From our 4-day business holiday last week in Bukidnon (Saturday until Tuesday night), we stayed in Davao for a day (Wednesday) and went back packin' again with Rica's relatives on Thursday morning to Saturday evening.
DESTINATION: Cateel, Davao Oriental
TRAVEL TIME: 10 hours (via Compostela Valley) / 12 hours (via Mati)
DURATION: Thursday until Saturday
PURPOSE: Fiesta back in the roots
Rented a Nissan Urvan to bring us there and luckily we had a driver who really drove fast. So, the usual 10/12 hour drive is cut short by 3-4 hours. Unfortunately, since the road isn't paved yet, there are areas where we have to go down from our van just to get through and walk like 30-100 meters (exercise!) -- me and Rica along with Tita Nilda (wife of Dr. Hansel "Jun" Magno of Brokenshire Hospital) situated at the back seat endures all the humps and the rattles of the van's poor shocks. What a nasty drive! But, that's just not it -- the driver just doesn't know how to avoid the holes...tsk...tsk...so we end up battered and pounded after the travel.All good now! Now we know what kind of vehicle to bring next. hehehehe...
Anyways, Cateel is simply a lovely place and where "DINABAW" is widely spoken -- something that I really want
to learn. Got the chance to see different sites like Aliwagwag falls, their beach and experience how they do the "fiesta" over there. One phrase about Cateel, "GALEEEEET SILA SA LECHON!!!!!!!!" hehehehe...It is a place where you can use the crispy, tasty and mouth watering skin of the lechon as your plate and have rice as your sud-an. Imagine how spoiled we were there...we were basically served with lechon every meal (aside from the crabs with colossal snappers and prawns). Truly, no one's starvin' in this side of the country ug dili uso ang high blood diri! We had total of 4 lechons plus 1 bring home pa! hehehehe... (lechon paksiw? - naa pa stock hangtud karon yo!) hehe..
As the folks and locals would say over there, "waya na chemical!" kampai!
FYI (from Wikipedia.com): Cateel is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 28,655 people in 5,731 households.
Cateel is the home of the Aliwagwag Falls, located at barangay Aliwagwag. It is a towering waterfalls considered by hydraulic engineers as the highest in the country and regarded as one of the most beautiful falls in Mindanao. It is a series of 84 falls appearing like stairway to heaven with various heights among the steps ranging from 6 to 110 feet. One step is measured 72 feet and another is 67 feet. Overall Aliwagwag Falls is 1,110 feet of cascading energy and 20 meters in width. All these in the midst of virgin forest. River at the foot of the falls. 13 rapids to cross.
DESTINATION: Cateel, Davao Oriental
TRAVEL TIME: 10 hours (via Compostela Valley) / 12 hours (via Mati)
DURATION: Thursday until Saturday
PURPOSE: Fiesta back in the roots
Rented a Nissan Urvan to bring us there and luckily we had a driver who really drove fast. So, the usual 10/12 hour drive is cut short by 3-4 hours. Unfortunately, since the road isn't paved yet, there are areas where we have to go down from our van just to get through and walk like 30-100 meters (exercise!) -- me and Rica along with Tita Nilda (wife of Dr. Hansel "Jun" Magno of Brokenshire Hospital) situated at the back seat endures all the humps and the rattles of the van's poor shocks. What a nasty drive! But, that's just not it -- the driver just doesn't know how to avoid the holes...tsk...tsk...so we end up battered and pounded after the travel.All good now! Now we know what kind of vehicle to bring next. hehehehe...Anyways, Cateel is simply a lovely place and where "DINABAW" is widely spoken -- something that I really want
to learn. Got the chance to see different sites like Aliwagwag falls, their beach and experience how they do the "fiesta" over there. One phrase about Cateel, "GALEEEEET SILA SA LECHON!!!!!!!!" hehehehe...It is a place where you can use the crispy, tasty and mouth watering skin of the lechon as your plate and have rice as your sud-an. Imagine how spoiled we were there...we were basically served with lechon every meal (aside from the crabs with colossal snappers and prawns). Truly, no one's starvin' in this side of the country ug dili uso ang high blood diri! We had total of 4 lechons plus 1 bring home pa! hehehehe... (lechon paksiw? - naa pa stock hangtud karon yo!) hehe..As the folks and locals would say over there, "waya na chemical!" kampai!
FYI (from Wikipedia.com): Cateel is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 28,655 people in 5,731 households.
Cateel is the home of the Aliwagwag Falls, located at barangay Aliwagwag. It is a towering waterfalls considered by hydraulic engineers as the highest in the country and regarded as one of the most beautiful falls in Mindanao. It is a series of 84 falls appearing like stairway to heaven with various heights among the steps ranging from 6 to 110 feet. One step is measured 72 feet and another is 67 feet. Overall Aliwagwag Falls is 1,110 feet of cascading energy and 20 meters in width. All these in the midst of virgin forest. River at the foot of the falls. 13 rapids to cross.
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