Summer High
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008This weekend has been a great high!
It’s like I haven’t expected much to come out of my sudden trip to the hills of Bukidnon and then meandered to the river and hills of Cagayan de Oro, went back to Davao City and dived into the Coral Garden of Samal. Do that sound heavenly to you? hmmm…. indeed…
And mind you, all the food that abound were all yummy!!!
ITINERARY:
April 3, 2008; Thursday
6 a.m. - rode bus from Kidapawan City Terminal
around 9 a.m. - rode another non-aircon bus for Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon
1:15 pm - arrived at Manolo Fortich; rode "habal-habal" single motorcycle towards Mangima Spring Resort
1:30 pm - arrived at Mangima Spring Resort; met with DENR, DOT and LGU people, Caving Congress organizers and others
2:00 - 4:30 pm - wandered around the resort, ate lunch/snacks (chippy, magic flakes and royal), read pocketbook
4:45 pm - jump-off for the Caving Congress site in Palaopao, near Sumilao, Bukidnon
5:30 pm. - at the congress site… found old and new friends..waited for the socials which never came… but I still stayed for the night for the promise of a white water rafting adventure on the next day…
…. slept at 2:a.m. after a raucous laugh with the hilarious jokes and performances of talented friends.
April 4, 2008; Friday
5:00 am - my phone alarm went off but realized it was still too early for the 1pm scheduled rafting trip… went back to sleep..
6:10 am - lazily woke up to the sounds of cooking and voices and everything else… someone easily gave the first fart of the morning. eeewww!!!! so loud and proud!!!
7:am - assorted breakfast from last night’s left-overs and whatever we can get our hands on.
around 10 am. - rode dump truck towards Cagayan de Oro City
around 11:10 am - reached Viajero Outdoor Shop in downtown CDO, dropped out heavy bags of all colors, shapes and weights
11:25 pm - looked around for lunch
12:00 - scheduled meet of the group for the White Water River Rafting infront of CDO’s Tourism Office, near Jollibee
1:00 pm - depart for the site of the river adventure… drop by first at Macahambus Adventure Park along the way… marvel at their enormous sinkhole, hanging bridge, zipline, and souvenir trinkets
around 1:20 pm - drop by the restaurant/end point of the rafting adventure to get some added rubber rafts; changed attire from jeans to shorts.
around 1:40 pm - arrived at the starting point of the famous white water rafting adventure
around 2:00 - 4:30 pm - my concept of time swiftly went into a haze as the rapids pulled my attention and the "wheeees!!!" and "Aahhooos!!!" of the group dominated the scene.
{…. sigh… next time na ang karugtong… hehehehe
ini-enjoy ko muna remembering the event from start to finish… =) }
April 5, 2008; Saturday
1:00 pm - jump-off for the hang gliding experience… was just curious how they do it… the jeep climbed more dusty roads and hills until we reached our point of satisfaction. a place of nowhere between the earth and sky, linked by the wind and the golden afternoon sun.
April 6, 2008; Sunday
7:00 am - arrived at Davao Ecoland terminal
laundry… etc…. went to church… etc…
April 7, 2008; Monday
7:00 am - scheduled assembly time of the group for the Scuba Diving intro. Colyn and I were "outsiders" to the sponsor group, thus I would be more than willing to carry bags, bottles, grill the meat, etc.. and wait for my turn to be told, "you wanna dive too?"
and when the magic words were finally spoken, no minutes were lost before I put on the wet suit, mask, etc. etc… pose for the camera, etc. etc…. so it goes….
and I emerged as the last and final diver to go on board, back to the boat and to the mainland….
haaayyyy…. shortcut na lang muna…. im happily tired pa pala… =)
