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OZAMIZ & ZAMBOANGA IMAGES: LESTER LEDESMA; PAGADIAN IMAGE: SAMUEL DE LEON
Bethany
Gardens Hotel
and Restaurant
(bethanygardensresort.
com) offers suites and
bungalow-type rooms. The
hotel is just a fewminutes
from the airport. Have
an all-you-can-eat-buffet
dinner at Johann’s Cuisine.
The buffet is available
every Friday night.
Ivy Claire Oledan
government employee
Ozamiz
Area code
88
Touchdown
Ozamiz Airport
(Labo Airport)
Get to town via
motorcycle
Stay at
Chandler Suites
on FS Pajares
Avenue. Satisfy your hunger
with tasty Filipino dishes at
Jepoy’s Grill. Get all sorts
of dried seafood in the port
area for
pasalubong.
A trip
to the Alindahaw Lakeview
Resort in Lakewood,
Zamboanga del Sur is a
must.
Eden Claire Estrosas
financial advisor
Astoria Regency
Convention
in Pasonanca
has spacious rooms, a pool
and a friendly staff. Sample
delicious and affordable
dishes at Alavar Seafood
Restaurant. Take a tricycle
to Fort Pilar. Try Jimmy’s
Satti for snacks, then spend
a night out at the bars and
restaurants on Pasonanca
Road.
Linus Ramos
IT specialist
Pagadian
Zamboanga
Area code
62
Touchdown
Pagadian Domestic
Airport
Get to town via
tricycle,
habal-habal
Area code
62
Touchdown
Zamboanga International
Airport
Get to town via
taxi, jeepney, tricycle
