Cagayan de Oro City

After a long search for donations and other sponsors for the operation of little Zayrish Nanay, 3, born without a gullet; finally today Zayrish and her Mama left from Cagayan de Oro City for Manila. Here Zayrish will have an operation, done by Dr. Reganion of the National Children’s Hospital in Quezon City. The family and [...]

We been posting about formerly mayor Jaraula’s pet project, the “Golden Mile”. After one year I have been back to look at the place again. I went to the riverside and wanted to take some pictures of the construction site but security didn’t let me in even as a visitor. So I had to do with [...]

While taking some pictures of the construction of the new city hall building I came accross a group of chess players near the entrance to the old city hall bulding. It turned out that a few adults and parents teach the next generation of chess players here. According to a woman who seemed to be one [...]

All graphics can be clicked to a size of 1200×900 px. We walk our dogs mostly on weekends for some distances and sometimes these walks are hikes. Like this one on a cloudy day. It took as more then four hours to reach the road from Cugman to Malasag close to the PHILVOLCS monitoring station.  Access [...]

There are many traps with Philippine laws for foreigners living in the Philippines. Some laws can easily used against a foreigner if she/he has some jelous neighbors or other citizens. I just came accross this story of an American arrested in Ormoc City in the INQUIRER. Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not true. At least the [...]

Close to the cogon market, in different side streets, one can see the crowded places where “ukay-ukay”, a Filipino phrase for used clothes, bed and table wares, are sold in a warehouse atmosphere. But it’s also sold in other places and markets around the city. My lady finds here always something she can use. Often enough [...]

I was on my way from Upper Balulang to Iponan and passed by the landfill. The place where most of the garbage of the City of Cagayan de Oro is deposed off. A firetruck with flashing red lights and busy firemen around it came into my sight. I stopped to take some pictures and had a [...]

On the airport road in Carmen, not far from the entrance to the Pryce Hotel, at the zig-zag portion, has happend a freak car accident. A speeding car with three passangers on it’s way down lost controll and slammed through the barriere, hit and cut down a coconutpalm and falls down a steep  slope of the [...]

Today I have been picture hunting in the cogon area and found these two young ladies relaxing on a sikad on a busy streetcorner. They have been extreme friendly and I enjoyed a little chat with these two lovely young ladies. The city of golden friendship can be proud of their citizens and me, I love [...]

A while ago, a young student, Bryan Fabe, of Cagayan de Oro City, with some friends, had the idea of bringing their highbreed canines for some socialicing to the weekly night cafe in Divisoria. They meet fridays and saturdays at this portion at Pabayo St. near the Park Cafe. Here we have this young guy talking [...]