This  June, my feet took me to Davao! Well, actually my work colleague's college classmates brought me to Davao. The organizer thought I agreed to come so they bought me a ticket. So yeah, I had to come.

First stop, Davao Crocodile Farm!

Davao Crocodile Farm

Why are there so many crocodile parks in the Philippines?

There were crocodiles, of course.

What is that green stuff they are swimming in?

And other animals.

And weird ice-cream flavours.

Vista View

We had dinner at Vista View. 

Pretty view

Mt. Apo is... ginormous...

We spent the next day at Eden Nature Park.

Eden Nature Park

We went Skycycling and it was awesome!

Breathtaking!

Lots to do at Eden Nature Park

Bugs. Bugs everywhere

Lots of birds at the Aviary

Butterfly Garden is teeming with these beautiful critters

We played at what they call  the "Indiana Jones".

On our third and fourth day, we hung out at Malagos Garden and Resort.

Malagos Garden and Resort

Welcome to Malagos Garden and Resorts!

Ostriches feeding on the leaves

I met the sweetest goat evar

i'd never thought I'd be able to see a peacock tail feathers fully displayed irl

Feeding the cute cute canaries

Taking a break from all the walking

I enjoyed the trampoline very much!

The Bird show is Malagos resort's highlight

Samal Island

We went to Samal Island and stayed at a beach resort called Fernandez. It was okay, I guess. But there were better beaches in the area. Pricey, though. 

don't be fooled by the photo. There are better resorts

We spent most of our time at the pool

We bought souvenirs from the Public Market, Magsaysay Park, Lola Abon's and Apo ni Lola

Them pomelos are really sweet!!

I loved the durian yema sweets and durian chips

The Durian creamy bar is their specialty and it is scrumptious! I also liked the Marang sweets

Thank goodness the weather wasn't against us despite being the start of the monsoon season here in the Philippines. I would love to go back to enjoy the other tourist attractions we didn't get to go to.

The place was unfortunately crowded when we went.

This is what it looks like during low tide.

The friends and I drinking and talking

we rode a van from Pala-pala to Calatagan

It was okay. Except maybe for the fact that we couldn't get some sleep because of our neighbors who decided to sing their hearts out until 6 in the morning. Most of us wanted to ride home in the middle of the night.