I heard a lot of stories about Marawi City. Some good. Some bad. Some really bad. Twenty-something years old  already, I came to face my fears of the roads.  I have to be honest, Marawi City was one of it. I have to be frank in saying that maybe it is because I feared you from the stories I’ve heard. Those, and the nagging thought that maybe I might visit you in an unfortunate circumstance during, what we would call —  “isolated incidence”. And brush it off with “Just your random incident with the rebels, or of other kind”, like lint on a sleeve of an expensive shirt. I would not want that. Not for me, or for anyone else.

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Twice I visited the city now. And twice it never failed to teach me that difference, and acceptance is a married concept. Maybe it’s that. Maybe that is what I am now betting on. That there will always be difference that makes a place unique to it’s own, and I have to accept that. Marawi City is beautiful, you know. It’s beautiful — its people, those streets, and some run down buildings, brightly colored mosque, and the richness of its culture, and tradition. I like it just like that. It had me when it taught me what Bulos Kano meant.

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Directions, and How to Get There Details for Marawi City:

*** Fares may change depending on approved rates:
POST DATE : October  2012

LAGUINDIGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT / CAGAYAN DE ORO to ILIGAN CITY

1] a] Daily flights to Laguindingan International Airport, CDO
::: From Manila Travel Time
Flight: ~1H 20mins
Ferry: ~30H
::: From Cebu Travel Time
Flight: ~30mins.
Ferry: ~16H
1] b] Scehduled Ferry to Cagayan de Oro Port
::: From Manila Travel Time
Ferry: ~30H
::: From Cebu Travel Time
Ferry: ~16H
2] Laguindingan Airport – Iligan City | North Bound Bus Terminal
:: Shuttle Rate: 50Php Pax
Bus Rate: 85PhP
Travel Time: ~1 hour
3] a] Laguindingan Airport – CDO | Bulua Terminal
:: Shuttle Rate: 100Php Pax
Travel Time: ~1 hour
3] b] CDO | Bulua Terminal – Iligan City | North Bound Bus Terminal
:: Non- Aircon Bus ~40Phph Pax
:: Aircon – NonStop Bus ~ 85PHP Pax
Travel Time ~2H

***CDO-Iligan and vice versa bus fare is presently at 85Php.ILIGAN CITY to MARAWI CITY
  4] Iligan City | North Bound Bus Terminal (Tambo) – South Bound Bus Terminal (Camague)        :: Free if you are riding a bus from CDO.
Get off at the South Bound Bus Terminal (Camague)

:: If you drop off at the Bus Stop or at North Bound Bus Terminal (Tambo):
— Take any jeepney line bound for the city proper
— Ask the driver to  drop you at Zoey’s Cafe ( Gen. Aguinaldo St.)
Fare:  7.50PhP
Travel Time: ~15 mins.
— Take another jeepney (Bacayo or Buru-un) line
— Ask the driver to drop you off at South Bound Bus Terminal (Camague)
Fare:  7.50PhP
Travel Time: ~15 mins.

 5] Iligan City | South Bound Bus Terminal (Camague) – Marawi City | MSU -Marawi Campus
:: FX  / 10 pax
Fare:  70PhP pax
Travel Time: ~45 mins.
:: Jeepney
Fare:  50PhP pax
Travel Time: ~1.5 H