Monday, November 3, 2008

What’s with Cagayan De Oro?

Cultural presentation in Opol, Misamis Oriental (Photo courtesy of Pao)


I’ve been to Cagayan De Oro twice, both for job-related reasons. Me and my co-volunteers Pao, Miks, and Boni attended a national volunteers’ summit. Aside from visiting the Capitol Building and strolling around the city, I am personally not aware of some other tourist attractions like water rafting due to our limited stay. But every time we go there, we ate in a restaurant where they serve buffet that offers quality beef meals. It’s so good! It’s a good thing the organizer of the summit wasn’t able to feed us properly, this gave us excuse to feast on this restaurant. No offense, but I personally loved it.

We were surprised that SM CDO closes at 9 p.m. We went there around 8:30 p.m. to eat before watching a movie but we noticed chaos outside only to find out that people were already going out of the mall because it was about to close. We asked the guard about the movie sked and we knew there’s no such thing as last full show. Hehehe…


Several hours from the city, we were toured in the municipality of Opol in Misamis Oriental where they oriented us about their good local governance practice. We even visited the ostrich and crocodile farm. The best part of the tour was when the mayor treated us in a local floating restaurant by the sea. Sarap ng libre!


Philippine Ostrich Farm in Opol (Photo courtesy of Pao)


Philippine Ostrich Farm in Opol (Photo courtesy of Pao)



Crocodile Farm in Opol (Photo courtesy of Pao)

From what I know, CDO is a gateway to Bukidnon and Camiguin. It’s on my list of possible destinations. Hope I could go there someday.








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