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Almont Beach Resort, Lipata, Surigao City

August 28, 2011 8 Comments

Caraga Travel was full of challenge and excitement in one of beautiful God-made and man-made beach resort in Caraga Region, the Almont Beach Resort in Lipata, Surigao City. The heaven was part of it as you take the visit to the place which has the old name Maharlika Training Center. I have the man-made figure because of five star hotel amenities, 3-storey building beautifully crafted in the hands of gifted engineers pasted magnificently in the wall of mountains.

The luxury hotel was somewhat embracing in a God-made steep mountain blending like a natural thing facing the historic ocean breeze which we call it the never fading revelations the Battle of Surigao Strait. For the sake of history, the battle claimed hundreds of thousands of lives between the American and Filipino soldiers against from advancing Japanese Imperial Army in World War II.

Well, somewhat google my minds when I entered history. I learned few from history books that it hit my mind and heart again when getting back and starts digging the past. I live in Butuan City with its colourful history. The name Caraga was discovered in an old map with a name ‘provincia de caraga’ when Magellan and his men started discovering the islands taking the first route in the Philippines which is now called Surigao Strait.

History became the important aspect in life since I was a kid because of learning it from school. I will never forget how my teachers reveal to us that they are teaching the wrong history when the First Mass in the Philippines was held in Limasawa of Leyte. The recovered materials, facts and evidences of the past prove Butuan as the real throne to history not mentioning the famed Balangay Boats existed in 320 AD. The claim of First Mass gives value and meaning to the present cultural heritage where earliest colonizers tend to associates with early inhabitants.

Set Me Up for Surigao City

During the day, preparation getting much occupied since training will starts next week for the introduction of new system. Preparation is not easy after all because aside from monetary activities preparation was done in the state of physical and mental well-being. But that is not an excellent thing to do when I attended training due to exhaustion and loss of energy. Training will be focused somewhat about system enhancement, still engrossed with computer world that I love to vacate. The hands still hearing the tone of the keys in the keyboard while polluting rays hit a razor sharp in my eyes in front.

I have been thinking I will be leaving Butuan City to Cagayan de Oro next week where the old system we are using will be totally disbanded from our unit. Well, thinking of Cagayan de Oro City freshly remembered the struggle against the raging water of Cagayan de Oro Water Rafting, and able to surpassed the 14 rapids that blow-up my spirit.

But wait! Another activity for Surigao City taking place this afternoon till tomorrow in what we call personal enhancement. Doing this for good but for the sake of command responsibility, I will be jumping right away and witness another world of Caraga Destinations unfolds in the distance.

Travels in a place that I have never been were lots of surprises. But I got easily tired when jumping to a faraway place because of what they called ‘travel sickness’. My own line of defenses are the used of antacids to splice up the stomach from growing acidity. When into travel the main thing should do is to prepare two tablets in one swallowed and will never forget the doses wherever I should go.

Seven peoples in a vehicle that placed me at the back seat is a bit comfortable that put me to sleep in time. Actually, we are heading to Surigao City with 70 peoples more or less, others are using rented bus with a note ‘Special Trip’ in front. We are group of peoples from one agency to commemorate anniversary celebrations heading to Almont Beach Resort.

Almont Beach Resort Dazzling Location

After hearing one of my group mates that we are about to enter the gates of Almont Beach Resort, I was a little bit relief after two hours traveling from Butuan. Passing different locations in going the street of Lipata, Surigao City, overlooking seas and mountains were staggering beauty. Luckily I was able to stretch my legs for hours trap in a running vehicle, and walk quietly forward stepping up small stairs in near distance that turns out a spacious ground overlooking the ocean, islands, mountains, and Surigao City downtown areas.

After exploring the whole scene I came to my own point of view later that I am standing the top of a luxury hotel. I thought that standing in an area visible to the main entrance and the hotel is nowhere to found. But all these things became unique because after we park our vehicle, stepping out into the ground, and in the near concrete floors is already astounding revelation in welcoming visitors at the rooftop, and nature gazing began when the world exist under your feet.

