boeing247 wrote on Oct 7^th, 2011 at 12:30am:

A shame. What a waste of a location!  ;)

When I first went their, the BAC 1-11 wasn't even full and there was only the one flight from Manila and back. By the late 90's, they started the second return flight there. There is no fuel station there either.

The island has mostly poor people, my wife's family included. So the ferry is the way to go, and that is extremely dangerous IMO. I used the ferry once, and I never will again. They overload them way too much and they capsize if the sea gets too rough. On my trip, I stayed on the deck in case it capsized, so I had a chance of surviving. If you are in a cabin, you will likely drown! They take everything on the ferry, cows, buffalo, goats, chickens (all still alive) and sacks of rice. The ferry was licensed to carry a certain amount of passengers, but would carry four times that amount. This applies to all (except aircraft) transport. Nothing like have 12 passengers on a motorbike (125cc) and sidecar designed to carry 4 people. Oh, and my wife, two children and I had ALL our luggage (4 suitcases) on it as well! It is a sight to see. One time, I spent quite a distance hanging off the back (one foot barely on the footrest and hanging on with one hand :o) of a jeepney, because there was no room left inside or on top of it, while returning to my wife's village. We had to go on that one because it was the last one of the day.

Mark