Travel

I thought I was still in Davao City. But I was not dreaming. I traveled by plane from Davao City to Manila for one hour and 20 minutes. From Manila, the flying hours were three hours and 15 minutes.

I was still a little kid when I started my fascination with elephants. This happened after I watched those Hollywood movies featuring the “strongest beast of burden.” So, when I learned that one of the itineraries of our recent tour in Thailand is the Mae Sa Elephant Camp, I was totally excited.

“If you will build, they will come.” That was what Burt Lancaster told Kevin Costner in the award-winning movie, A Field of Dreams.

I had been to Washington, D.C. thrice. The first time was when I presented a paper on water and population at Woodrow Wilson Center.

When I was invited to go to Baguio some years back, I was hesitant at first. I know that it is the country’s summer capital, but there was nothing more than fascinates me about the city.

Among the municipalities of Davao del Sur, there is only one that earned the moniker “green town.” It’s Bansalan, located in the northwestern part of the province.

The Philippines is a country that comprises 7,107 islands. The places worth visiting are so numerous that tourists can only hope to see a few of them.

From being tagged as “Murder City,” Davao City became “one of the most livable cities in the Asia” (both sobriquets were bestowed by the defunct Asiaweek magazine).

“The Pearl of the Orient Seas” is how some historians called the Philippines. Its landscape is beautiful, the people are friendly, and the foods are delicious. What a person wants to see, the Philippines has them.

As a journalist, I have two things that I like most – aside from meeting and talking with some of the famous people around the world.