This was the real scene before my eyes. Looking beyond those mountains when sunset started to evade, the deep blue sea was calm and still. Flat in never ending lines extended to small islands and big islands across for hundred nautical miles. As far as your eye can reach the glowing scene against the creation of God, your nerve started to loosen and fix the red eye from straining and began to sparkle. All your effort and discomfort for two hours in the road at the starting line and reaching Almont Beach Resort are gone like magic. This we call the unexplained wealth behind the scenes.

When Mother Natures started to embrace, and surrounded anywhere, here started feel the longevity in life. Between time and space as you started exploring things youthful energy began to surface. I remember as a kid will never miss a single day watching sunset at the terrace or rush to the river banks at dusk. The healing process of nature cannot be taken away after days of grind and drain.

I notice small island in the middle with white line, I presumed a white sand beach. It is much closer compare to other islands, later learned it was Basul Island. Asking someone in the desk center how to get there but I get nothing, instead advise me to jump to downtown Surigao City where availability for boat renting located in the seaport. Looking the heart of Surigao City was too distant before my naked eye where I stand.

Renting a boat can be easily done since lots of operators are eager to devote their life in the sea for a living, jumping from one island to another for the sake of others who are exploring the beauty of Surigao City. If manage to start hopping from Almont Beach Resort shoreline we can dock Basul Island less in time compare much in the heart of Surigao City. Anyway, this was an impractical solution of my visit since I am dreaming for impossibility, and I am not here for Basul Island.

I started investigating as I walked down the stairs that turns out reversal. I have usually done getting the entrance at the ground floor when checking in but not in Almont Beach Resort. Stepping down reaching the third floor first, and find way to the ground floor. In the third floor take a snap look closer much the scenic view of jaded pools surrounded with trees in the forest. Getting closer, thinking there was a continuing effort seeing man-made pools and God-made ocean blending in one angular direction. That was excellently done before the curious naked eye.

In the ground floor walking directly to the shoreline, I became aware of man-made structures embraced with trees and flowers in front of large blue waters. Giving back the natures when surroundings dominated by green environment. Basically, man cannot live without plant and trees which is forming a building block in the ecosystem. Without it where we can get oxygen in the air, and our eyes dying to see such a beautiful world of purely natural. Not the scenic digital world in your flat screen can ease the pain in your eyes. Simply go out to the real world and start the healing process.

The shoreline putting me in static mood and attached myself for hours with lots of corals scattered in a not so purely white sand beach. I remember my attachment to the coral infested beach in Agusan del Norte, the Bolihon Beach Resort. But here a different tone of experiences became endemic and opportunistic. The waters were so calm and clear in both distances that stones can be seen beneath the water level and swimming fishes passes by even the sky started getting dark. Two of my group mates were tempted to do some fishing with their ready-made bait which I believe all set before making a trip to Almont Beach Resort.

The Morning After

After taking part in office activities that ended up almost nine in the evening, I have to refrain from any extension group taking revelry that end myself in bed. Sleeping in a luxury hotel somewhat has a feeling of guilt because you live like king in a glamorous place while my wife and kids lives in an ordinary home that is mostly the average Filipino living conditions.

Hotel first class amenities were at par when entered a third floor in a floor-carpeted entrance door up to the exit door that trapped my way in a terrace to witness the saga of large bodies of water and occupying islands. Standing in the terrace like in the top of a mountain with yourself snapping the whole world below.

The terrace was a continuing length across the whole third floor and you can walk across from end to end if you wish to jump a wooded border in every room to meet every one in the rooms we are all occupying. The terrace became the partying venue for a chance in a lifetime escape that everyone wants a dramatic entry into the deep of the night.

The room is spacious that eight persons accommodated in a neat white walls that put me in a slumber of sleep for having lost the energy and preparing forward for the next travel in Cagayan de Oro City. But through the process of sleeping I thought of having dreams when noises of laughter echoes into the room for long hours but gain my consciousness later that revelry is continuing till the morning comes.

At 5:30 in the morning I have to get up because catching a sunrise in the middle of vast ocean forms a graphic image in my mind. Open up the door immediately into the terrace when my eyes still drooping from sleep. Grabbing Mother Nature was at stake after you wake up. Bearing the speed of time before opportunities gone witnessing every single seconds when sunrise entry in the womb of Mother Nature.

