NewStats: 3,262,948 , 8,178,608 topics. Date: Wednesday, 04 June 2025 at 07:44 AM b4ii

had my lunch at gensan and then hit the road to Gotabato.

a dish of stirfried tripe and a bowl of soup.

bought some nameless fruit. tiny pomelo.

arrived in Gotabato at 6pm. spent a while looking for a safe and clean stay. i referred to the guide book, but the one highly recommended turned out to be a rundown hole, managed by a scary transvestite. a transvestite in muslim city ?! i escaped and asked the people in the street and was told a reliable hotel at the corner.

not snapped any photos, too busy ,too disconcerted, i did not even want to whip out my phone in the street.

my dinner, bought them from a vendor pickup .

a slice of fish, an omelete, some fried meat.

nowhere to go. the shrill horn of curfew was on. i sat on the empty reception desk which was next to the wifi transmitter, and busy texting with my new friends made in phillipines. one of the requests popped out suddenly, i found her totally stunning by a glance. and i decided to back to davao next day and stay in this muslim island for one more day. ( actually 3 more days in total, i wasted 2 days to wait for a ship out )

end of day 9

day 10

backed to davao to fvck some one.

the bus stop at Gotabato. early morning.

bought some breakfast. an egg , rice and meat wrapped in bamboo leaves. sour , maybe expired. i chucked them away.

not much to record today. just routinely booked the same room and ate my dinner at the same barbeque place and asked some students sitting in the people's park to help me talk in the phone to that cute girl who barely spoke eenglish. then she came late, from some rural town, and i invited her to eat at the same place. i asked her shall we sit at the park for a while and she said no . she seemed hurried.ok , then we returned to my hotel. the landlord did not make any fuss. he smelt i took a durian in my bag and asked me to eat it all or throw it, last time. but he totally comfortable with my taking another person back. i doubted that girl came here many times too. she told me there was a convenient shop nearby, and she wanted me to buy her some snacks for her nephew, after we finished. ok for me. i even paid her jeepney money back to her home, which was 1000naira. pretty memorable night. i asked her can she stay and sleep , she said if i wish. actually i did not wish. i could not sleep with a stranger . so i let her go. she texted me a thank you ,10minutes after she disappeared from me. i guess i was pretty generous compared with her philipino customers. ok for me. i thought i got more than i gave.

This country with its rural settings seems more liveable than the big daddy India. The food even looks more appealing.

Uyi168:
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U are here again ..

end of day 10

this is the highest mountain in phillipines. i past it in the bus. not cheap to climb it. it would take 6 days and some carriers and a guide to conqure it. even in the bus i could inhale the refreshed air ...

day 11 and day 12

heading to the north harbor cagayan. waiting for a ship to the next island

there was no ship , i had to wait one more day in this boring city

but luckily i had a nice reminiscence newly in my mind. i spent one whole day lying on bed , ing the photos of that girl from facebook and i started talking with some one else. from facebook, i knew another one who was 50km away , in the morning of day 12. i hesitated a lot . when i decided to go , it was noon. and i was not sure whether time was enough, so i quit. she was pissed off and even lectured me by sending me christian sermons or stuff like that. i was not a christian, her message sounded hilarious to me.

an indian eating in the restaurant where i was eating too. funny to see he used his hand to eat.

Like I said on your previous thread, you should get a better camera.

You are more like a well detailed guide for most of us who haven’t been to these places. So a clearer picture is needed to beautify your thread.

I also suggest you buy a plate with lid and spoon (for your food) instead of always eating from plastic bags. Doesn’t look healthy to me.

vizkiz:
Like I said on your previous thread, you should get a better camera.

You are more like a well detailed guide for most of us who haven’t been to these places. So a clearer picture is needed to beautify your thread.

I also suggest you buy a plate with lid and spoon (for your food) instead of always eating from plastic bags. Doesn’t look healthy to me.

it is clear in my phone..anyway, traveling is for my own fun. as to share my experiences and photos, that is a byproduct. i did not even know i would post my photos here.

actually, some people or some things i want to deep, i would take a good photo of , using high resolution. but the casual things..

igbesachick:


it is clear in my phone..anyway, traveling is for my own fun. as to share my experiences and photos, that is a byproduct. i did not even know i would post my photos here.

Alright man

my room in cagayan. some indian lived here too, because it was cheap.

security downstairs, with a gun at his waist. is there a bullet inside?

a protest in the city, demanding the government to improve their living standard, by the words i saw on their slogans

an orange flavor soap , consumed very fast. 350naira.

one of my meals, beer and chicken

long distance line ship. the ticket. it took me 3 hours to board this ship. long queue, strict security check not less than the one in airport..

the ship ride was 13 hours , from 12pm to 1pm.

naira12000

day 13

on the boat for most of the day. then traversed the island panay, slept at the other side of panay island.

my last meal on mindanao island.

loading the cargos onto the our ship

my cabin

my bunk with a bag on it. the highest class and most costly cabin.

2 men and 2 women in my cabin

the corridor, very even, not conscious i was in the sea, just felt like living in a hotel on the land.

to collect the bedsheet. i put my ID card there as deposit .

the breakfast , price included in the ticket. there were more than 1000 people lining for it. but it looked very little .

negros island, which i planned to go to, but the transportation was not that frequent to and out of there. so i skipped it.