Davao Trip

Considered as the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area, Davao boasts its grandeur from nature to its citizens. This amazing tag forced me to visit the place months ago. Who would not be captivated to visit a place where nature and urban meet? Well, take a short trip through my pictures and that for those who desire to travel in the magnificent place, you might get some details which you need for your next trip.

Funny how everything has started. I was apologetic to a friend who went with me on that travel as we headed immediately to Abreeza Mall to meet a friend and buy a Starbucks tumbler (as this is my collection).

Our accommodation is located in C.M Recto, Davao City as referred to a friend. Royale House, a cheap yet luxurious-looking hotel. PHP1,900 per head for 3 days and 2 nights with free breakfast of your own choice of menu. 

(photo courtesy from www.pusangkalye.net)

June 30, 2012, our first day was more of a city tour. Abreeza was our first stop and SM (the old one) was the next. Just the thought of visiting in SM was not really amazing as SM Cebu is incomparable to theirs. Ridiculously, it took us 3 hours trip going back to our hotel as we were jazzling around the place. Of course, with the help of the friendly people who got us back to our destination. Took a nap and in a few hours, at 9:00PM a friend flicked a message to us. Without any thoughts, we hurriedly met her and took us to some famous places in Davao. Chillin' at Coffeecat, we met a famous artist whom we chit-chatted for a few minutes, YES a few minutes. Not to mention his name but he is absolutely hot!

It was still 10:00PM when the streets of Davao turned to a haunted street. I admire their self-discipline as the city imposed strictly their curfew. When the clock strikes at 1:00AM, party animals are unhurriedly invisible to party places. Valerie, a local from Cebu but now settled in Davao is a friend of Sarah, my Dora sissy. She gave us some tips on the places to travel for our second day. Everything was jotted down. 

Familiar? Yes, this is Eden Nature Park in Davao. Just with the help of our map and the hotel staff in Royale House, we arrived here safely. OMG! Davao is literally big! It took us 2 hours! From C.M. Recto, we took a jeepney ride going to Toril then habal-habal ride going to Eden. Whew! 10 in the morning and it was indeed exhausting but if you are a devotee to Mother Nature then you would not feel that long-and-tiring travel.

We are both introvert upon dealing with people, and that's a fact. A fact only applicable to people whose  mother tongue is not Bisaya. Sounds absurd but most of the tourists there were from Manila and they were in groups! I was pretty challenging as we twisted our tongue to communicate with them.

So, who's gonna take pictures? Of course, our tour guide.LOL She took our pictures in perfect angles! Cheers to that! 

Completed my Biology degree and took units in MS Environmental Science, I am a proud product of our environment. Eden Nature Park is a must place to visit. 

Eden's Bird Sanctuary is a place you should not miss. You would see different species of birds. With their flamboyant colors, you enjoy every moment looking at them. Their existence in our nature is something that we need to value and appreciate. Their chirp is a cry for us humans not to abuse their habitat. 

Ooops! I am not the result of the metamorphosis but their butterfly sanctuary offers essential information on the life cycle of a butterfly.

So much with green tableau and majestic creations, we hurriedly called our driver as the clouds were touching down the place. Without vehement eagerness, we headed to Crocodile Park. 

This ginormous crocodile sprung us up to surprise! I wonder then Lolong's length. It was such a close encounter! Well anyway, this place would amuse mostly to kids.

However, we really did not stay long since we still had a lot of things to catch up. We went back to our accommodation at 4:00PM. Then at dusk, our intestines were loosely looking for food.

I totally forgot the name of this barbecue house but it's just 5-minute away from our hotel. The ambiance was so cool. Dinner was delectable and mosquitoes enjoyed sipping blood from our flesh. After this short dinner, we headed to Abreeza Mall to buy pasalubong.

As a whole, Davao offers great features to tourists. Though, the place is astoundingly boring but if you are into nature tripping, this place is just perfect for you. We planned not to visit Pearl Farm as locals were telling us that Mactan is better. Davao is also famous for its sea foods so try their delish local foods. If you wish to visit this place, three days is not enough.