The entry into the terrace was dramatic because the saga of my group mates continues. One of them approaches immediately while calling my name when I came out from the door in the terrace. He walks like catching his step apparently with a bottle of beer in his right hand and face me with a loud voice in a welcome tone singing the Caraga Hymn.

A move that wake my eyes from drowsy state and started energizing the whole scene when a tough lawyer started singing and the whole boys follow soon singing Caraga Hymn. I open my mouth with them in dedication until the last line spreading angel voices that bounces in a sleepy ocean.

“Welcome to our beloved Caraga
Historic name of Region thirteen
God’s boundless love and blessings
Are all bestowed without restrain

Verdant valleys and tow’ring trees
Deepest Ocean and shining seas…”

The music and lyrics of the song completely mesmerized myself as I sing and started shooting the keyword ‘shining seas’ in the middle of the hymn. I made a quick stop temporarily. The moment started when the sunrise entry into the ocean begins.

Wow! Sunrise was sweet and dominating. The shining seas emerge like gold when the rays of sun started shooting Mother Nature. Never mind the background misty mountains between islands and mainland in the distance facing Almont Beach Resort. The center of attraction goes to the beautiful rising sun. Waiting from time to time that moves forward rising from slumber of sleep to sail in a new day of life.

Clouds forming in the distance added shows the art of nature like the duck wanted to swim in the ocean gold. The image of the duck creates controversy behind an early sun started showing creativity that lure deep one’s imagination. Later as time continues ticking another world open up in seconds witnessing them without winking the eyes of the beholder. Sun’s rays continue to bloom before clouds, mountains, and ocean while shifting another pace of time in dramatic mood. Spreading rays colored clouds turning the whole scene in a magical world. I thought living not in a planet that I normally lives or simply living the land before time.

Almont Beach Resort Bidding Goodbye

There are places on earth that you must see before you die. In Caraga Region I have accomplished something going such amazing places in a priceless adventure. Expect myself before I die landing my two feet in Almont Beach Resort putting a mark in my Caraga Travel and the rest of Caraga Destinations.

Someone is telling me that living our life once in a while in a luxurious ways like the one in a luxury hotel in Caraga such a blessed one. Luxury hotel thrive with natures is an excellent man-made facilities. I made some effort going around the vicinity like touching the mountains where Almont Beach Resort resides then down the shoreline. The last moments I have done it abuse time and space exploring Mother Nature along the way before it ends. No one can stop and arrest you of what you did.

Forgetting exposure too much of sun’s heat and put me in healthy sweats. Be brave enough going around and meeting some friends since plants and old trees shields you against the solar flare effect since green environment dominates Almont Beach Resort. Added tone was the sea breezes give extra much life to the lungs from the clogging urban life. Take the deep breath for seconds and go back to Butuan City with much pure blood and strength.

I have done enough before leaving Almont Beach Resort. I am fortunate because I live in Caraga.

You can reach Surigao City for 2.5 hours from Butuan City by bus.

Bolihon Beach Resort, Carmen, Agusan del Norte – Coral infested Caraga beach resort

July 6, 2011 98 Comments

I have not been to many beach resorts in Caraga like the Bolihon Beach Resort. But Caraga has its best beach resorts in the making either nature or man-made beach resorts. But I love the way when you are surrounded with natures. Like the one I have never been, the Bolihon Beach Resort.

I did not expect the plan will push through since it is a Father’s Day celebrations. The world knows the importance of fatherhood especially when a family depends on a father handling them. When a family lost him it is something will makes family incomplete. A father used to be the pillar of the house, without the pillar it can be easily manage to fall down as the saying goes.

So much for little children to take care, and sometimes you lost your time having the pleasure of life. You have to take life differently, and as a father of two little daughters fatherhood should be taken lightly when it comes to illnesses and financial status. As one friend says we should be strong for our children to live. If you have taken it seriously, fatherhood makes you unhappy and has no meaning. At the end makes you a sick creature. The only way is to get away from it. Free from the bondage of fatherhood. At least for a while. And jump to Bolihon Beach Resort feels the healing process of natures.

