Masbate: How to get there?
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PAL flies daily from Manila to Masbate and three times a week from Masbate to Legaspi City. By sea, WG&A has a weekly Manila-Odiongan (Romblon) Masbate-Batan (Panay) weekly schedule. Sulpicio Lines and Madrigal Lines also have their weekly schedules. Several other vessels make regular but unscheduled trips between Manila, Masbate and Cebu. Philtranco buses operate Manila to Butan (Sorsogon) and connect with the ferries to Masbate town, which sail at 0700 and 1300. Boats depart Masbate for Bulan at 0500 and 1300. JB Liner buses link Legaspi and Bulan via Sorsogon town. Bancas leave Bulan for Ticao around 0900 or whenever the boats fills up.
*The following are the distances in kilometers from Masbate,Masbate (0 km) to a particular municipality in Masbate.
| MASBATE | 0.00 |
| AROROY | 72.50 |
| BALENO | 87.60 |
| BALUD | 70.50 |
| BATUAN | 9.00 |
| CATAINGAN | 76.52 |
| CAWAYAN | 62.50 |
| CLAVERIA | 50.00 |
| DIMASALANG | 46.70 |
| ESPERANZA | 103.60 |
| MANDAON | 64.00 |
| MILAGROS | 27.30 |
| MOBO | 6.80 |
| MONREAL | 29.60 |
| PALANAS | 55.76 |
| PIO V. CORPUZ | 94.00 |
| PLACER | 96.25 |
| SAN FERNANDO | 0.00 |
| SAN JACINTO | 13.30 |
| SAN PASCUAL | 0.00 |
| USON | 42.10 |
*Source: Department of Public Works and Highways -- Phils.