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White Water Rafting Cagayan
Great White Water Tours – Cagayan de Oro – Mindanao The Great White Water rafting company is on Mastersons Ave. on the way to the airport near Xavier Estates and across the street from the turn off to the Kingston Lodge. Great White Water Tours cell 09209380677 (088) 310-5495 Up to 3 rafts are loaded [...]
Kingston Lodge Cagayan de Oro
Kingston Lodge – Cagayan de Oro Off Masterson Avenue Direction Lumbia Airport Cagayan de Oro City Philippines Tel 088-858-56-96 Kingston Lodge staff – Leah and Irene The Kingston Lodge is just past the SM Mall on the way to the airport. Look for the lechon manok (bbq chicken) stands on the right side of the [...]
Gingoog Hotel – Gingoog
The Gingoog Hotel is a great place to lay over for the night if you are traveling along the north coast of Mindanao between Butuan and Cagayan de Oro. Gingoog Hotel – rooms with ac, tv, and hot shower start at 1000 pesos a night – there is wi-fi in the restaurant. The Gingoog Hotel [...]
Surigao fish and meat market
Surigao Fish and Meat Market The Filipino people can turn a simple trip to the fish and meat market into a blast. I missed the morning ferry to Siargao Island and spent the day looking around town. Surigao market The waters around Surigao are rich in fish. The currents are fierce and the water is [...]
Koronadal City Greenstate Suites
Greenstate Suites Hotel Koronadal City, South Cotabato Judge Aba St. Zone 111 Tel 083 228 5409 Koronadal City, west of General Santos, is a good jumping off point for a trip to Lake Sebu up in the mountains. There is plenty of lodging up at the lake itself but I was traveling alone and wanted [...]
Motorcycle Taxis
Motorcycle taxis – also known in Mindanao as “skylabs” I am trying to learn how to ride a motorbike, but realize that I will always be a pretender. The skylab captains of Mindanao are the true masters. It is humbling to observe the balance, technique and skill of these riders. A motorbike rigged up like [...]
Hillsview Inn Mindanao
Hillsview Inn Mindanao One of the easiest road trips you can take in Mindanao would have to be the run from Surigao to Davao or General Santos. This 600 k is trouble free and there is a great little hotel around the midway point in the town of Trento, Agusan del Sur. It seems out [...]
Logging With Motorcycles
Hauling logs with motorbikes in Mindanao I just got back home from touring the island of Mindanao and came across this unusual sight. These motorbike drivers were hauling loads that might exceed a half ton at times. They carried a minimum of 6 logs per trip and often had an additional rider on the back [...]
General Santos Mindanao
General Santos – Mindanao General Santos or “Gen San” is positioned on the edge of Sarangani Bay in southern Mindanao southwest of Davao. It is a world famous fish port where a majority of yellowfin tuna are auctioned off. It’s worth an experience to watch that sale but I didn’t make it this trip. This [...]
Incognito Man in Maguindanao
Incognito Man on the Cotabato run Filipinos riding motorbikes often wrap a t-shirt around their heads to keep out the road grit, smoke, and intense sun – especially on long runs. I surely look like a goon, but this get up rarely attracts a second look when traveling long distance in the Philippines. I felt [...]
Climbing Mount Apo
General Santos
Growing Orchids
Judy's Resto Bar
Logging with Motorcycles
Mount Mayon
Balabac Island
Biri Island
Calbiga Cave
Capul Island
Mangrove Swamp Palawan
Mikes's Resort