Tag: Side Trips (Places to Visit)
Cotabato City’s only manual metalware-making community of artisans
I’ve seen too many gongs (and tried to play it a few times) that I take it as something “ordinary” for Mindanaon traveler like me. It never occurred to me though how such beautifully crafted brassware was created. I bet most of you didn’t bothered to ask, if ever you saw one. Have you seen a gong …...
Guinakit Fluvial Parade in Cotabato City
Guinakit Fluvial Parade is a re enactment of Shariff Kabunsuan‘s (an Arab- Malay missionary from Johore, Indonesia) arrival in Mindanao some 500 years ago in a Guinakit (convoy of bancas) along the banks of Masla Pulangi now Rio Grande de Mindanao. The arrival of Shariff Kabunsuan started the spread of Islam in the...
Do tell my mother I’m in Cotabato City!
“Tell her too, I’m glad I did!” It’s not my first time in Cotabato City. But my last stay in this place wasn’t to give me a good glimpse of this city. Since then, my perception of Cotabato was all dependent and shaped by what media is sensationalizing about this place. Sadly though, it’s these...
Things you need to know about my SExcapades, Part Deux!
(Reader’s Warning: This post contain sexually explicit words that may not be suitable for readers below 18 years old. Parental guidance is advised. Better if you accompany your child to this nature wonder!) I’ve already told you what the heck SEx (SoCSarGen Experience) is all about. Now I’m going to give you some...
Kalinawan Outdoor Resort’s “Do All you Can Do Challenge”
Drawn back “One whole day is not enough here” said Vip Jacob owner of Kalinawan Outdoor Resort. “With all the outdoor activities you can do here, chances are you’ll wish you can stay longer” he added. Vip is right. I went back. Together with seven other guests (Roy, Lito and Jimmy) and a few of …...
