View of Davao from my bedroom window
Getting a tour of the neighborhood from Kerstine and Judz
Having some drinks with AIESEC Ateneo de Davao
I spent three days out in the field, in the province of Bukidnon, where I got to visit the eagle release site, go to a mountain festival and see tons of the country side and culture along the highway during the trip.
Me and some members of the PEF field team when we stopped for dinner on our way back to Davao
The house we stayed at in the village near the release site and our Land Cruiser that got us there over the most insanely bumpy dirt roads
Kids in the village
Me out at the release site
Some of the things I have seen so far:
- Beautiful views of forest covered hills. Although at first glance they kinda look as though you were driving through the foothills of the Rockies in Canada, there is something distinctively foreign and exotic about the look of them. It’s as if the composition of plant species creates an overview of branches sticking up at slightly different angles, and the shapes, sizes and colours of the leaves create a different overall texture. It’s so lush too. It’s hard to believe that it has been 90% deforested. Imagine if all the forest was still intact!
The area near the eagle release site in Bukidnon
- Indigenous games at the festival including stilt races, corn milling, bamboo fire starting, javelin and a type of volleyball.
- Some people on the side of the road forcing their pigs to do it. Literally, they were lifting the boar to mount the sow and ensuring that his penis was inside. As two people made the appropriate adjustments about 5 others stood around watching.
- Single motorcycles carrying entire families, a kid in front of the driver, mom behind , and a few more kids sitting sideways at the back. All with bags of groceries and without helmets. I think it was Meg who likened it to the way people in North America use Mini-vans.
- A full grown pig in a motorcycle sidecar (I WISH I had a picture of this.)
