I was finally able to attend Eden Park and to visit the Philippine Eagle. Eden Park is a nature park that is on top of one of the mountains here in Davao. The views from Eden Park were incredible. Really saw the beauty of God's creation there. The first thing we did at Eden Park is we received a 45 minute tour of the entire park. We had a really nice tour guide named Emilee and I think she really enjoyed being our tour guide. At different locations we were able to get out to take pictures. We got to visit an amphitheater covered in grass with beautiful trees and flowers, then another with the city in the distance where we got to visit a wishing well and a statue of a caribou, then we finally to see some Filipino music being played for us and I got to participate in it. It was really nice. After the tour we went and had a buffet lunch, but before that I took a ride on a little land zipline, which was fun. After lunch Br. Dan and I got to fish in a tilapia farm. I have discovered that I really suck at fishing and have always sucked at fishing. I think I have caught less than 5 fish in my entire life. However, that kind of increased yesterday. I caught either 4 or 5 to Br. Dan's 9 fishes. So I am not patient when it comes to fishing. Then after we fished I finally got to do what they said that I could do. I got to zipline! At first I was not nervous, but as I was climbing the stairs to the top of the platform my nerves starting to kick in. Once the guy had me sit in the position, my nerves were gone and off I went. It was so much fun. when I was getting close to the bottom I started to freak out about how I was going to stop. Their is a break already on the line and it kind of throws you, but it was fun. Even though it was short, I want to do it again.
After Eden Park we went to see the Philippine Eagle, which is endangered. Where the Philippine Eagle is located is a nature reserve, so they have more than just the eagle at the place. When you first walk into the location, there are numerous booths selling souvenirs and they are trying to sell them like crazy. What attracted me when I first got into the park were the python snakes that I saw. First I saw, two smaller pythons and I got to hold them both at the same time. Now I wasn't nervous holding them, what made me nervous was when the snakes face kind of got close to mine. After the first visit with those two snakes, we see two more pythons that were a lot larger and sure enough I was able to hold both of them as well. Gosh were they heavy. Other than that I was able to see other types of eagles, but really enjoyed seeing the Philippine Eagle. I also got to see a crocodile and a bunch of monkeys. I also got to pet a baby deer.
It was really my last big adventure here in the Philippines and it was a great last trip.
Tonight I will be going to stay at the Benedictine Monastery here in Digos and I am really excited about it. I need some time for myself. I am kind of hoping to get some kind of break when I get back to the states.
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