I did not expect coming to Bolihon Beach Resort in the town of Carmen, province of Agusan del Norte alone with my wife. No children at all. Celebrating Father’s Day celebrations without them is as easy as 1-2-3. Nothing can disturb your Caraga travel when visiting best beach resorts. But my wife says celebration is not complete without them. She missed them.

Heading To Bolihon Beach Resort

We got up early morning and heading with my wife in a bus terminal which is closer to our residence. We prepared the medicine kit probably the used of antacids to helps us fight the chilling effects of travelling like vomiting. Going to Bolihon Beach Resort was almost two hours ride from Butuan City. From the town proper in Carmen, we proceeded riding single motor or better known as in the local ‘habal-habal’ for one kilometer distance from the highway in going to Bolihon Beach Resort.

I remember my college days twenty years ago, I have been beach hopping in Carmen together with my classmates. We went as far as going to the north along the coastlines until we reach Kahayagan. When passing different beach resorts, we spotted the content of the sands because it was infested with small fragments of white corals scattered in the beach, almost covered the beach.

The beach turns into a white line as you look in the distance like the white sand beach in the different beaches of General Luna. Carmen coast lines amazed me how it became corals infested beach line. Deposited corals wash up in shorelines maybe for a thousand years to build that has become Carmen the trademark for corals world. Carmen beach is one of the top diving sites in Caraga Region because of beautiful reef underneath the seas. This makes a unique representation of most beaches in Carmen different from other beaches in Caraga Region.

Bolihon Beach Resort And The Corals

My first step in getting inside of Bolihon Beach Resort was to find a cottage. And we rested there for a while. The cottage we rented worth 100 pesos and it’s wide for the two of us. The travel was somewhat exhausted, and when I saw the beach and the sea breeze, its magic! Totally cools you off and don’t underestimate the natures surrounds while in front of the blue sea, kissing horizon and mountains against from the tirade of stress travel.

I notice the corals infested sands, and they are white cute stone-alike that come into different shapes and sizes invading the shoreline. Walking along the beach, scattered anywhere added milking white the whole beach scene. I could not stop myself to investigate. Going into the streamline how they have come and pulling one by one straight into my finger. I remember them collected and mixed into the floor in the aquarium of my parent’s home where colourful fishes joined them in a natural ecosystem.

If you ask how they came and how old each one. I’m guessing that they simply washed out to shore through time as environment change by force or through erosion process or maybe a large quake that devastated the earth that drawn tsunami to the world. If that’s the case, these groups of corals are thousand years of age. They came in this place before Magellan discovered Butuan and the Philippines.

I am lucky enough touching them in my bare hands. If I have time collecting them one by one it’s an entertaining thing to do. But that could be an immoral thing to do. Touching them and putting them in a place where they came from. You have done what nature should suppose to do. Corals live in the sea, and they are there putting harmony in the sands and the sea.

Little Bay of Caraga

Bolihon Beach Resort was a hidden beach actually. We have climbed the mountain and turned right we go down to a still ongoing constructed muddy road dissecting the mountain to give way for beachgoers. Without this road, the path to Bolihon Beach Resort could be difficult to reach. But someone has the spirit to find real treasure in life you have to move on and see how God created masterfully in His hand the art of nature by crossing the hardships and difficulties. Imagine the mountain at top and below the white curve line seeing the little bay of Caraga. If you witness the giant bays like Butuan and Bislig, well you can picture the cute little curve in a distance. Walking from the tip to other tip of a curve and you are done.

Standing at the center of the curve or at the center of the beach, the right end was actually mountain of rocks while the other ends were group of mangroves floating in the sea. Mangroves and rock mountains opposite each other in a white shoreline are good combination of paradise resort.

In my entire life I have not seen group of natures created in one setting unless the sunrise and sunset in a distance drops from the rooster of beautiful spots. It will make the whole setting vague. I mean in the world of beautiful beach resorts, factors affecting the beauty you have to include the shining sun that adds radiant to the beach.

Walking the shoreline with your bare feet was smooth but you can feel some corals are sharp. But corals could be tolerable when pressed against while walking because they are there seasoned to become smooth like the sands. It’s a fun thing to do. You will never regret doing this in the beach but not in your home.

