It has always been a mystery to me why the province of Compostela Valley changed its name a few years ago. On December 2019, a plebiscite ratified the law that proposed to rename it to Davao de Oro. When I got the chance to visit the province recently, I finally got to learn why. As…
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Exploring Curtain Falls: Baganga’s Astonishing Waterfall
It’s safe to say that Curtain Falls is the most popular waterfalls in Baganga, which is why I would agree with those who call it as the said municipality’s crown jewel. In fact, it’s the only waterfall in Baganga that I’ve seen being featured in Subangan, the provincial museum of Davao Oriental. Locals revere it,…
Exploring Lake Carolina (Resort Cartagena): A Beautiful Place in Baganga
What’s in a name? Well, a name gives identification or face to a person, a place or thing. It can also associate experience and even feelings, ‘no? That’s how important a name is. When I first heard about Lake Carolina, I thought of something placid and tranquil. More so when I saw in pictures its…
Exploring BAGANGA: The Best Place to be in Davao Oriental!
One of my personal goals before the pandemic is to visit all the 81 provinces of the Philippines, but this goal temporarily stopped when the pandemic happened. Now that tourism is slowly returning back to its feet, I grabbed the chance to visit some of the provinces I still wasn’t able to visit before, and…
K.O. the Explorer 