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Tanzania to Padada
The
father and son team's visit to the Philippines defies travel
advisory warnings as they picked Mindanao as itinerary for
their first visit to the country. The first leg of their
journey was in Cagayan de Oro City and visited Iligan City
as well. They hied off to the volcanic island of Camiguin
and enjoyed the tranquil and the natural beauty of the
island province. From the island, they went off to
Malaybalay in Bukidnon, a land locked province in the north
central Mindanao, famous for its pineapples and the Kaamulan
Festival. Traversing through the heart of central Mindanao
for some few hours by bus, they made it to Davao City. Met
up with them for dinner, were supposed to visit the People's
Park but Basti's energy wore off after the long bus ride had
coffee at Tata Benito and met up with Brenda instead while
Basti snuggled on a corner seat. They went to Samal island
the following day with Brenda and Frances and visited the
Bat cave and Haguimit falls. The falls has become popular
that its kind of crowded on weekends, its totally deserted
on weekdays though. They were able to visit the Philippine
Eagle Sanctuary in Calinan the next day inspite the rain.
Sebastian is a smart 6y.o. boy who speak four languages.
Hearing travel tales from a child's perspective spiced up
with Disneyish dash
is equally interesting and totally entertaining.
Andres and Sebastian went with me to Padada for a day. Ed
Dizon and his family treated us with sumptous lunch. We
walked
our way to the Municipal hall to meet up with the Mayor but
he was at Barangay Almendras for the community immersion,
Diana gave us a lift to get there but the Mayor has just
left. It was like hide and seek and decided to proceed to
Piape. We felt the breeze on the beach but its serenity was
marred by the blaring sound of the karaoke machine and
transferred to a much quiet place and Basti found his
spaceship there. Went back to town and was joined by Ed in
my shop for some coffee, cassava cake and conversations
while the boy busied himself with the computer. The Mayor
had called but they already left for the city to catch a
flight to Cebu early the next day. They are in Cebu at the
moment and be going to Bohol before heading back to Saigon.
MUNICIPALITY OF PADADA
The
father and son team's visit to the Philippines defies travel
advisory warnings as they picked Mindanao as itinerary for
their first visit to the country. The first leg of their
journey was in Cagayan de Oro City and visited Iligan City
as well. They hied off to the volcanic island of Camiguin
and enjoyed the tranquil and the natural beauty of the
island province. From the island, they went off to
Malaybalay in Bukidnon, a land locked province in the north
central Mindanao, famous for its pineapples and the Kaamulan
Festival. Traversing through the heart of central Mindanao
for some few hours by bus, they made it to Davao City. Met
up with them for dinner, were supposed to visit the People's
Park but Basti's energy wore off after the long bus ride had
coffee at Tata Benito and met up with Brenda instead while
Basti snuggled on a corner seat. They went to Samal island
the following day with Brenda and Frances and visited the
Bat cave and Haguimit falls. The falls has become popular
that its kind of crowded on weekends, its totally deserted
on weekdays though. They were able to visit the Philippine
Eagle Sanctuary in Calinan the next day inspite the rain.
Sebastian is a smart 6y.o. boy who speak four languages.
Hearing travel tales from a child's perspective spiced up
with Disney
walked
our way to the Municipal hall to meet up with the Mayor but
he was at Barangay Almendras for the community immersion,
Diana gave us a lift to get there but the Mayor has just
left. It was like hide and seek and decided to proceed to
Piape. We felt the breeze on the beach but its serenity was
marred by the blaring sound of the karaoke machine and
transferred to a much quiet place and Basti found his
spaceship there. Went back to town and was joined by Ed in
my shop for some coffee, cassava cake and conversations
while the boy busied himself with the computer. The Mayor
had called but they already left for the city to catch a
flight to Cebu early the next day. They are in Cebu at the
moment and be going to Bohol before heading back to Saigon.