Rock Formations

In the far end of the beach along the right is a mountain of rocks. It looks like the steepest hill calling the eye of adventurers. I remember the website I visited many times when I looked the blog post of Palawan Underground River. The mountains en route to underground river resembles the mountain of rocks. Wow! We have our own Palawan adventure in Caraga Region minus the underground river.

Those mountains of rocks added attractions. Most visitors want to explore the far end where rock formations and cave exists. But sad to say when high tide began our extra ordinary visits cut shorts because the sea level started to gobble up the ground. All you have to do is go back to the beach line and witness how nature changes in time.

Trees Live In The Water

One thing amazes me when visited Bolihon Beach Resort is the presence of trees that live in the salt seas. I live in Butuan City of my entire life since at birth and witness how trees grown in the urban communities and in the remote barangays. I love trees in the mountainous terrain in Agusan Valley or in the deepest forest in Caraga. The trees in the city help me cool off from too much heat of the sun and trees are part of ecosystem. But I did not imagine trees live in water much more in the salty world of Butuan Bay. I was shocked witnessing them in another world adapting to that level of environment.

Here in the left end of the curve was an army of trees. But if you want to explore the beach far from it even the boundary of Caraga Region and Northern Mindanao Region witness them scattered along Carmen beach and even the coastlines towards Nasipit like what I discover in Amontay Beach Resort.

Adventure will never end here. I am fortunate because I live in Caraga.

Caraga Review More On SEO

October 28, 2010 Leave a Comment

For almost four years of blogging, this site amazed me of increasing traffic that started from scratch. Caraga started as a blogspot, a free publishing tool owned by Google. A year later, I purchase domain name from Godaddy. The site still hosted free by Google using the simple and in-demand Blogger platform.

The site focused on beautiful Caraga destinations or Caraga tourist spots. I am calling the site as Caraga Rising Paradise because people keep asking about the place. The name somewhat unknown to them. But when they scan the pages of the site, some are saying they want to jump right away.

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A place is climbing towards the famed spot, still climbing. A beautiful place started to rise because of tourism. But there is just one concern that I want to shout against it, and that is mining. Topping the news that Caraga is now mining capital in Asia because of its rich in mineral resources, I’m afraid that my dream will break into pieces as mining will lash back tourism. At the end, Caraga rising paradise will turn into nightmare.

I hope not.

Anyway, I have to leave everything of what will happen in the next decade. But now, I am enjoying steadily the increasing traffics coming to my site. As of this moment, I have an average fifty unique visitors per day. Seventy percent of my visitors were come from organic search engine while twenty percent from direct traffics, and ten percent from referring sites. Well, that was a great accomplishment for Caraga.

Google The Net For Traffics

I have been an Entrecard lover. But one year making debut and never stop blog hopping I put in my mind how to put this thing out in my hand and discontinue clicking the button. Although Entrecard increases my traffic in Alexa Rank but progressively slowly down when you became inactive. I believe it was just giving you temporary traffic but helps a lot for those who are not dying in clicking the button. But believe me the button still exists for anyone would like to advertise. Entrecard lovers are welcome.

I have been actively involve to different bloggers group and added my site to them particularly Mybloglog and Blogcatalog but it seems traffics are expected low. But in the first place when you are new to blogging you have to take advantage and registered your site to them. You will not regret in putting these sites in your bucket list. You will be connected to different owners of blogsites.

I registered my site to different forums from Caraga to Internationally known blogger forums. I have been actively commenting blogsites too. Although commenting can makes some drastic changes to traffic in your site but turns out to be seasonal. This makes me a freak human being in the making. Traffics showing in the blogs are the most exciting moments for bloggers. Blogs are alive and competing in the highway.

How I Love SEO

In the world of blogging, you must be consistent in publishing articles in your blog site. More articles mean more traffics coming to your site. In the year 2010, there are months as you can see it in my Blog Archive, no posting of articles at all, and for the months I have posted, I have done it only once in a month. I became a lazy blogger. What makes this site amazing was the less posting of articles but in effect traffics are increasing.

