Tag: South Cotabato
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Lake Sebu: Dreamweavers’ Land
AS KIND AND I leave Surallah behind, the slow pace of rural Mindanao takes over. Rice fields stretch until the point near the horizon where Mount Matutum seems to grow. Children run around the side of the road. Jagged coconut trees and wooden houses dot the otherwise green landscape. Once again, I’m having that particular brand…
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A South Cotabato Road Trip
IT’S JUST AFTER EIGHT on a Tuesday morning, and I’m riding on a motorbike with Kind. We’re two hours into our journey through the national highway going to Lake Sebu, and we’ve passed through the towns of Polomolok, Tupi and Koronadal, where we’ve taken refuge in a roadside shed as rains poured after heavy clouds ominously hovered…
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General Santos: Convergent
HIGHLY URBANIZED General Santos City – the Philippines’ southernmost city, and the political and economic center of the SOCCSKSARGEN region – is considered mainly a gateway to other nearby destinations, and is thus lacking in traditional sights. For the determined traveler, though, GenSan’s undersung sights can fill up half a day of exploring. The last time I was here…
The Tourist Gaze 