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The view from the resort.Do you like practicing yoga in an island by the beach? By a lake? Or in a mountain resort overlooking the Davao gulf? You can choose from over 7,100 islands. Do you want somewhere where there's still life after the morning practice? Or do you want an isolated place with no power at night? Name it, we have it.
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Our feature place for today is Lake Sebu.
Named as the Summer Capital of South Cotabato, Lake Sebu is home to the T'boli tribe. Sadly however, with the denudatation of the surrounding forests much of the beauty that Lake Sebu was 15 or so years ago when I first visited the place has vanished. Still there is something to offer for someone adventurous enough to venture into its remote areas. Situated almost 3000 feet above sea level, the climate is cool and the air is still fresh. Occassionally, one can still see T'boli women wearing their traditional attire. The traditional weaving of the t'nalak (fabric made of abaca fiber)is still around. But what makes people still go and visit Lake Sebu is the flavor of the fresh tilapia, caught from the lake to the grill, the taste is almost heavenly.
How to get there
With the concreting of the road leading up to Lake Sebu, it is now very easy to visit the place. Gone were those days when it took almost four hours over dirt roads and rivers that overflow during the rainy season, now it's less than 30 minutes.
From the capital city of Koronadal, one passes thru the towns of Banga and Surallah. Just a little farther from the poblacion of Surallah is a junction to the left going to the town of T'boli and a little farther is another junction to the left going to Lake Sebu.
Waypoint narrative by: madzie_ph 2002
===Ok, I'm still wide awake but the mind is already in dreamland. Time to go to bed. Maybe when I wake up tomorrow, all of these will come true.
Goodnight.
4 comments:
Hi Jon! I'd like to join one of your retreats but I'm not so cowboy so I don't like so isolated places, I need some comfort : ); but yoga for even just 3 consecutive days will be bliss.
Also, I'm envious of the yoga group in diliman! How can we do that for Manila?! (We are the Health Science Center of the UP System too!. hmmm....)
Nice blog!
P.S. Don't forget to send me the opening chant for pranayama.
Mia Rotor
Hi Jonathan, I would love to go there. Marieke
Mia! Connie, Chona and I were just talking about weekend retreats in the future.
Do you know Dr. Butch Manalastas? From PGH I believe. He wanted to organize a regular class in UP Manila but don't know what happened.
Thanks for dropping by. Will send you the chant within the week.
Jon
You should do it... you know feel the fear and do it anyways... It looks like a lovely peaceful place... I just visited new york and checked out this shala: www.yogasutra.com
Talk about fancy!!!!!
I also went here: www.aysnyc.org
It was a very simple no frills place, and i actually preferred it to the other place. Also I went to this studio: www.yogatothepeople.com
They take payment on a donation basis; 1hr long hot yoga classes; frequented by some celebrities, not that there was any there at the time I went.....
Now I just have to feel the fear and do something myself i suppose, this corporate world is tiresome after a while..... :)
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