Our recent visitors were Mr. Walter Paulus and his wife Alice (Sombilon) together with sons Marco and Pascal with Arlene (Sombilon) as well. Marco’s best friend Pascal also went with the family and his second time to be in Padada.

The family was having a grand holiday by touring around Hongkong for a few days prior to spend the rest of the holidays in Padada. They have gone as far as Glan in Sarangani Province and visited a very beautiful beach called Gumasa. The beach’s white and powdery sand and turquoise waters were amazing and are more captivating than Boracay sans the crowd and commercialism.

It was on the last week of their stay that I am able to meet Marco, we talked over Colt 45 and Red Horse until the wee hours with Lemuel Sombilon. The day after, we went to the city for some night outs with Mark, Lemuel and Carlo. The garden ambiance and the foods at Gardenia Fresca was a welcome treat for Marco.

Monday is not a good day to make party in the city as most party animals hibernate but we were on a prowl and hopped from one bar to another intoxicating ourselves with beers and with anything one can fancy to gulp. Daybreak caught us in the sea wall where the controversial statue of David was, people were doing their morning exercises and we were still drinking Red Horse. We came back on a Friday night to show our guests how Davao people party but had to leave earlier for an early appointment the following day.

They had a blast!!!

It was a great opportunity talking with Pascal and Marco over Tanduay Rum. The exchange of cultural diversity was interestingly important in understanding two contrasting cultures. A chance for me to know about their province and on how people live and vice versa.

 danke meine Freunde, bis wir wieder treffen