Pelni timetable and General Santos, Mindanao - 7

Title of this article has been modified to reflect its contents.

What we should know about General Santos in terms of the sea route transfer to Surawesi is put togerther in this map.

In what follows we will see that both EPA and Eaga Agro Marine are well establihsed in this warf area of General Santos.

First, let us take a look at the relative location of General Santos with a map

as follows.          My gut feeling is that it is Davao that you should come to if you are flying into the Phyls.

There are myriads of ways to get to General Santos, however. You could perhaps fly local, or even take a ferry, all the way from Cebu or even Manila, I think. Let us get 

closer.  Here, we see that the town centre of Gensan (General Santos, locally) is away from the warf area by quite a distance, something like 5 km.

                         That an airport is there is somewhat reassuring, even if it may be an air strip.

If we get even closer to the warf we see what follows.

                Let us have a loo at a satellite pictures.

 What we can see here is that both EPA and Eaga Agro Marine we have been talking about have very large buildings.

In fact, they are the most promonent buildings in the warf area along with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). That gives us some confidence about the integrity of their operations.

See some more photos.

                                                     

                                     

                     This last image is showing us the location of the Philippine Ports Authority and in particular the entrance gates to PPA.

If we come down to the ground level we begin to see somethig like what follows.

       This is what the gates area looks like. You go in and turn left then you will see the PPT building.

                                            

There is a major junction nearby and this above photo is looking into the PPT gate area from that junction. Very far ahead you can actually see some cranes at the warf.

           This is the major junction, not terribly important on its own, though.

I will finish off with this article by looking at the town centre with a few photos.

       There is an Immigration office at the Robinsons. Satellite photo is next.

                          

It shoud not be too difficult to locate this large structure in town. Some more

 photos follows.

                                             

There is a consulate of Papua New Guinea in General Santos, very near the warf.

However, the nearest Indonesian consulate is located in the town of Davao.