No longer an exile, Rizal had a pleasant trip from Dapitan to Manila with delightful

stopovers in Dumaguete, Cebu, Iloilo, Capiz, and Romblon.

He missed the regular steamer Isla de Luzon which sailed to Spain the day before
he arrived in Manila Bay while waiting for the next ship for Spain, he was kept as a
guest onboard the Spanish cruiser Castilla.
August 26, 1896, Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan raised the cry of revolution in
the hills of Balintawak a few miles north of Manila. Rizal, worried about the raging
hostilities, left for Spain on the steamer Isla de Panay.
September 3, 1896. It was his last trip abroad.
From Dapitan to Manila
Leaving Dapitan at midnight, July 31, 1896, the Spana with Rizal and party
onboard, sailed northward.
At dawn the next day (Saturday, August 1)
It anchored at Dumaguete, capital of Negros Oriental, Dumaguete wrote Rizal
his Travel diary.
Spreads out on the beach. There are big houses, some with galvanized
iron roofing. Outstanding are the house of a Lady, whose name I
forgotten, which is occupied by the government and another one just
begun with ipil posts.
In Dumaguete, Rizal visited a friend and former classmate, Herrero Regidor,
and Rufina Family.
In afternoon he operated on a Spanish captain of the Guardia civil.
The Espana left Dumaguete about 1:00 p.m. and reached Cebu of the following
morning. Rizal was fascinated by the entrance to Cebu which he considered
beautiful.
At the house of Atty. Mateos. He met an old couple whom he had known in Madrid
In Cebu, he wrote in his diary, I did two operations of strabotomy, one operation
on the ears, and another of tumor.
In the morning of Monday August 3, Rizal left Cebu going to Iloilo.
The voyage was fine. At the right we saw Mactan an island famous for
what happened to Magellan. The whole afternoon was magnificent. We
saw many island along our way. The next day, in the morning, we entered
Iloilo.

Rizal landed at Iloilo, went shopping in the city , and visited Molo.
Of the Molo church he commented:
The church is pretty outside and the interior is not bad, considering that it had
been painted by a lad. The paintings are mostly copies of biblical scenes by Gustave
Dore.
From Iloilo, Rizals ship sailed to Capiz
After a brief stopover, it proceeded towards Manila via Romblon.

Rizal Misses Ship going to Spain

Arrived in Manila Bay early in August 6,1896
Unfortunately, Rizal was not able to catch the mail ship Isla de Luzon for spain
because it had departed the previous day at 5:00 p.m. He was greatly disappointed,
but he took this unlucky incidence with abiding resignation.