Siargao power outage

If things are dodgy with the mains, I would try alternatives at least as a backup.

Solar, wind, and water are all possible, but charger/inverters will do the job for short blackouts.

A small generator is possible as well. Even a cheap and nasty 1kw thing will keep the lights on the fridge cold.

It is sad to see Siargao and Bucas islands lost power due to lack of maintenance and inspections of the underwater 34.5 kv cables. I heard those were installed 30 years ago. I saw the pictures of the crew doing inspection on the cables a few days ago. I noticed everyone was wearing short pants and flip-flops. I cancelled my 1 week vacation at Siargao losing 4 non-refundable airfares at CebGo, a discount airline. My Airbnb had been reaching to me to come. If one part of the cable had this much damaged, I would think the other few hundred meters of the same cable will have similar condition.
Power to the islands is now restored but Siargao is now a notch or two lower in my list.
Hello San Juan, La Union.
What are your thoughts? - @Jackson4

Presumably you would have flown in to Sayak airport on the island. Was the airport operational capacity affected by the power outage? If so the airline could not fly and you could claim on your travel insurance policy.

If its not power outages its the weather. That area sticks out like a sore thumb and regularly gets blasted by tropical storms.

@Jackson4

Home is where you make it and we all have reasons and choices.

San Juan La Union these days is super expensive and ridiculously busy on weekends, even where we live in Bacnotan is now expensive.

Thing is power outages are a fact of life in all parts of the Philippines even major cities.

Good luck with your search.

Cheers, Steve.

        Sounds like Jackson4 is looking for surfing.  Perhaps someone could suggest spots on Mindanao.  Had a guy in the US Navy tell me a few years ago some of the best surfing in the Philippines is on Mindanao.  He was not allowed to go because of the US restrictions on all of Mindanao for all government workers.