Lost in Mindanao
I was only able to post this now, now that I'm back in the US. Our connection at home was dialup and we know how long that would take to upload pictures.
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I was on my way home from the airport last Thursday after a weeklong sojourn (July 2 to 6, 2006) in
In
First stop was
We wasted no time enjoying the whatever-you-call-this, although it wasn’t a cinch figuring out how to get onto these hanging seats.
It wasn’t really a choice between going to the Eagle farm and going to the Orchidarium. When you think of Philippine Eagle, you’re supposed to think
Personally, I just thought it was damn too gay a thing to go to the Orchidarium, although Il Hong swears we should have gone there instead (
He also requested that this picture showing him holding me this way be shown here as well. Yes folks,
The second day in
I simply had to take my picture taken at Ateneo de Davao. I thought I’ve been to all currently existing Ateneos –
And then we’re off to Camiguin. It was an overnight bus ride to the port.
Being able to roam around aboard and stretch our tired limbs was a welcome respite from the previous night’s sleepless travel.
Orson, our guide from last year in Camiguin (with Ateneo friends this time), fetched us in his handy-dandy blue van. That the a/c went bonkers was a blessing in disguise, since after using our God-given talents at haggling, we were able to lower his fee from Php6000 (USD10 at PhP10 to the green buck) to PhP4000.
It was promptly followed by a splash at majestic (this adjective is too cliché)
That night, we had fun at Ardent Hot Springs.
We did intend to wake up early, supposedly at 5:30 am just so we could see the sunrise at
No boatman was available to take us to the marker of the
Just close by are the ruins of an old church destroyed by a volcanic eruption.
A cold spring was next on the itinerary.
Our last stop was atop
And just when we were ready to call it a night, we just couldn’t resist the call to go back to the
We left early Thursday without being able to talk to the resort manager and give her our payment. I swear we could have left off without being caught, but either we believed in karma, or we were not one to leave behind a bad mark to our blessed
We had time to waste in Cagayan de Oro.
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I was with former officemates from Azeus on this trip. I hate them because were it not for them, I would have saved so much more, especially since I’m short on resources since I don’t have income this summer.
However, I’d also like to thank them, because even though the places we went to were fantastic (geez, I make it sound like this is a bad thing), they continue to show me that it’s not so much what you do or where you go which matter, but who you do things with!
2 Comments:
hey tsak! haha, sa blogspot pala kita ulit makikita! :D musta ka na jan? i'll link you to my blog ha! cheers!
WOWWWWWWW What a beach!!! Where is this again?! The white island beach? I have to go there!!!
-Samantha Jones
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