On Luzon island…

The Luzon island is the largest island of Philippines so it is gonna be a chalenge to go through it… And here is our story πŸ™‚ From Manila we took a bus to Batangas, with the hope that it might be interesting place to see. But it was not πŸ˜€ You can go by ferry to Mindoro island from here, but we decided to continue on Luzon… The next day we moved to Lucena, where we expected to take a train to Legazpi to get to the south of the island…

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Batangas – the image how the cities look like

We found train schedules on the internet and also night train coming to Legazpi city… But when we arrived to a train station, the situation was damn funny πŸ˜€ The station was half ruined itself and the railway did not look new… So after a speak with local lady we found out that train has not been operating since 2012, so probably 5 years is not enough to mention such news πŸ˜€

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Train station in Lucena πŸ˜€ So when is the train coming?

So we took a night bus from Lucena to Legazpi… Local night bus, have to say, with crazy driver on crazy road… Than such a night is unforgettable πŸ˜€ So hello from Legazpi πŸ™‚

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On the local bus from Batangas to Lucena

Ostrov Luzon je nejvetsi Filipinsky ostrov, tudiz to je vyzva dostat se na jeho druhy konec. A tady je nase cesta πŸ˜€ Β Z Manily jsme jeli busem do Batangasu s nadeji, ze tam uvidΓ­me neco zajimaveho… Coz se tedy nenaplnilo πŸ˜€ Da se zde prejet na ostrov Mindoro, ale my se rozhodli pokracovat na ceste po Luzonu. Dalsi den sme prejeli mistnim busem do Lucena, kde jsme chteli nasednout na nocni vlak do Legazpi.

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That’s also Batangas πŸ˜€ cockerels on the streets…

Na internetu jsme si nasli jizdni rad, ale na miste nas cekalo prekvapko. Nasli jsme pouze rozpadlou budovu nadrazi a zarostle koleje, na kterych si hrali mistni decka a popojizdelo nekolik drezin πŸ˜€ Mistni pani nam rekla, ze vlak nejezdi od 2012, tak asi tedy 5 let nestaci na aktualizaci infirmaci πŸ˜€

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Train station in Lucena πŸ˜€

Tak jsme jeli do Legazpi nocnim busem, nutno rict ze nejakou mistni linkou, s silenym ridicem po silene ceste… Opet nezapomenutelny zazitek πŸ˜‰ Tak zdravime z Legazpi πŸ™‚

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Countryside from the bus to Lucena

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  1. NΓ‘drazi a jizdni rad me pobavil. Jeste ze mame idos!
    A jinak z Vas jsou jiz peknΓ­ “cernosi”! Ale nam uz tu taky obcas vylejza sllunicko! spoustu dalsich zazitku z DD. Pa

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