Birthday Adventure at CDO, Bukidnon, and Iligan - Day 2

Second Stop: Dahilayan, Bukidnon

Mark and I woke-up early on the 9th of July, this is in preparation for our Dahilayan Adventure. Our meeting place is at Coffeworks Divisoria.

Mark and I bought some "baon" at Mercury Drug near this coffee shop. On our way there, we saw Xavier University, also known as Ateneo De Cagayan.

 We left Divisoria at 8:30AM. On that day, there was a CDO-Dahilayan 55K Trail UltraMarathon. That's why there were people running at the streets. 

 On our way to Dahilayan, we saw the pineapple plantation.

 

Then we finally reached the Dahilayan Adventure Park.

 We immediately bought a ticket for the All-Rides Zip Line (320m + 150m + 840m) for Php600.00. My fave is the 840m zip line. It's all worth it. And I wanna try it again. :)

 This is the 840m zip line.

 Getting ready to fly.

 This is after the 320m + 150m zip lines.

We rode a car to reach the starting point of 840m zip line.

 And finally, we reached the Asia's longest Dual Zip Line. :)

 Ready to take-off...

Weeeeee!!!

 

 

The picture and the certificate costs Php100.00. If you want an additional picture, you need to pay Php50.00. It's cheap, isn't it?

After the zipline adventure, we went to Forest Park. Every weekdays, entrance fee for adults is Php50.00, while for children is Php20.00. Every weekends, Php100.00 for adults, and Php50.00 for children. 

 It's relaxing inside and cold.

 

 

 

 This is the other part of the park.

There is a restaurant.

 

And a souvenir shop.

 The other side of the park.

 

 

 

The Zorbit Adventure.

 The tree top adventure.

 

And other recreation for adult, children, and those young at heart. :D

On our way back to CDO, we stop by at the big pineapple of Del Monte (but I think the one at the Calauan, Laguna is bigger).

 We walked around the LimKetKai Mall when we reached CDO.

 Then chill at Bo's Coffee - Rosario Arcade, treat by Honey.

 When Teo, Mark's friend, arrived, we went to Loreto's Grill & Restaurant for dinner. This is their hangout place when they were young.

 

 And that's the end of Day 2.

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Birthday Adventure at CDO, Bukidnon, and Iligan - Day 1

Another year has been added to my age. And this time, it's adventurous, more exciting, and more meaningful. Thanks to my dearest honey for making my 28th birthday a very memorable one.

First Stop: Cagayan De Oro

We rode a Cebupac airbus (thanks to piso fare) at 4:15am of July 8, the day of my birthday. We reached Cagayan De Oro at around 5:30am. We went to Divisoria to meet the parents of Mark and also, this is the meeting place of Kagay - the group where we listed for CDO white water rafting. You may refer to this link for more Kagay's information. We had our breakfast at Jollibee Divisoria. Then, we rode Kagay's jeep service to go to our destination.

We first had our stop-over at Macahambus Adventure Park.

You may try their sky bridge, zip line, and rapelling.

They also have souvenirs for sale.

But because we have already plan for Dahilayan adventure the next day, we didn't try these at Macahambus. For other information about Macahambus and their rates please refer to this link.

We reached the white water rafting venue at 11:00am. We prepared first for the adventure.

Got some instructions from our guide. He taught us how to use the paddle, and what we are going to do when we accidentally dropped from the raft.

Mark and I had chose the Basic Rafting only because it's my first time (it's Mark's second time), and I'm afraid because I don't know how to swim, and I'm afraid of deep water.

Then, the adventure begins.

 They also has the Zorb Ball adventure, located at the take-out point of the white water rafting adventure.

After the rafting, Mark and I went to Gaston Park, where you will see most of the couples. :D

 Then, because it's my birthday, we visited St Augustine Cathedral Church and lit a candle to thank God for all the blessings that He has given and will give to us.

 We had our very late lunch at Butcher's Best Barbeque, just few walks away from the Cathedral.

After eating, we went to Mark's home residence at the Apovel Subd to sleep and sleep and sleep, then eat. :)

We didn't try Camiguin this time because we were already been there last year.

That's the end of the first day.

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Panning: Photography in Motion

Panning is a photography technique that lets you shot a moving subject (cars, person, animals, etc). The term means a horizontal movement or rotation of still or video camera (from wikipedia). Photography is one of my favorite hobbies nowadays, and being a frustrated photographer, I want to learn some techniques.

For more information on panning, you may refer to the following links:
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/mastering-panning-to-photograph-moving-subjects
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/the-art-of-panning

Here are my samples of panning using Nikon D5000 and the kit lens only.

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