A lot of bloggers have posted articles thrice a week to increase traffic in their site. And if you are a dedicated and persistent bloggers you can post an article once in a day, and you became an exceptional bloggers at the end.

Because bloggers believed that Content is King.

In my case, there is just one important factor that makes me a lazy blogger and that is discovering SEO. You have to understand that keywords are important in your site. Right keywords are the magic words streaming in your articles. The most awesome activity is when traffics coming in by just sleeping around the corner or go to bed at night. The next day when you open your stats traffics are flowing in. This is the juiciest part in SEO, and I became a fan and like SEO forever.

No effort on the part of the publisher or website owners. You just imagine that peoples around the globe discovered Caraga in one, two or three words in their minds with just a click of their mouse.

Visitors from organic search are fruitful peoples and real ones. The value of their presence in your site affects your site credibility and ranking. This is why the reason why I fight for SEO in Caraga. In other aspect, I continue being a lazy blogger for not posting articles frequently as needed. If I have done this as an excellent bloggers like others have done, then this site moves in the ranking with flying colors.

Rich Keywords Are Goldmine

Another juicy part in SEO is pitting the right keyword the presence of Google Ads in your site. Using the keywords will match the presence of Google Ads in your site. Peoples searching for topics are endless. When your site was lucky for a visit as someone reach the topics, the end of the visit was probably the exit link of Google Ads due to matching topics or keywords. This in turn will put your site in money making online.

Rich keywords will put your site in a mountain of gold. Yes, rich keywords are money. Google Ads will paste your site the most precious and money-valued ads. I will not anymore explain how it will be done because Google has the right things to do. Anyway, I hate putting this site into money making online machine as promised. But if the demands pour, why not grab the opportunity? I have to break the promise.

This is what makes blogging inspiring.

Bislig City – a city by the bay

July 1, 2009 40 Comments

This is one of my most exciting visit since this is the place where the famous Tinuy-an Falls located. Bislig City is the opposite end of Butuan City that is end to end to each other in Caraga. If you want to look at the map, Bislig City was 158 kilometers away southeast of Butuan City, and is heading at the last part of Caraga in going to the South to Davao Oriental.

Bislig City was located in the province of Surigao del Sur. It is known as – a city by the bay – because most its land mass occupying the scenic bay facing the great Pacific Ocean. Bislig City owns the whole part of the bay. No more, no less. Both Butuan and Bislig have a bay in honor to its name. Bislig City got its name from a forest vine of the rattan family that grew in abundance along the banks of its rivers.

In 1990, the then Bislig town was converted into a city. Other cities that comprise Caraga aside from Bislig are Butuan and Surigao.

A Portal of Virgin Forest

It is just about 5 hours ride from Butuan City. While as we move closer to Bislig City, the rough road has started to bump my seat but there were lots of entry point in order to get through to the city. There you experience big trees along the side of the road as you have never seen before like a trip to a never ending forest. You are heading the road as if you are passing the cradle of giant trees and wild plants but it seems they are just the leftover of boom logging in the 70’s.

If you think of it, Bislig City before the boom of logging industries was part of a cradle of virgin forest, or else a frontal image of a nude forest in the Pacific. This is where the defunct PICOP Resources discovered the best location of it. PICOP was formerly the largest paper mill in Asia.

PICOP, Mangagoy, or Mangagoy, PICOP

It can not be deny that word PICOP and Mangagoy – are famous name compare to the name Bislig. When you say PICOP refer to Mangagoy, and Mangagoy known where PICOP Resources located. It is just simply both name overshadowed the name Bislig. When I was young I always hear the name Mangagoy and PICOP until then in high school, I have a research on it and discovered that they are all came from Bislig town.

Someone is telling me, to that effect that comparing Mangagoy is like a city and Bislig was just a plain rural area. Later I learned that Mangagoy was just a downtown barangay envelope by not famed Bislig town. PICOP became a household name because most of its inhabitants were connected to PICOP as human resources and the source of livelihood. In short, most bisliganon survives due to PICOP existence.

