Crossing Two Islands Through a Footbridge

Crossing Two Islands Through a Footbridge

by: Abby Sandigan (Batch 2003) 

June 2010 (from the Down South Adventures of Abby & Menk)

The Cantiasay-San Pedro Wooden Foot Bridge is a 391 meters footbridge that can be found in Surigao City. It connects two islands namely Nonoc and Hanigad Island.

People inhabiting the area obviously lives by fishing. You can hire a "katig" or fishing boat within the city. I think we paid two thousand Philippine Peso just to roam around. My father who's with us and ironically grew up and spent most of his life in Surigao was not aware of the wooden bridge. He too was surprise when we set foot and crossed the bridge.


The bridge was erected on a sandbar, and since the water is crystal clear, you can actually see the creatures and stuff underneath the bridge. It's like walking above the sea.

 

We're not able to finished crossing the bridge since I was too afraid to fell. The bridge was already shaky and the middle part was somehow damaged. I don't know how old the bridge was, but I think it was there way before my grandfather was born. You can reach Surigao by land, sea, or air.  In our case, since we had a backpacking adventure,  we had to go through Tacloban by plane, then traveled by land until we reached Macrohon, Leyte, then to reach Surigao we have to ride a ferry. A little bit knowledge of Visayan dialect also helped us go through  this journey  : )