Cruisin' to Iloilo and Bacolod : 2GO Travel Adventures (Part 3)

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Third day of our adventure was spent on board St. Michael the Archangel ship of 2GO Travel on our way back to Manila. It took us around 8 hours to travel from Bacolod to Manila. I dedicate Part 3 of my Cruisin to Iloilo and Bacolod mostly to the people I met at 2GO Travel.

Sir Chef, who was responsible why we all gained a few weights after the trip, performed a cooking demo cooking some kind of fish in vinegar, and some kind of dessert using bread crumbs. SActually he showed us  how to impress the ladies using a wine glass. We also had two guest bloggers that shared with us their experiences with 2GO Travel and learned a few tips from them on how to enhance our blogs. Awarding of Certificates of Cruisin' for everyone, plus the special awards given to those that made their posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram more creative and viral.

Due to the lack of a stable Internet connection, I was not able to participate actively. I was also in awe when I found out one of the bloggers was able to tweet more than a hundred times on Twitter within those three days! Wow!

One made an impact on Instagram with so many Likes and shares. However, the Facebook challenge announcement of winner was postponed due to intermittent Internet connection.
 

Echo shared a lot of worthy topics that will be very useful for us. It is admirable that he has traveled to a lot of places already at a very young age, and that he is using his video blogging as a way to express himself.

Anthony was also a creative one as he uses his animation skills to come up with fascinating creations that are truly eye-catching for both kids and the young at heart.


The rest of our free time I tried to spend wisely by going around the ship and checking up on some of the details of the facilities and also took time to mingle with the passengers and crew, interviewed them and asked them to do a video greeting for Wazzup Pilipinas!

It was my opportunity to get to know more about 2Go Travel services and the passengers - the people who trusted them for their trips to their respective destinations.

After a few minutes at the viewing deck breathing the morning winds, looking at the sunrise, and feeling its warmth against my skin, I started my day interviewing a few passengers. I approached a mother and daughter having their breakfast.

 

I was fortunate that they agreed to the interview and I could sense tat they are satisfied with the service they got from 2GO Travel.

"Thank you for allowing me to interrupt your breakfast and sharing your insights about your experience at 2Go Travel. Yeah, I agree when you said its quite cold in the ship"

These group of teenagers also caught my attention. Lately during the interview, I found out that they are students undergoing training on the ship. They also voluntarily offered to sing for me. Wow! Bonus performance from a surprisingly great choir.

"You guys really sing with your heart and soul. I am fortunate meeting you all. I knew there was something special within you all."

Thank you also to the lovely ladies on the lobby counter. Theirs are the voices we hear sharing announcements to the passengers, in English and Tagalog.

"Thank you to Miss Goldbilyn Mondaya and Miss Regina Grace Manio for giving us your own Taglog and English translations of a 2GO Travel greeting."

Thank you also to Mr. Julius Quezon for taking care of our basic services throughout our entire three days of stay aboard the St. Michael the Archangel ship.

"Thank you for taking me on the bridge to meet Captain Ariel and my room mates also thank you for their toiletries. They apologize that one of them had to flush the toilet due to some uncontrollable call of nature."

The three make an impressive Wazzup Pilipinas greeting!


Let's hear it from the rest of the crew and passengers on board the St. Michael the Archangel :

  

  

 Thanks a bunch, guys!!! I hope all of you graduate with flying colors - along with the color Magenta!!!

Thank you to Sir Chef for our special menu for three days, and for the cooking demonstration.

Thank you to the adorable ladies who cut my hair and massaged my back! More manpower please so we don't have to wait so long. Imagine waiting in line after somebody who is having a hair rebonding treatment. Lol!

Of course, thank you to the Captain and his mates for bringing us safely from Manila to Iloilo, and then Bacolod to Manila, safe and sound.

It's the first time that I've learned that a captain has a first mate, a second mate and a third mate. We're really in good hands - plenty of them!!!

  

Thank you, Captain Ariel! Hope to see you again when I come back for my second trip!"


I didn't get sea-sick at all! This means I can tolerate the roughness of traveling by sea. This means this will not be the last time I travel by ship.

I guess it was a unique experience that is best spent with your friends or "barkada". You'll have plenty of time to bond and hang out with each other. Share more wacky stories and corny yet laughable jokes.

More time spent with each other means more time to get to know the real character of your friends. You will know for sure who loves to eat, lie down in bed all day, takes all day inside the toilet, snores or talks in his sleep, and who drinks the most beer but never gets drunk....only to find out she has spent the rest of the night at the dining area.


Yeah! It's fun spending quality time aboard a ship....especially if its with 2Go Travel! and if it the stories are being told by.......Wazzup Pilipinas!

 Be sure to read  Cruisin' to Iloilo and Bacolod : 2GO Travel Adventures (Part 1)

and also Cruisin' to Iloilo and Bacolod : 2GO Travel Adventures (Part 2)

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