The Concepcion Family Weekend

While I was with UTREK climbing the Philippine's highest peak -- Mt. Apo, Zoe was busy stacking water bottles on the fields of Alabang Country Club during PUA's Malakas & Maganda games.

Saya diba. One whole family spending the day outdoors. Di nga lang magkakasama...

Bok and his disc:

Malakas & Maganda Tourney, Alabang Country Club

Zoe and her toys:

Playing with the water bottles

With a disc, and with a football

Sym and the mountain:

Mt. Apo's Peaks

Other pictures from the Mt. Apo trip at Multiply.

Yes, I can Jump

Picture taken at Eden Nature Park, Davao City

Proof that I can jump...haha.

Other pictures from TODA's Davao Trip at Multiply: Isla Reta Trip, Davao Whitewater Rafting, and Eden Nature Park Trip.

Mount Apo

When: October 3 - 6, 2008
Where: Kidapawan Trail, Mt. Apo

The Story
The ID says 10,311 feet above sea level. Was supposed to go with Bok...but Bok suddenly came up with work plans, so it was me and UTREK and the powerpuff girls climbing majestic Mt. Apo.

From Davao City, we boarded a van to Kidapawan City in North Cotabato. There are actually several entry points to Mt. Apo -- we started from Lake Agco Mountain Resort in Brgy Ilomavis, Kidapawan City. From there, our first campsite was Koong Creek, and the next day', we had lunch at Lake Venado, then the 2nd night's campsite was Apo Peak already. Third day was assault to the highest peak.

During the first night, our tent was leaking and it was raining, so it was a bit miserable. Usapang "retirement" na nga nun eh, haha. Pero we survived, kaya obviously happy kami. Second night was great, despite everything it didn't rain, although temperatures inside the tent did reach 3 degrees celsius and I had to wrap myself in my black garbage bag since I didn't bring a sleeping bag or raincoat. Galing ko. :)

The trek to the summit was great...the clouds cleared up and showed a majestic view. Happiness! And more happiness -- even in the rainforests, there were no leeches along the trail. =)

Sa totoo lang, na-miss ko rin mag-climb. In fact, gusto ko na ulit mag-climb this weekend na! Haha. Pero fun climb na muna....at parang ayaw ko ng umuulan ulan at maging miserable sa tent ulit!

Eden Nature Park, Davao

Day 3 - We kinda skipped the planned zip line activity at Sabros, a 2-hour ride away from where we were staying in Davao. Instead, we opted to eat breakfast at a McDo near Matina Town Square. Hehe.

Afternoon, we went to Eden Nature Park, in the foothills of Mt. Talomo. Nice place. After touring the site, TODA played pickup with the Davao Badgoyz team. Seriously, ang lamig ng hangin.

Other Day 3 activities:
- dinner at Flyover Ihaw Ihaw (mas mahal pa ang beer dito vs Bakbak!)
- drinks at Fruit's place (nice!)
- more drinks at Tish's Lolo's place

Davao River White Water Rafting

What: Day 2 of TODA's Davao Trip
Where: Crocodile Farm offers whitewater rafting at Davao River. The jump-off point is around an hour away from the croc farm. The rafting itself took around 4 hours to navigate the 13km course, lunchbreak included. Bok got thrown off the boat.

Here are the pics from our camera. Davao Whitewater Rafting also distributed CDs of their pictures and some videos -- I think Claire will post them soon. :)

Other Day 2 activites:
- dinner at Food Galore
- below zero beer at Bakbak (only 29 pesos!) - super antok na ako at this point though, hehe.