we arrived in Dumaguete City and Sheila knew of this restaurant called Lab-As that would be the best place to have lunch at. It was along the beach/coastal road and a scene like this is considered normal to the locals.  First catch of the day turned to lunch! 

 The coastal ride heading there 

Hello, Lab-As. Do you know this restaurant has been here since the 1980s?  

Lovely exteriors! You can eat and dine outside and see all that coastal view. But it was 90 degrees, mind you. 

So yes, you’d rather want A/C and view all these lovely decors. 

You feel like you are inside a modern kitchen with wood finishings. So pretty. 

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Dumaguete is the City of Spontaneity

April 24, 2010 – With a small population and an almost four-hour travel period to a tiny town, Dumaguete City would be the perfect quickie weekend getaway of all weekend getaways. When you are in Cebu and devoid of a private jet, you can’t just say, “Hey, let’s go to Iloilo today and come back after dinner!” or, “Why not have dinner in Surigao and go home after dessert?” Apart from other places that I could think of (right now I’m drawing a blank) Dumaguete City would be the best city to go to on a whim. My friends told me that we are going to be taking the first bus on Sunday morning to Dumaguete and my first thought was, “I haven’t had sleep from the previous night!”

I was a bit groggy and grumpy and hungry but very much ready to get on a bus and just get lost in all that landscape view.  Yes, we can still smile like that. Photo below taken at the South Bus terminal with Chim, Andrea, Lee, Jihan and Randy. The boyfie took this shot.

Now for logistics, should you decide to not bring a car to Dumaguete City, the South Bus Terminal has scheduled trips of Ceres Lines bus from Cebu to Dumaguete that costs P100 from 6:00 am to 7:30 pm to the town of Bato where you get off the terminal to get on a pumpboat to Dumaguete City. Ceres Lines bus from Bato to Cebu schedule starts from 6:00 to 7:00 pm. You’ll be lucky if you get on a bus at 9pm and you’ll find out later why.

A man hops on the bus somewhere along Carcar and started selling chicharon for P20!

The bus dropped us off at the terminal in Bato/Santander where we paid for our P60 ($1.30) boat fare.

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