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Cagayan de Oro Canopy Walk

Mt. Apo Rain Forest

Zamboanga's white beachline and attractive vinta

News (world news and Philippine news) is always part of my morning thought after waking up. I don’t totally read all the pages of Inquirer.net and Yahoo home page news. In fact I only read headlines few paragraph due to morning rush hours. However today (this was last Tuesday, but haven't finish my article hehe), I felt a sudden gloom after reading the column “Davao BUS Blast killed 6” report. Not again... the bomb is planted in a mobile phone which killed 8 and has left 30 plus wounded oh no...

From the time I gained social consciousness, the word Mindanao sounds the home of terrorist for foreigners already. Shit huh?

" Mt. Apo - The grandfather of Philippine Mountains"

I have grown up in a beautiful place Island Garden City of Samal IGACoS and it’s such a dwelling place with the white beaches, warm people and green environment. I also gained my education in the neighboring place, DAVAO CITY, a very big and enriched with natural resources city. I can really pronounce that DAVAO is beautiful and wonderful.

Do you crave for fresh, tasty and cheap fruits?? How about fresh and beautiful flowers?? How about rainforest?? You can have it all in Davao. Apart from the natural resources of Davao alone, the neighboring towns that complete Mindanao are even more scenic. The Maria Christina Falls in Iligan, the beautiful and famous Island Camiguin, the colored vinta of zamboanga and its famous sotanghon, the Surfing spot of Surigao also known as the home of King Crabs and Prawns. There are a lot to see and experience in Mindanao yet it is more famous as the the home of the terrorist (Danger zone) of the Philippines. The home of freaks and stupid warriors.

(The photos herewith are just few of the places to go and experience, in Mindanao there are a lot more to see)

In Brunei, the famous Makati is the most talked of my students. It is a place in the Philippines they were so amazed with. But they have not explored the other beautiful places of the Philippines. A lot of instances that many Bruneians asked me same question “Orellie, which part in Philippines do you come from?” and of course I will say Davao City, if they don’t know Davao City I need to mention Mindanao. And you know what? Although it is in a form of a joke but they will tell me “are you a member of Abu Sayaff”. We don’t want to go at your place, we better stay in Manila. See? As a grown up in Mindanao, it pains me because there are so many civilians in Mindanao like me and probably you who wants Mindanao to be known as beautiful, awesome, wonderful and all those adjectives that should supposed to be thought by people not the WAR ZONE area where kidnappings are rampant, military assault against Abu Sayaff is constant, bombings and a lot more..

Is there a hope for Mindanao? I can’t forget the 2 consecutive DAVAO bombings in the airport and seaport, I have even few friends who became victims. Many civilians suffered because of what? conflicts? politics? money? power? I don’t understand. Sayang lang kasi ang Mindanao nasisira ang GANDA.

WHAT CAN WE DO THEN? I'm so BLUR...

Del Monte Philippine packing - one of the largest Pineapple plantation in the world having 9,000 hectares land area. wow!!

All pictures are obtained from and if you want to know more about Mindanao too, just click the link..Mindanao Travel Spots, you can also click the links of famous places in mindanao I mentioned above to redirect you to the LGU official website.