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The region south of Batangas and Quezon is technically known as Region V, but commonly known to Filipinos as South Luzon or Bicol . The northernmost province of the Bicol region is Camarines Norte. The National Highway meanders south from here to Camarines Sur through the towns of Daet , Naga , Iriga City and Legaspi , which are typically provincial, with their jumbled traffic, concrete malls and occasional Spanish-era relic. Legaspi is the jumping-off point for active Mayon Volcano . Continuing further south still, you reach the coastal town of Sorsogon , from where it's a fifty-kilometre ride to the bucolic backwater of Donsol . Donsol has seen an increase in tourism recently because of the number of plankton-eating whale sharks that congregate here. From Matnog in Sorsogon province you can take a ferry across the Bernardino Strait to Samar , the gateway to the rest of the Visayas. The Bicol region is easily accessible by air from Manila. BLTB also has buses that run up and down the National Highway daily, taking you to most major jumping-off points in the area. BLTB even has services that run all the way to Sorsogon, but the journey is a long one. Be prepared to sweat it out for the best part of twenty hours. Many choose to take a bus that leaves Manila in the evening and travels overnight when the roads are quiet, arriving early the next day. Philtranco has a new service that goes all the way from Manila to Davao, using ferries where it has to. It runs through Daet, Naga and Legaspi and on to the port of Matnog at the southernmost tip of South Luzon, where it boards a ferry for Samar . You can get off at any of these points.
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