Em Esber Blog 2: February 2012

Officially the City of Cagayan de Oro, is the provincial capital city of the province of Misamis Oriental in the Philippines. It lies along the northern coastline of the island of Mindanao in the country's southern portion.

Dubbed locally as the "City of Golden Friendship" (Dakbayan sa Bulawanong Panaghigala-ay in Cebuano, as the phrase appears on the city's seal) for the camaraderie and hospitality that are inherent and traditional traits of its people

Cagayan de Oro is considered as a melting pot in Mindanao. A growing metropolis to be classified as a first-class city. Cagayan de Oro serves as the regional center being the most populous highly-urbanized city in Northern Mindanao (Region X) noted for its accessibility, business growth and tourism attractions. According to the 2007 Census, the city has an estimated population of 553,996 inhabitants.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagayan_de_Oro

http://www.cagayandeoro.gov.ph/

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View from the sea of the Laguindingan Internationl Airport of Cagayan de Oro City

Laguindingan International Airport (Cebuano: Tugpahanang Pangkalibutanon sa Laguindingan; Filipino (Tagalog): Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Laguindingan) It is designed to serve the general areas of Cagayan de Oro City of Misamis Oriental and Iligan City of Lanao del Norte in the Philippines.

The airport will replace Lumbia Airport in Cagayan de Oro City. It is a flagship project of the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor Special Development Project, which covers both cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro, as well as five coastal towns in Lanao del Norte, and in the twenty two towns especially Gingoog of Misamis Oriental first and second congressional districts.

The domestic airport sits on a 4.17 square kilometre site in Barangay Moog, Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, and is located 46 kilometers from the existing Lumbia Airport. Upon its completion, it will be a Class 1 major international airport and will be the main airport of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan Cities in Northern Mindanao (Region X).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguindingan_International_Airport

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/12/29/10/laguindingan-intl-airport-start-commercial-operations-2012

View of Mindanao International Container Terminal at

Tagaloan, Misamis Oriental

View of Del Monte Pier in Bugo, CDO and the Mindanao International

Container Terminal at Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

Del Monte Plant and Pier at Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City

About 5 miles from Del Monte Pier in Bugo, CDO is the Mindanao

International Container Terminal located at Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

View of the newly constructed Flyover at Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City

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Del Monte wharf in Bugo CDO
http://jibraelangel2blog.blogspot.com/2011/04/del-monte-wharf-in-bugo-cdo-10th-and.html

Del Monte Plantation in Bukidnon
http://noelautor.hubpages.com/hub/The-Del-Monte-Pineapple-Plantation-in-Bukidnon-Philippine

Mindano Container Terminal
http://wikimapia.org/903786/Mindanao-Container-Terminal

Chart / Map of the Philippine's Tawi Tawi province and the eastern part of the State of Sabah which at present is under Malaysia. (Please see the related story in the below web link )

http://www.royalsulu.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Sulu

http://jibrael.blogspot.com/2007/05/mindanao-conflict.html

On the 30th of February 2012, while our ship is cruising the troubled waters of Sulu Sea we have sighted an unidentified submarine in Sibuto Passage. Later on we found that the submarine is KRI Nanggala 402 on a voyage from South Korea to Indonesia.

Below were some photos of Bongao Island, an island in the Tawi Tawi Province of the Philippines.