From Bacolod (where the closest airport is) its a bit more than 100km to the small port of Vito village. It is considered part of Sagay city, Negros Occidental province and serves as a gateway to my mothers island, Molocaboc.
"Jean Cathline", my familys pump boat came to pick us up, together with a few more cousins and relatives. A pump boat is an outrigger canoe powered by a small gasoline or diesel engine. They are a utility boat in the Philippines, used for nearly everything from inter-island transportation to fishing.
A kid was swimming on the edge of the port. Next to it was a busy pump boat with quite a few people on board and lots of laundry hanging on the ropes.
Looking around me in the port life was going on as usual. Many students use tiny rowing boats like this one to go to school and back.
Almost everybody on the pump boat, ready to go! Destination, Molocaboc island, where my rest of the family is. Was excited to see them again, its been almost 10 years since my last visit...
Vito port, our pump boat to the left.
My cousins and aunt getting themselves ready in the pump boat, everybody happy and excited!
Vito port and my two uncles on the left, getting ready to take us to the island. It was a beautiful day!
Additional information
GPS coordinates for places in this post, click on them to be redirected to the exact point in google maps. Click on the names to be redirected to their official websites (if applicable).
Bacolod Silay Airport: 10°46'36.0"N 123°00'54.1"E
Vito port: 10°54'26.4"N 123°30'53.6"E
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