Wanderlust Diary

Having been dubbed as an adventure zone in my travel dictionary, Cagayan de Oro became our next girl trip destination. I had to trust my friend Donna to prepare the itinerary which she no doubt excelled at (She loves the adventure trips..those kind which you can kayak and camp for 5 days)

I had expected it to be a tiring one. We first head off to Camiguin for some R&R at the Paras Beach Resort which was pretty decent. A lot of tourist seem to stay here because it’s nearer to the sandbar beach famous in Camiguin. Seeing a picturesque volcano while lounging around the sandbar is a perfect relaxation mode. I was too lazy to swim so I totally stared at the beach and talked with friends.

We also explored other places in the island such as Katibawasan Falls, Ardent Hot spring and Old Church which reminded me of Mt. Mayon’s nearby sunken church.

You know when you just don’t know how cameras capture beautiful photos, but the scenery was too overrated? Well surprisingly, I love this falls! While I was taking pictures, I can’t believe that the photos and the falls are so much alike that I don’t need to bring an expensive camera. Staring and spacing out has been my past time this time around. Either I’m getting old or I am getting so lazy!

Going back to CDO, we headed to our hotel Malberry Suites after a long trip back ( from Benoni Pier ) approximately 2 hours if I remember correctly.

Early morning we went to Dahilayan Adventure Park and even got starstruck seeing Sam Milby and KC shooting their movie there! Thinking of other things besides heights which I dread, I was concentrating on seeing the green scenery and cool breeze around, forcing my knees not to shiver.

My friends had reservations to a famous farm called Del Monte. Here, it was notable for their steaks which cows were rumored to be fed with their sweet pineapples. Sadly, I was not a steak lover so I ordered a bangus instead.

Then off we go to that famous whitewater rafting! Though 3 hours seems to be too long, the boatman entertained us for the most part and wanted us to flip our boats, but luckily we all refused to be drenched in muddy waters as some of my friends have their “p-day”..its too much icky. Those WWR pictures do make people think that it was a rough ride right? *wink*

I recommend those tour guides Great White Water Tours. You can book them to take your wild pictures along the way!