Davao City Day 1

December 22, 2007
We had trouble looking for a place to stay when we got there. Second time pa lang ni Jay sa Davao kaya di pa niya gaano kabisado ang lugar. I had lists of hotels that my friend gave me before I left Manila but all of them are fully booked. We never anticipated that this would happen. Early in the morning, we're already roaming around the city of Davao.

Until finally, we found a hotel that has an available room (Roadway Inn). It was a fine hotel, enough for us to stay for two days.

Jay's plan was to enjoy the city for the whole saturday and go to Samal island the next day. So we settled in and rest after the traumatic trip going to Davao. Nagising kami nang lunch time so nagready na kami para gumala.

We went to the nearest mall para maglunch. Surprisingly, ang alam kong kainan lang sa loob nang mall ay Jollibee and McDonalds. The rest are local restaurants. Since namiss ko na rin kumain sa jollibee, we opted to eat there.

Jay bought me my favorite burger meal (as always) with matching subuan of fries pa. He was casual with it. Hindi siya nahihiya kahit ako biglang tinamaan nang kaunting hiya. I never thought he would be game about it. Although I enjoy sweet stuffs like those, naaliw lang ako na willing siya sa mga ganun lalo na't he's discreet as well.

So after, inikot namin ang mall and then decided to visit some places of the city. Since pareho kaming walang alam doon, I called my friend na taga davao but currently in cebu to ask any suggestions. My friend Kristine referred the Crocodile Park, Butterfly farm and the Japanese tunnel. The crocodile park sounded interesting kaya I decided na doon muna kami pumunta. Jay talked to some people using their dialect to ask for directions. But most of them suggested to take a cab na lang. So we did.

Pagdating namin sa crocodile park, it was a beautiful, cozy park. Jay paid for the entrance fee agad while ako, aliw na aliw na sa kakatingin nang mga pwedeng pag-picturan. Hehe. Pagpasok namin, may kasunod kaming grupo nang mga bading na nakakainis ang mga itsura. So siyempre, they were looking at us which nakakailang because I hate being stared at. Pero since casual si Jay and doesn't mind them, I did the same thing as well.

Pasyal to the park and picture to the max kami ni Jay. It was indeed a nice stroll. Jay was so game in posing with the birds, while I was a bit scared getting too close with the animals.

I've never seen so many crocodiles in my life as to what I've seen there. The park was like a zoo because ang daming different animals din. After nang isang ikot, umupo muna kami while Jay bought some drinks to refresh ourselves. Then, bumili kami nang souvenir stuffs para remembrance.

After, we decided to go to the japanese tunnel. We found out from the cab driver that the tunnel is inside the GAP farm. When we got there, it's a big park again na pasyalan nang mga families. Actually, there was a pool pa nga inside with a lot of people swimming and a band playing. So inikot namin ni Jay ang malaking park until we found the japanese tunnel. Scary pa nung una dahil may fear nga ako sa small spaces pero Jay was so insistent na pumasok kami. And so I did.

Nang mapagod na ako, I asked him na bumalik na kami sa hotel to rest. Pagdating sa hotel, cuddle-cuddle lang. As usual. Then suddenly, he said something that turned my mood into a roller coaster ride...