PASTIL was one of the first food items that I looked for when I finally got back to Davao City last month, after over six years of being away. Pastil is…
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Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival
EVERY third Saturday of August, the main streets of Davao City hogs the spotlight as thousands of spectators flock to watch the Indak-indak sa Kadalanan or street dancing take place to…
Read MoreWhite House tour in the dark
The white old mansion looked forbidding in the darkness outside, and I was almost sure someone was going to open the French windows a bit a peek at us from the darkness above.
Read MorePuto Maya and sikwate
FOR six years, I’ve craved for puto maya and sikwate the way they cook and serve it at the public market in Bankerohan in Davao City, and the craving finally…
Read MoreTinuy-an Falls: The Little Niagara of the Philippines
My first glimpse of Tinuy-an Falls is a wide cascading body of water more or less three feet tall, beautiful but nothing impressive and I thought all the promotion about the…
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