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Davao Day 1 - Jan 15, 2009
I am still on leave today as I scheduled a trial class for Bela at Mind Specialist School. So while Bela is taking a nap, I was able to take this opportunity to start with my Davao Adventure story.
We took the 7:55 AM flight via Cebu Pacific last January 15. The flight was again on time. The only problem that we had was the seats given to us by the one who checked us in were far apart from each other even though I specifically requested for it. But since the flight is not full, we were able to find seats that are seated beside each other.
It was drizzling when we reached Davao airport. The Marco Polo shuttle service picked us up at the airport (I thought it was free with my reservations but it turns out, I have to pay P600++ for the transportation when we checked out). We arrived at the hotel around 11 AM and they were able to give us a room right away even though check in time is 2 PM. We booked two superior rooms and we love our room. Even Bela love it. She doesn’t even want to go out of our room and she just wants to lie down there and sleep.
Since it is raining when we reached the hotel we decided to just stay inside the hotel and rest until lunch time. Come lunch time, we just decided to go to SM since it is near Marco Polo. We initially plan to go to Jack’s Ridge but since it is raining anyways, we just decided to settle for Yellow Cab at SM.
Our cab driver offered to drive us to Philippine Eagle Center after lunch for P1800. The Center is located inside Malagos Park. There is an entrance fee of P5 for the park and P50 for the Philippine Eagle Center. There is really nothing much to see at the Philippine Eagle Center (or maybe it is just raining when we went there so we didn’t really explore the center). Pag-asa, the Philippine eagle is inside a cage together with the other Philippine eagles and we just saw owls and a crocodile.
It stopped raining while we are at the Philippine Eagle Center so we initially plan to go to Eden Park after. But it started to rain again when we went out of the Philippine Eagle Center and there is nothing you can do at Eden Park when it is raining so we just decided to go back to the hotel.
Aldevinco souvenir shop is just across Marco Polo hotel and since Bela is sleeping like a log, we (me, my mom, my sister and hubby) went to the shop and left Bela with her lolo. We were able to buy a lot of batik clothes and pearl earrings at a very affordable price.
We finished shopping by 7:00 PM, and we asked our cab driver (who became our official tour guide) to pick us up at the hotel and he took us to a seafood restaurant at the back of Victoria Plaza Mall (oldest mall in Davao). The food is still not comparable to the cooking style of Dampa but my dad is happy as he was able to satisfy his seafood craving and the price is just ok.
After dinner, we went back to Marco Polo and called it a day. You can view more pictures of our Day 1 in Davao here. I promise to post pictures and stories of our second and third day in Davao soon. I just have to look for Lexington personal injury lawyer first as I promise my aunt that I will find give her the information that she needs today.
We took the 7:55 AM flight via Cebu Pacific last January 15. The flight was again on time. The only problem that we had was the seats given to us by the one who checked us in were far apart from each other even though I specifically requested for it. But since the flight is not full, we were able to find seats that are seated beside each other.
It was drizzling when we reached Davao airport. The Marco Polo shuttle service picked us up at the airport (I thought it was free with my reservations but it turns out, I have to pay P600++ for the transportation when we checked out). We arrived at the hotel around 11 AM and they were able to give us a room right away even though check in time is 2 PM. We booked two superior rooms and we love our room. Even Bela love it. She doesn’t even want to go out of our room and she just wants to lie down there and sleep.
Since it is raining when we reached the hotel we decided to just stay inside the hotel and rest until lunch time. Come lunch time, we just decided to go to SM since it is near Marco Polo. We initially plan to go to Jack’s Ridge but since it is raining anyways, we just decided to settle for Yellow Cab at SM.
Our cab driver offered to drive us to Philippine Eagle Center after lunch for P1800. The Center is located inside Malagos Park. There is an entrance fee of P5 for the park and P50 for the Philippine Eagle Center. There is really nothing much to see at the Philippine Eagle Center (or maybe it is just raining when we went there so we didn’t really explore the center). Pag-asa, the Philippine eagle is inside a cage together with the other Philippine eagles and we just saw owls and a crocodile.
It stopped raining while we are at the Philippine Eagle Center so we initially plan to go to Eden Park after. But it started to rain again when we went out of the Philippine Eagle Center and there is nothing you can do at Eden Park when it is raining so we just decided to go back to the hotel.Aldevinco souvenir shop is just across Marco Polo hotel and since Bela is sleeping like a log, we (me, my mom, my sister and hubby) went to the shop and left Bela with her lolo. We were able to buy a lot of batik clothes and pearl earrings at a very affordable price.
We finished shopping by 7:00 PM, and we asked our cab driver (who became our official tour guide) to pick us up at the hotel and he took us to a seafood restaurant at the back of Victoria Plaza Mall (oldest mall in Davao). The food is still not comparable to the cooking style of Dampa but my dad is happy as he was able to satisfy his seafood craving and the price is just ok.
After dinner, we went back to Marco Polo and called it a day. You can view more pictures of our Day 1 in Davao here. I promise to post pictures and stories of our second and third day in Davao soon. I just have to look for Lexington personal injury lawyer first as I promise my aunt that I will find give her the information that she needs today.
