today slept in butuan, a city Magellan was killed by the locals during his circumnavigation 500 years ago. today it was very safe.

my dinner, fish wrapped in juice, rice, noodles and barbecued sausages.

end of day 6

day 7

from butuan to davao, the third biggest city of phillipines.

the terrorists photos posted at the checkpoints. more than 10 checkpoints between each city on this island.

i felt it safe. and adding a bit risk made it more fun.

lunch on the way. sweet sausages , meat soup.

in the afternoon, reached davao. the city center, people's park.

a stage with amateur performers, they sang and played guitar to midnight. a good place to hang out .

soldiers on guard nearby.

massage, 500naira for 30 minutes . fair ! but i did not want to strip nude in public.

self catering durian meal. 500naira, eat as many as i can ! not allowed to take away. if i left some unfinished, i needed to pay full price. but these cheap ones not very tasty, still bitter.

i ordered only 2 for a try.

cheapest durian ever. one for 200naira with four segments. but they were a little bitter. i ate too much, bubbles grew on my tongues.

chinese style fast food chain . copycat of Mc Donald. served very cheap and untasty food which LOOKED like chinese food.

my dinner, in a barbecue restaurant. roasted fish and a dish of seaweed, 1400naira

hobo , quite a few in this city

maybe a drunkard. today was sunday.

an egg embryo. my snack. scatter some salt and eat it. 100naira. a few feathers, but tasted just like normal eggs.

my room , the best i ever stayed in in phillipines. 5000naira, from 7pm to 7am. spotless and comfy.

end of day 7

day 8

heading to the southest tip of phillipines. the most south point. general santos city. strange name.

i went there simply for a look at such a place i only romanticed on map with its name and location.

snack on the bus, chips.

on my way

arrived in gensan. the market of it.

after gensan, i took another van bus to a smalller town which cost me 1 hour , then took a motorbike for 20minutes. and this was the end ! not very beautiful. but quiet. i saw only one west traveler over here.

some walkway by the coastline

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the walkway

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a row of huts at the seaside. but they were unworthy to the money. mildewed, smallish . 150 000naira for one night. so, i decided to sleep at the nearest town .

my bed tonight. TV, AC and cold shower. 4000naira.

and there was wifi . i surfed on the facebook and amazingly found out that quite a few girls in this country were VERY enthusiastic. i added some of them as friends. but all of them were far from where i was then .

purchased a better and larger durian. another type. much sweeter. price double . 600naira . much flesh inside.

my dinner, a big feast ! i deliberately took a motorbike to there, to avoid the roaming dogs.

there was a line of outdoor barbecue thing. this was one of them.

clam soup, seaweed, barbequed octopus. 1900naira

end of day 8

day 9

heading to the west mindanao, the biggest muslim city of phillipines. Gotabato. there were more than 10 checkpoints along the road. there was little fun other than tasting a little bit potential tension over there.

there was a curfew at 10pm. streets were dark, people were suspicious.