Tourist Attraction

I have already discovered the beauty of Tinuy-an Falls which is known as “Niagara of Caraga.” It is a 3-layered falls with a height of 55 meters and a width of 95 meters, and possibly the widest falls in the Philippines. When I went there, it will cost 45 minutes to jump from the city proper. It is one of the best waterfalls in the entire Philippines because of its majestic and unique natural formation. Its colorful picture was once appeared in the International Travel Magazine.

Another hotspot is Hagonoy Island is a pearl shape island with clear blue water and white sand suitable for tropical getaway. It is 45 minutes pumpboat ride within the Bislig Bay.

The Lawigan Beach which faces and considers a part of the Pacific Ocean is a host of white sand beaches in the coastal area with fresh ocean breeze and sun bathing.

The enchanted underground river of the Hinayagan Cave. Famous for its unique features and has an atrium at the center reflecting sun rays. Experience a thrill while riding a banca or bamboo raft with bats hovering over your head.

The Togonan Cold Spring which is a 30-minute ride a far from the city proper.

Forester Park where amazing rock formation carved by nature through time which includes century old trees amidst mahogany tree plantation.

Bislig also hosts an annual festival called “The Karawasan Festival” during the charter day of the city which features an inter-school ethnic dance competition. Karawasan came from a local dialect which means “movement of the crabs”.

Never-ending Nature Parks and Resorts

• Ocean View Park – found at Gangas Drive 300 step up in a forest. You can see the panoramic view of Bislig Bay, Pacific Ocean, and Bislig City Skyline
• Baywalk Boulevard
• Mone River – offers a boat ride tour and witness the tropical getaways
• Florland Resort
• Restiseta Farm Resort
• Villa Salud Resort
• Villa Maximilla Resort
• Sian Resort
• Highland Function Farm

some photos and info from bislig city government website, other pics from bislig tambayan, and friendster from bislig karawasan photo

You can reach Bislig City for 5 hours from Butuan City by bus.

Caraga And The Sunset

June 5, 2009 17 Comments

I have been to different places in Caraga, as when you go home into your beloved place you can reminisces such beautiful things that put a magnet in your brain as you fall into a deep sleep from traveling. Too much amazement, sometimes in your dreams the adventure continues…coz the passion still exists in your heart until it will escape for days then you have to say I missed Mabua, or how much more if you experienced Estancia Cabo and missed everything. These exotic places are drowning your memory to the end. The Mother Nature in them is so intoxicating that it will put you in to a newly-renovated or highly-elevated person in the making.

Put Me High Against The Sun Down

The sweetest part is so dominating when the sun began to submerge the earth surface. When you are having the sun of your dream, try the beautiful sunset in Caraga, and became a dreamer. The sight and sound is clear. With lots of wonder and ponder that is striking in your brain. Sunset is my best delicacy of the day. Because in the first place it will make me a cool person, especially when I’m at the sea it will broaden my horizon.

When things went down and became nervy, the sunset has its magic way to calm you down, and put everything in order. Just like someone is telling you that everything is okay, and have a warm embrace. This time it’s Mother Nature that controls everything within you. Just give a shout and say I’m getting young at this moment!

Love Birds and Sunset

Sunset was the best place to express someone’s feeling. The cloud of doubt was gone in the valley. Love birds tend to be sweeter each day. This is the place that you can say anything else but purely love and emotion. The sun has to say goodbye but it will spell a magic touch to everyone who able to see him as it gone to the seas or mountains. Where ever the sun goes down the atmosphere become a hottest place for lovers to share. I will never forget the beautiful place of Mabua and Boracay. These places were unforgettable nest for all love birds out there.

My Lust That Last For Life

Since I was a young boy I already pondered and amazed of the beauty when the sun started to disappear in the horizon. Its stunning sunrays spreads like a virus in the sky as it reflect even the cumulus clouds in the distance. I cannot give myself a chance without seeing it as it bid goodbye in the horizon. I have to do it at the roof top of our house, since then before getting old, and even before I retire.

The desire of having it as part of your life through days will put in as the most awaited part in your life. Beauty in this world can be your guiding light as you walk with your heart. Amazing Caraga, amazing world, isn’t it?

photo courtesy from freida and alan milan of butuanon.org at http://www.butuanon.org/yabb/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.cgi?num=1211686271/195