mindanao, the land of promise

my boyfriend is on his way to me now.  im excited!  we will be going to davao.  go to an island called samal.  on a road trip to bukidnon.  travel to cagayan de oro.  on the road again to iligan city and then back to cagayan to catch a fight to cebu.  im very excited about these travels.  im also getting married if everything is in order, documents etc.  im very scared of this.  for so many reasons.  i think it's weird that i should feel this way.  it's not supposed to be like this and i didnt dream of my wedding to be like this.  i imagined myself getting married and happy and excited about it from the planning all the way to the altar.  i love my fiance.  ok whatever.  im just soo happy to be going to mindanao with my fiance and enjoying the time there with him.  i just hope that the peace situation is okay and that the roads will be accessible (low pressure area readings in recent days).

an overview of the activities i have planned to do in mindanao:

we will be visiting 4 cities.  davao (davao), malaybalay (bukidnon), cagayan de oro city (misamis oriental), and iligan city (lanao del norte).

1. in davao we will go to samal island, see the bats as they fly out of their caves and get some tan on the white beaches of the island.  
2. in mainland davao, we will go to the crocodile farm.  we will be there by 4pm when the animal show will start.  you get to pet the animals during the show. some of them are known to be dangerous creatures like the snakes.
3. early morning travel to bukidnon passing by provincial sceneries.  go up the dahilayan park where we will ride the longest dual zipline at almost 1km long.  also gonna try the pendulum drop.
4. travel to iligan city after half a day at the dahilayan park.  we will visit the maria christina falls.  a beautiful and big waterfall.  then go to visit tinago falls, which means hidden falls in english.  
5. on our last day we will get on a white water rafting adventure for half a day before rounding up the trip.  we will need to check in for our flight back to cebu around noon.

ive been to these places before except for samal island and dahilayan park.  i want to show to my fiance the beauty and diversity of the nature here in the philippines.  even if i had been to different places in the philippines, i dont really feel like its redundant to see similar sites or tourist attractions.  one place is often always so different and unique from another.  unique in so many ways, could be the food, the way of living, the language, the nature, the belief, the way people look and the manner carry themselves in their everyday life.  im proud of this place.  this is my home.  im sure iceland is nice, nature and such; but nothing can compare to the warmth of the people here.  that's why i'll always choose to live here.