Dabawenyang Laagan

Davao Crocodile Park is a zoo which can be found in a 10 hectare area located at Diversion Road, Ma-a. It's been in operation since 1995, and up to this date it still is alive and kicking. I actually wanted to visit the place last month but we didn't have time and money. Hahaha. So, I thought of having our little celebration this month here. But before proceeding, I did my research about the fees. We decided to meet at lunch time at my house which was just a few kilometers away. After lunch, we bought food from the near grocery store and off we went at around 1:45 PM. Since the place was just near and we were riding a motorcycle, we reached the place before 2:00 PM. We bought two tickets, each ticket costs Php 250.00. If you come by 3:00 PM, you'll be paying Php 300.00, so better come earlier. For Php 250.00, you get to visit three areas: Butterfly House, Crocodile Park and Tribu K'Mindawan. The first stop we went to was the Butterfly House, it's a few meters ...

Just when we thought that Surigao is just made up of beautiful beaches, caves and falls.. We found something extraordinary. Our driver during the Sohoton Trip told us that we could take a look at a place called LaSwitan. To my curiosity, I took a look at it on YouTube and found this. The waves of the Pacific Ocean slaps the large rocks and the water is caught inside like a basin and forms a pool. Amazing, isn't it? So from Hayanggabon Port, we had lunch and at around 2 PM we took the journey to Cortes. From Cortes, we rode a muddy and rocky 7 km road to LaSwitan. Unfortunately, we weren't able to reach it in High tide. So we didn't witness what can be seen in the video. :( So we took photos and climbed the rocks instead. By the way, what we did was actually not allowed. We didn't know it was illegal until we were done with it. Hehehe. It was scary though. The rocks are very sharp and slippery, if you fall on the other side, there's  a chance you might no...

We've seen plenty of photos about Bucas Grande or Sohoton Cove. We wanted to visit the place so bad. We even watched videos on Youtube about the place, read blogs and facebook posts to prepare for it financially. And finally, last Sunday, we did! Here's what happened. We we're a total of 24 pax in the tour. So, we had to book two vans. Each van costs 4,500 per day. Standard rate for the van is Php 3, 500 but because the destination is pretty far from Davao City, it's more expensive. We planned for a 2 day tour which costed both vans Php 8,000 plus crude oil (Budget for crude was Php 6,000 for both vans). We also brought food and water for two days, appliances like heater and butane stove. We brought our own water because we aren't sure of the quality of water in the island (better to be safe than sorry). Planned jump-off time from Davao City was 1:00 AM but we had to pass by different areas of the city to pick up the others before we finally took off. A...