Agora bus terminal, CDO
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I really don’t know why the Agora bus terminal in the city of Cagayan de Oro always fascinates me. Its a modest strip of land just beside the Agora market in the often chaotic part that is just near the pier.
It is bisected by a short two lane road where the buses come and go. On each side is the covered bus bays, housing eateries, turo turo style, side by side with regular pasalubong stalls and a few ticket booths. In between these stalls are dilapidated red plastic seats on an iron frame with some of these seats already missing. Here passengers and sometimes their luggage takes up the available space.

Just near the entrance, left side, are the yellow buses of established Bachelor Express bound for Butuan and Surigao. A few steps away are the red buses of Rural Transit bound for Bukidnon, Tacurong and Davao. Trips can be as long as 1.5 hours to 6 hours for both routes and can either be airconditioned or not, non-stop (usually overnight trips) or with frequent stops.

At the right side of the entrance are the small non airconditioned buses of Bagong Lipunan Transit and Lucy which are bound for Gingoog City. The ticket fare is cheaper compared to the bigger bus companies. The buses bound for the western part like Iligan, Pagadian, Dipolog and the rest of the Zamboanga Peninsula used to be here but when the Bulua bus terminal was operational, these companies transferred there.
Now, its less chaotic than before.






Sidney
26 November 2007 20:31Colorful !
rayts
27 November 2007 11:42nice display of colors. this particular bus terminal looks clean and well maintained. i am fascinated just reading this entry (and to think i don’t fancy bus terminals that much, especially those that are in Metro Manila). by the way, love that first shot. it would pass for an ad.
estan
27 November 2007 13:00Thanx for the visit guys. Rayts, hahaha, yeah, I also like this photo. A candid shot that looked posed. Parang model talaga yung lalaki di ba?
lawstude
5 December 2007 12:41i have nver been to cdo but i recently had a trip to davao, its nice that i have discovered another blog which can help me in my future travels. thanx for sharing this and take care.
estan
6 December 2007 13:14Lawstude, thanx for the visit. You should also try it some time. Of the two, I prefer living/visiting CDO than Davao. In both places, I have stayed for 2 years but I am more at home at the former.
Marty
20 April 2008 20:57Hello, eveyone. Can anoyone tell me the price of a bus from Butuan City to CDO?