Cagayan de Oro to Dumaguete

Since childhood, the trip to Negros has always been a major excursion activity with my family from Cagayan de Oro. My mother was raced in Sibulan, a town near Dumaguete. And Dumaguete is the most progressive city in Negros Oriental. Recently, I've learned to love this city more, especially its beautiful nearby towns like Valencia and Bacong.




Going from Cagayan de Oro to Dumaguete and vice versa is, however, a not so convenient trip. Cebu Ferries only serves this connection once a week: on Saturday to Dumaguete and on Sunday to Cagayan de Oro. If I had to travel during the week, then I will have to go via Cebu or Dapitan, in which trips are more frequent.
The trip going to Dumaguete from Cagayan de Oro via Cebu usually involves 6 legs:

(1) from point of origin to CDO port in Macabalan;

(2) from CDO port to Cebu port arriving at Pier 4, which takes about 10 hours served by Superferry and Trans-Asia, with ferries leaving at 8:00pm from CDO;

(3) from Cebu port to Cebu City bus terminal by taxi, which takes about 15 minutes;

(4) from Cebu City bus terminal to Santander fastcraft terminal, which takes about 3.5 hours with buses leaving at an hourly interval;

(5) from Santander fastcraft terminal to Sibulan fastcraft terminal, which takes about 15 minutes with fastcrafts leaving at an hourly interval; and

(6) from Sibulan fastcraft terminal to Dumaguete City, which takes about 10 minutes by multicab.

All the time durations involved would sum up to about 15 hours.

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