After a 36-hour trip by ferry from Manila and a short stopover in Iloilo, we finally reached Cagayan de Oro. First time I set foot in Mindanao.
CDO is a big city. Limketkai was a new commercial destination then. Chada (beautiful) was added to my vocabulary and I became a trying hard Cebuano. I remember in college, I had a list of commonly used Cebuano phrases and conversational dialogues courtesy of my dear friend Ping. Suddenly, I was recalling all those stuff to be able to speak and understand the local dialect.
We had a short visit to Bulua where my sister-in-law's family was residing then off to Gingoog City.
