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Trip Journal
Area code
62
Touchdown
Pagadian Airport
Get to town via
habal-habal
Check-in
Mardale Hotel and Convention
Center.
Cabrera St, San Francisco District;
tel: +63 62 2154366; mardalehotel.com
Eat
For a delicious meal, head to Pinoy
Grill to sample some local dishes.
Don’t miss
Marvel at the light and water
show at Plaza Luz or unwind at Rotunda
Heights and meet some laid-back locals.
Have a meal or a cup of coffee at the
restaurant located in the field.
Got more time?
Visit Alindahaw
LakeviewResort, an eco-friendly tourism
destination in Zamboanga del Sur.
tel: +63
62 215 4000; alindahawlakeview.com
Shop
Go to the wharf area and buy some
bulad (dried fish). Got a sweet tooth? Visit
Carmela’s Cakes and Pastries and get some
ChocoMoist.
Area code
64
Touchdown
Awang (Cotabato)
Airport
Get to town via
taxi, tricycle
Check-in
EmManor Hotel.
Sinsuat Ave,
Rosary Heights 9, (near People’s Palace); tel:
+63 64 552 0097
Eat
Go where the locals eat! Try the
pastil
(rice and chicken wrapped in banana leaf)
at Ping’s along De Mazenod Ave. Another
must-try is the
sininang kambing
(spicy
stewed goat meat) at Tora’s onMabini St.
Don’t miss
Head to Quirino Bridge along
Quezon Ave to enjoy a perfect view of the
picturesque Rio Grande de Mindanao.
Got more time?
Visit Padang Padang
Adventure Park in the neighboring town
of Parang in the province of Maguindanao,
a 20-minute drive from the city. The park
has a zipline that is not for the faint-
hearted.
Shop
Eco Choices on Gonzalo Javier St.
PHILIPPINES
Cotabato
PHILIPPINES
Pagadian
Jay Romhel
Jules Piedad
registered nurse
Fatima
Mending –
Abas, CPA
office manager
Area code
65
Touchdown
Dipolog Airport
Get to town via
tricycle
Check-in
Antonio’s Pension House.
Cnr
General Luna andMartinez Sts; tel: +63
920 9039730
Eat
Try the affordable but delectable
crab, shrimp, calamari, chicken and pork
served in a bilao at Cusina de Binoy’s, a
family restaurant on the roof deck area of
Antonio’s Pension House.
Don’t miss
Visit the eclectic Goodtimes Art
Gallery on Lopez Jaena Street in Biasong,
where works by Zamboanga Peninsula
artists are displayed and offered for sale.
Got more time?
Hang out at Dipolog
boulevard and take pictures of the sunset
and the people strolling around the place.
Shop
Get some bottled sardines almost
anywhere and lechon from the city public
market.
PHILIPPINES
Dipolog
Jimmy
Domingo
photojournalist /
teacher
PAGADIAN PHOTO
EDGARALAN ZETA YAP
COTABATO PHOTO
BOBBY TIMONERA
