BAGUIO FEB 2012

With Emman and his family

Stayed at Teacher's Camp. Goverment employees can avail of discounts here. We stayed in a 4 rooms house. Master's bedroom had 1 en-suite CR. Another common CR shared by the rest of the rooms with 3 single beds in each room. With a large kitchen and living room.

Went to Botanical Garden, Mansion House, Mines View Park, The Cathedral, SM Baguio (!), Burnham Park.

CDO, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Iligan - FEB 2012

With Carl, Marlon, and April

Bukidnon tour c/o a local tour company. Zipline at Dahilayan Adventure Park in Bukidnon

Passed through Del Monte farms in Bukidnon.

Iligan day tour was, again, from a local tour company. A van fetched us from the hotel and took us on a road trip to Iligan. Tour included Ms. Cristina Falls, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Tinago Falls.

CDO food trip included dinner at Bigby's Cafe and Restaurant (nice decor and good food), Kagay-anon restaurant (ordered an ostrich dish) . Attendad mass at Cagayan De Oro Cathedral. Stayed at Victoria Suites, no elevator but has free wifi and is at city center.

White Water Rafting at CDO

Rode on an Oceanjet to Camiguin. Stayed at Bahay Bakasyunan.

Went to Ardent Hot Spring, White Island, Mantigue Island Nature Park, Katibawasan Falls, Guiob Church Ruins, Sunken Cemetery, Soda Swimming Pool. Bought lunch at J&A Fishpen.

Snorkeling at Mantigue Island

Summer MAY 2011 : Singapore and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Enjoyed a cross-country trip with Dianne, Apple, Kath, Fred, Hazel, Stan, and Pam.

Met Hazel and Fred at Kota Kinabalu on May 6. We stayed at King Park hotel.

Itinerary included white water rafting at Kiulu River, located in the Tampuruli district and Kinabalu Park and Poring Hot Spring tour at Mt. Kinabalu. The tour was with EXOTIC ADVENTURE . Frankly, it was fun because of the company and not the actual tours. The rafting was tamer compared to our CDO rafting and the hot spring was a disappointment. Poring Hot Spring had small tiled pools with faucets. Not the nature-like pools we were expecting.

It was the island hopping tour that redeemed the Kota Kinabalu trip. Manukan island had lots of activities to offer, including a costly underwater "scuba diving" activity.

And the beach was very nice, with it's white sand and calm waters. Boracay sand is still whiter and finer, though.

A short flight afterwards and we were in Singapore! Stayed at Traveller's Inn which had a common restroom but was clean and nice enough for our short stay. Being near Lavender's MRT station was a plus as well.

Universal Studio's The Mummy Returns ride was so fun that we had to take the ride twice.