Samal Island

As a treat to myself, I spent one weekend at the Pearl Farm Beach Resort on Samal Island, just south of Davao. An all-inclusive resort enclave, it's a nice getaway from the hustle and bustle of everyday city life.

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The resort is about an hour boat ride from Davao, plenty of time to watch Filipino fisherman at work.
I found the complex shape of their boats to be very intriguing.

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Getting closer to the island itself now, with clear views of how the locals live on stilted houses.

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Tourists, too, stay in dwellings built out over the water in traditional Samal tribe style.

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A few random snapshots from around the Pearl Farm Beach Resort grounds.

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Sunset from my bungalow.