Lake Sebu, South Cotabato (Part 3): Dream Trip

Place: Lake Sebu, South Cotabato
Date: February 23-27,2015
Unraveling the rich culture of T’boli and conquering an exhilarating adventure in and around Lake Sebu. (Part 3)

The best and easiest way to see the 5 waterfalls is through the 740 meter zipline ride.

Another thing that you must see is the Seven Waterfalls located in Baranggay Siloton, it housed the unbeatable ride on the longest and highest zipline.  This means crossing across and above the magnificent 7 falls zipped in a highly secured line, be ready to rock your lungs out for less than a minute.

Lake Sebu, South Cotabato (Part 1): Dream Trip

Unraveling the rich culture of T’boli and conquering an exhilarating adventure in and around Lake Sebu. (Part 1)

Lake Sebu is not just lake, but the name of the town.  It is one of the municipalities in the province of South Cotabato, and known as the summer capital of the province because of its temperature that is comparable to Tagaytay City in Luzon. The town is surrounded with placid lakes, hills and mountains with thick rain forest, which is known to be home to the indigenous people; T’boli’s, Tirurays, Ubos, and Manobos.  

Tale of three lakes

Lake Sebu is surrounded by three lakes:

1. Lake Lahit - is the smaller of the three lakes with a scope of 24 hectares.

2. Lake Sohoton - is the deepest of the three, which covers 48 hectares.

3. Lake Sebu - perhaps the most popular and largest of the three, measuring 354 hectares.

According to the locals, the deepest part of the lake that was explored by American divers is at maximum of 60 meters.  Much of its part is too dangerous to explore because it is said to be too dark and it characterizes a mountain like terrain with dense trees and logs.

Roxas City, Capiz

Roxas City:  July 24-25, 2014.

The air was crisp and cold, amplifying the full spectrum of sunset that now hiding over the mountainsides.  The light that slowly painted the edges and tip of the mountains, sea and cottages is fading, in just few minute, the nature’s fine crafted art will engulf the eyes of the few.   Close your eyes now, and savor the moment, and let the crashing water wash the pain off your feet.  Atc

The sea across San Antonio Resort, Roxas City.

Boracay Revisited: January 2014

Why Boracay?

The Unexpected trip

Tacloban City, Leyte.

One need not to say what comes in one’s mind when one sees the word, much more the place.  - Badly hit badly beaten, bad recall – Six months after the devastation brought by Typhoon Haiyan on November 8, 2013, I realized that it was not too bad to set foot on it, with smile, with pride, with so much admiration to the people, and to those who helped. 

Resiliencies toppled miseries.  The air of destructions, death, and ruins were replaced by desire to bring everything back to normal, to RECREATE its beauty, and to be loved again --- and so it moved on. 

I was asked to attend the 2^nd UNICEF PCA Partners Meeting on May 29-30, 2014 in Tacloban City, Leyte.  When I landed via Philippine Airlines which has a daily flight schedule from Manila-Tacloban-Manila, we were warmly greeted by airport personnel with a choreographed welcome chant.  I can’t help but just to smile (I did not understand what they were chanting, but its sounds promising).

Exiting the airport, we hailed a taxi that would bring us directly to Hotel Alejandro, my heart beats so fast that I almost forgot if I was actually breathing.  My mind and heart were full of expectations, but blinded by pre-anticipated scenarios, the usual things that I saw on TVs kept playing on my mind.  Then I realized that I was waiting for that smell that was usually described by those who already been there.