DfAT (Davao Food Appreciation Tour) DAY 3

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Everything has to end talaga, but before it did we had a grand island tour by ETOURS it was a whole day tour.

TAPS

Our day started with a pinoy breakfast at TAPS. It was our favorite place back when I was still in college because of their very affordable meals. They serve tapsilog all day long.

Sarap ng breakfast with the bloggers (tagal ko na kasing di nagigising ng ganito kaaga, hehehehehe) pero since eto ay lakwatsa si Donna Mae kahit gaano kaaga nagigising talaga, hehehehehehe. Hindi kami sabay-sabay dumating pero hinid na rin kami nag antayan pag dating namin nag order na kami agad at kumain. At nang natapos na kaming kumain lahat nag chikahan ulit.

Kami nila Chiq Montes, Dulce Lada at Doc Joanna nag bonding over our favorite book "TWILIGHT SERIES." At etong si doc Joanna ini encourage kaming magbasa ng "Vampire Academy, Series." Kaya ayun ngayon tapos ko na ang 4 na libro at nagustohan ko din eto ng sobra for this new addiction thank you doc Joanna, hehehehehehe.

ETOURS (Island Tour in Island Garden City of Samal aka IGACOS)

We were met by our tour guides oops!! I forgot their name sorry :( *I'm really bad with names but I never forget a FACE ay eto na naalala ko na JOJO name nya hehehehe. Anyways "highways" our guides from ETOURS are very knowledgeable when it comes to facts and trivia about Samal. It was my Nth time going to Samal but it was with them that I knew that the "GARDEN" do not literary means a plant or flower garden it meant the beautiful and wide-spread CORAL GARDEN all over Samal.

First stop namin is Maxima Aquafun meron silang giant water slide, canopy walk, diving board at water trampoline. Na amaze ako sa giant slide nila na galing sa cliff papuntang dagat!!! very thrilling experience talaga un. Ang daming tao kasi naman Sunday un we all decided na mga gamit namin iwan lang sa boat namin and doon na din kami nag lunch.

Etong photo ko taken by the staff ng Maxima ang bilis ng speed ng slide nahihirapan akong mag pose kaya yan ang resulta.

Pag abot ko sa dulo ng slide na feel ko para akong lumipad pag baksak ko sa dagat PLAK!!! ang sakit ng hita ko hehehehehehe pero swim ako agad out of the way may life guard naman na nandoon naka stay sa water to remind you to get out of the way to give space for the next slider. Safe naman doon lahat kami may life vest.

Ang galing talaga ng naka pag isip ng idea ng Maxima since ang property walang beach front kaya yun ginawa nilang isang malaking swimming pool ang dagat. Meron din doong water trampoline inantay naming umalis ang magbarkada na nandoon at nang umalis sila pina punta agad namin si Peter doon. Ang saya naming lahat doon para kaming mga batang talon ng talon!!! hahahahaha

We had our lunch sa boat, pack lunch by Lyle Santos's brother. Sarap ng lunch namin. Meron ding pina baon ang Dimsum Diner sa amin na assorted siopao.

After lunch umalis na kami sa Maxima Aquafun at nag tour sa iba pang island ng samal. Sa tour na un napag alaman ko na may 4 na hiwa-hiwalay na island ang Samal. Nadaanan namin ang Pearl Farm, Wishing Island at iba pang resort.

Nag stop kami sa Angels Cove and Babu Santa at nag swimming. Pupunta din kami sa coral garden at nag enjoy nag swimming at sa pag hahanap kay "nemo" hehehehe Na aliw kaming lahat ng naka kita kami ng madaming star fish.

ETOUR's Contact Numbers: +63917-7011882, +63916-4333199, + 63922-8674779, +6382-2861173, and +6382-2861645

Naka balik kami sa Davao by 4:00pm na. Si Joney Uy may hahabolin pa na flight. Si Ada after dinner pa flight nya. We decided to have dinner sa Picobello at Gaisano South Illustre. After dinner we decided to give bloggers from Manila a TASTE of DAVAO at un ang DURIAN. Pumunta kami sa Magsaysay Park at sa hilera ng mga fruit stands kumain kami doon ng durian. Ako ang pinaka matakaw kumain sa lahat hehehehehe.

After durian nag coffee kami sa Kopi Roti at tumawag si Ada na hindi sya naka sakay ng plane biglang iniba ng Cebu Pacific ang schedule nya.

Medyo pagod na ang lahat pero may isang malaking ngiti sa aming mga labi.

Thank you talaga sa AVATAR MEDIA for organizing this very successful event. Sa mga nag participate sa mga bago kong na meet at naging kaibigan salamat!!! see you all soon.

Thank you sa kay Ada Lajara, Andrew Dela Serna, Orman Manansala and Chiq MOntes for the photos!!! :)