Day 188 - Clannish

Requisite group photo at the end of each occasion, in this case, the trip to Davao wherein some relatives from my mom's side who live in Germany meet some relatives from my dad's side who live in Mati. We took this photo at Dahican Beach, just before we left Mati to go back to Davao City to take the flight back to Manila. It was all in all a happy trip. :)

P.S. Skim boards are only props and none of us (except maybe my nephew (the kid in the white shorts)) know how to use them.

P.P.S. Photo was taken by my cousin's husband, Kuya B.

Day 187 - Waniban Island

No fancy titles needed for this photo. It's that pretty. (I mean the island. The photo is of course only average in quality. I'm not a professional photographer, after all.)

This is Waniban Island. One of the 7,107 that the Philippines has. It's very small. You can walk around it in 30 minutes. Isn't that cool? I think this might be my 2nd favorite island, next to Corregidor. Anyway, it can be found in Mati, Davao Oriental. It's my 2nd time to come here, the 1st one was in 1992. I actually have cousins who live very near this place, so maybe when I make my millions, I'll be able to visit it more often.

Day 186 - Requisite Jump Shot

I'm not the best photographer/camwhorer/jumper in the world so I really don't know what possessed me to take such a photo. I think, it was mostly to see if I could take a jump shot using my camera's timer while it was sitting on one of the beach chairs. I think I got the timing and framing right. Now I just have to work on looking better while jumping. That pose is totally ridiculous.

P.S. Somewhat iconic Pearl Farm Beach Resort Parola in the background. With a star on top! :D

Day 185 - Here Comes the Sun

Very luckily, on our second day in Pearl Farm Beach Resort, the sun was up and running that you can actually see its glare on this photo.

This is the gong at the entrance of the resort. I don't know what they use it for, but it's quite picturesque, with the Samal Houses (in one of these cottages is where we stayed overnight) in the background. I took this photo while waiting for the speed boat that would take us to the small island across, which is also a part of the resort, but with a bigger beach area.

Day 184 - From the Top

It was cloudy (and sometimes raining, hence the umbrellas) the whole day on our first day in Davao that we didn't feel like swimming at all in the beautiful beach and swimming pools of Pearl Farm Beach Resort. Instead, we rode the electric car and went around the island. The driver of the electric car was very nice. He offered to take this photo of us. :)

In this photo, me, my dad and my aunts are at the top of a hill in Samal Island (where Pearl Farm Beach Resort is located). The cheapest rooms are located here on account of they're not "beach front" and are very far from the restaurant and swimming pool area, but you do get the view, which as you can see, is spectacular.

P.S. Pearl Farm Beach Resort was still in Christmas mode when we got there, hence the partial bamboo Christmas tree in the background. (However, on the day that we left, I saw some people disassembling said trees.)