Wild Life | The Monitor Lizard

When you live in a regional area, there is a chance you might encounter things you do not see in a densely populated location. In Australia, poisonous snakes, spiders, and other types of unexpected creepy crawlies are relatively common. Ever encounter a Black Widow? I recall that while we were working on a car that was lifted during the training course at TAFE, there was an actual widow, and our instructor immediately grabbed an insect spray to ensure it was dead and then smashed it with his shoes. This morning, before heading to a supply run in Baganga, a random thing happened. The workers reorganizing the backyard where the pile of lumber had been sitting for quite a while found something big. Locally, it is called a “Bayawak,” or a type of Monitor Lizard has been living other that pile of wood.

Down South Travels | Aliwagwag Falls Ecopark

The Aliwagwag Falls is a protected landscape that preserves a major drainage catchment in the Southern Philippine Islands of the Davao Region, and it is known as the Highest Waterfalls in the country. It contains the headwaters of the Cateel River in the southern Diuata Mountain range. It provides the water source and irrigation for surrounding rice fields and communities in Davao de Oro and Davao Oriental provinces, which was declared a National Park in July 2018. It was named after the remote rural village in the municipality of Cateel, located in the Eastern Mindanao Biodiversity Corridor, which contains one of the largest remaining blocks of tropical lowland rainforest in the Philippines.

CITIHardware | Home Improvement Run

There are well-known retail stores that cater to your home improvement needs, whether you’re looking for renovation or simply need paint for your home or even for your business. The rise of retail stores that cater to these things has been competitive, and in the Philippines, there have been diverse providers of those types of services, even with quality at a reasonable cost. CITIHardware is one of those companies that provide this type of product and services. Before we head to the province, while in Davao City, we visited one of their branches for paint supplies, as there are no major hardware stores that provide those types of needs, and the long travel to Davao Oriental is not a breeze.

Down South Travels | Late Night Flight

They say it is better to be early than late. Of course, anywhere in the world whenever you travel by plane most of the time it never was on time. It’s been four years since the last trip was even considered holiday-related. Most of it is entirely work-related and there is not enough time to do some sightseeing in the places I visited. The four-year gap resulted from the pandemic years of travel restrictions, and the last road trip I ever had was in the early months of 2020, a month before the world shut its doors and people were stuck indoors. You know, you get the gist of how things had happened, and fast forward to less than 24 hours ago I went Down South, Again.