Dapitan: Dakak!

but of course a dapitan trip is not complete without checking out Dakak beach resort. When Boracay was beginning to become popular some years ago, I can remember people down here mentioning about a similar place here in Mindanao. Eversince I really want to see it for myself... Is it really comparable to Boracay...?


we really need to have this classic shot with the Dakak logo. :-)

Dapitan: Rizal Shrine Part 2

we got sooo many photos inside the rizal shrine that's why i decided to have a 2nd post for the place. :D Here's how it looks and feel around the compound....


It has a beachfront! :-) I can imagine how perfect it is to swim then chillax in the shady trees of the compound after you've had enough of the sun. :D

Dapitan: Rizal Shrine Part 1

We're not sure what time the Rizal Shrine opens so we just decided to take our chances and head there at around 7am... :-) good thing we did because we were the first guests... 30mins later busloads of students from zamboanga arrived, at least for 30min we had the place to ourselves. :-)


they were kind enough to open the museum already for us. :-)

Dapitan: Sunset Boulevard

It's just but appropriate to create one photoblog for Dapitan's Sunset Boulevard! :-)

Dapitan: Map of Mindanao and St.James Church

Dapitan City.
February 26, 2010

We've completely veered away from our itinerary, doing Linabo peak first... we had little time left in the afternoon to explore Dapitan City... we rushed to their town to check out the Map of Mindanao and St. James Church before sundown...


Map of Mindanao
I was particularly excited about this one. This was created by Jose Rizal during his exile in Dapitan. And I first heard about this back in highschool when our English teacher was telling us about a student winning the Photojourn category in the Press Conference, one of her shot included this map taken from the bellfry of St.James Church since this is just directly in front of the church.

Dipolog: goodtimes cafe

when i was preparing our itinerary for the Dipolog/Dapitan trip I accidentally found out about Goodtimes Cafe. :-) This place made me more excited about the trip! It reminded me of Sonya's Garden in Tagaytay...

Goodtimes Cafe is located at corner Lopez-Jaena and P. Garcia streets in Biasong, Dipolog City. Created and owned by Ed Tabancura. It's an artists' haven.Goodtimes Cafe is actually a private mini-park about 1,000 square meters with a two-story ancestral house along the road, an art gallery by the left sideyard, a pension house by the right, and an indigenous open chapel at the back area.

Dipolog: stations of the cross

i love how the stations of the cross was made at the Linabo Peak... here's for my holy week post....


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First Station: Jesus is condemned to death.

holy thursday accident

we we're supposed to go to the Divine Mercy hill in El Salvador City (near Cagayan de Oro)... Around 1am, that's 5hours into our trip (it was supposed to be a 12-hr roadtrip), we were all awaken by the plunging and flying feeling of our Strada, there were several loud and hard thuds until we stopped... my initial thought was that we're falling into a ravin... it was such a relief that after we stopped what we saw in front was a house (our headlight was still on) and that we did not flip over.

Dipolog: conquered Linabo Peak! :-)

this was supposed to be a last option in our Dipolog-Dapitan itinerary because we know how physical this can get... we were supposed to climb 3003 steps to get to the peak of Linabo...

ang mga Balangay... bow

after days of ranting that i wont be able to see the 2 balangay visit Zamboanga City... we were finally able to find a way!!! (sorry for having a first pic with my face all over... im just toooo happy that i get the chance to see Diwata ng Lahi and Masawa Hung Butuan plus Tiririt for real before their adventure in Southeast Asia)


i first found out about this project through Anton Diaz's blog last June3,2009. At that time I was already scheduled to go home, that's why I got too hooked on this project since Zamboanga City was one of the major stops of the balangay voyage. I knew I would be able to meet them, their expected arrival in Zamboanga City was Feb14,2010. Since then I've been checking their blog to note their location and check on updates about their stops.