CDO - City of Golden Friendship


We almost didn't make this trip! Were were 5minutes late of our flight due to heavy traffic in Sucat coz of storm. Yah, Manila was under storm then and the night before that, we were kinda thinking if we should back out. But our friends who had their flights one day earlier than us were able to reach Northen Mindanao without any probs. They even told us that twas so hot in CDO! Hooray to that!

Arrived CDO  at 10am and sun was kinda unforgivable. Airport is small. We took a taxi going to our hotel. I thought the dialect here are the one used in Mindanao but they're using a Visayan dialect. :))


uhuh,  CDO was dubbed as the City of Golden Friendship




Yay! We were in Region 10!! First time in Mindanao! saw this  BIG collage of photos at the wall in the arrival area. I want to explore every niche of Region 10 but I only have 3 days..  I will definitely add them on my must-travel list!



 We checked in at Willshire hotel. For sosy travelers, this hotel aint for you! We booked a package tour with Kuya Rogers that's why we dont have any choice then and beside, our friends were already checked in on other room, taking a rest as they went to Bukidnon the previous day.
I do have picture of our rooms but it would be unfair if I will be posting 'em here as the room is not really nice.. it so old and the smell is kinda odd. Dunno, maybe Im just expecting too much. We even saw a small bug. :(( Anyway, I told myself that twas okay since we will not gonna be spending the rest of the day at the room since we have to do some activities during the day and leave early morning the day after.


Since we still have time before our WWR activity, we decided to eat out first. We asked the locals on where we could eat but it seems like there's no famous resto/eatery somewhere near. They have a night market where you could buy lotsa stuff and food, they call it Divisoria but it opens during night only.

We decided to dine in at Pedong's and ordered grilled liempo. The place is kinda spacious. It opens from 10am so we were the first customers! HA!




Burp!

 We both ordered the same meal. hahaha! 

Now we are off to some adventure, the CDO white water rafting.. but before that, we passed  by Macamhabus Adventure Park. Actually, Kagay Outdoors (our official guide for WWR) offers a package that includes some activities in Macahambus. 



 They offer Skybridge, Rapelling and Zipline. We never tried any.. lol!

 It was a short zipline ride only but you have to cross the skybridge first before they hang your A off on that zipline. :P







Our service going to rafting area. :))

 bye! Gonna enjoy Rafting first.. :))
please see next post for the CDO WWR
Photobucket

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Aquria, Playa Calatagan

Image
It's a long weekend na naman, kaya we have decided to lay down on the sand under the sun. My skin is still tanned and havent been recovered from yesterday's outing with my family in Lipa and yet again we have this biglaang lakad. We went to Aquaria last Sunday as we thought that we would be able to enjoy the solemnity of the place but I was wrong. Forgot that since it's a long weekend, a lot of people will be on leave as well and will rush to the beach for the last few weeks of summer. We didnt bring a car for I wanted to learn how to commute to Calatagan  (sometimes it better if youre lost - that's my fav tagline) and I also thought that it is just a piece of cake since we will be coming from Batangas. BUT I WAS WRONG! PLEASE WAG NIO KAMI GAYANIN! hahaha! Since we came from Batangas, we had a hard time looking for a route going to Calatagan. Unlike those that will be coming from Manila, I think there's a direct route going to Calatagan. As per my res...
Read more

TAAL BASILICA

Image
hmmm... Im from Batangas  that's why I always have the chance to go to the Asia's oldest church which is St. Martin de Tours of Taal... but one day my boyfie and I decided to climb at the Tore of Taal church.. at first I didnt like my bf's idea since Im really afraid of heights but we still decided to try it just for the heck of adventure.. twas creepy, I mean the way up.. coz its too old, too dark and the old stonewalls look like weak and will break anytime! I heard some bats as well and the smell wasn't that nice.. but definitely the view from top was indeed breath taking! You can see the entire city of Taal, the market and the Municipality. Its kinda windy as well so its not really advisable to stay that long since it doesnt have fences. Before you can go there, you need to visit the main office so they could have you assisted by their guards or sakristan since it's not really safe. Then a little donation wont hurt your pocket, I guess. We gave 50 pes...
Read more

Come Again in Camiguin - Countryside Tour

Image
Hiyaaahh!! It's ber month and Im back on backpacking and beaching mode! Oh yeah, nobody cant stop me from exploring every niche of the PI.. :p   This time, I went to Northern Mindanao with my solemate and his friends. First, we went CDO for the white water rafting - see next blog. The morning after, we went straight to Camiguin. From Cagayan de Oro, we went to Agora Market Terminal to catch the first trip to  Balingoan Bus Terminal. From Balingoan terminal we took a tricycle (10pesos each)  to the ferry terminal bound to Port of Benoni in Camiguin. Fare is 170 PHP / Terminal fee is 2.50pesos and travel time is 1 hour - 1 and 45mins (depends if it is a fast craft or not)  The 5am ferry that we took was not! We arrived  Port of Benoni at 6:45am :(  Recap: Cagayan de Oro  to  Agora Market Terminal (Bus bound to Butuan) Bus to Balingonan Bus Terminal    Ferry to Port of Benoni Camiguin Sunris...
Read more