I was in General Santos City on April 29 to May 1, 2013 to attend a meeting with the power generators to discuss about their preventive maintenance activity together with my division manager and another colleague.
I was relieved that our trip was by plane with route Cagayan de Oro - Cebu - General Santos and vice versa and not land trip or else the trip would have been so exhausting. I can't imagine 10 to 12 hours travel by land from Cagayan de Oro to General Santos City.
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On April 30, 2013 we took the 07:30H flight from Lumbia Airport, Cagayan de Oro City and arrived at Mactan Airport, Cebu at 0820H.
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We waited at Cebu airport for 2-3 hours for our flight to General Santos City which was scheduled at 1100H and arrived at our destination after 1 hour and 5 minutes of flying.
As you can see in the picture it is really one hot summer in the Philippines the outside temperature reaches about 34 degrees Celcius.
Anyway, when we arrived at GenSan we asked our driver to take us somewhere for lunch. He took us at Tuna Grill and ordered the well known grilled tuna panga (jaw).
Went to our district office for a while and then headed to the hotel for a rest. The meeting was booked at East Asia Royale Hotel but our boss chose to stay in a new nearby hotel for a change.
Our activity was scheduled the following day, so I still have time to visit SM City which is only a short tricycle drive from SunCity Suites.
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Compared to SM Cagayan de Oro, GenSan's SM City is way too big and well designed.
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There's a Cartoon Fest in the mall too and saw Bumble Bee's life size figure displayed at Toy Kingdom's entrance.
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By the way I also saw Manny Pacquiao in person at SM Cybersone but was not able to go near him because of his bodyguards. sayang hehe
Later that night, we had dinner at the hotel's restaurant and ordered the following; sinigang na hipon (shrimp soup), crispy fried shrimps and grilled belly tuna.
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Then later that night we had our dinner at Grab a Crab in SM City and ordered one mighty spicy crab which has a weight of 4 kilograms. Our bill went as high as P4,500 because the crab alone cost us about P3,600. Buti na lang si boss and nagbayad hehehe.. (Luckily, our boss paid the bill)
On the 3rd day we boarded another Cebu Pacific flight from General Santos City to Cebu City then from Cebu City to Cagayan de Oro City.
It was a tiring yet a fun travel experience too, after all we went to another place for free. :)
Food is what I love most during out-of-trip. Sulit ang mahabang byahe.
ReplyDeleteI miss traveling for free, hehe. Ang laki ng crabs!
ReplyDeleteoh, you have to fly to Cebu first--i thought there are flights from CdO to GenSan. the crabs look absolutely delicious!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a fun trip! :D My last visit to GenSan was in the early 90s pa, and we took a van from Iligan City. Long drive but we had a lot of fun. :D
ReplyDeleteWonderful pics. The food made me hungry. Have a fabulous week!
ReplyDeleteLiz (mlc)
Liz (yacb)
@ Luna.. nope Cdo-Davao lang meron
ReplyDeleteWow, how I wish you approached the Congressman for a photo op :)
ReplyDeleteLovely photos and what a great trip it must have been ~ Enjoy each moment ^_^
ReplyDeleteHi Janz, buti pa ang Gen. San. at may SM na ang Ozamis susme wala talaga.
ReplyDeleteYup, I created another photoblog kasi nawala yung photoblog ko and yong food blog ko.Sa dashboard ko andoon but kung e click mo yung url wala na blog ko. Ibang url ang lalabas at sinabi this blog is for sale! Naloka ako nung nangyari yun, and can't do nothing I was in the Philippines when it happened. Until now I still figure out why it happened, sayang kasi. ^_^
Visiting from Blue Monday!
Mary,MI
I enjoyed this...but the kid in me says "the toy is best". Well, gotta have SOME fun.
ReplyDeleteI can almost FEEL the heat! I like your blue skies; thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHappy Blue Monday, Janz.
Trips are always so much more fun when they're free. Hehehe... Lucky you!
ReplyDeletemeron naman palang cebu-gensan na trip. in one seminar, a participant from cdo took the cd-mla-gsc route. oh my!
ReplyDeletenakakagutom food!
Nice photos. Hope I can visit Gen San someday. Happy Blue Monday. I played too. Mine are here and here.
ReplyDeleteHappy Blue Monday! My son would love to see that Bumblebee up close.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing such lovely shots!
Leya
Wow, they have a nice airport ha! I have relatives there! I would love to visit GenSan soon!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a privilege. I used to travel too on business trips for free when I was still in the corporate world. One of the things I missed...
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had so much fun! exploring Gensan. I wish! we do that at work too, that would be nice! love all the yummy food.. nakakagutom naman:)
ReplyDeleteat least it's not all work, it's a work with pleasure.. too bad you did't had a chance to have a photo opp with the Boxing Champ..
ReplyDeleteWala palang direct flight from CDO the Gen Santos. Okay din naman basta flights are not delayed.
ReplyDeleteI would do anything for those chubby crabs right now, oh my.
ReplyDeleteLovely seafood you had.. great trip to Cagayan De Oro.
ReplyDeleteOMG! My weakness are seafoods. I love all your featured food. ;)
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