Innocence Regained in Dawis Beach - Digos City

Innocence abounds in these quaint little beaches where naked children dive from abandoned docks. I caught a throng of them running around in ecstatic fun and frolic. Digos City is, after all, still a "backroad" in the community of backpackers. This area of Dawis Beach is free of charge. I just took a walk at the jetty, observing people enjoy the waters.

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Children unmindfully running around naked and malice-free, then diving down the not-so-shallow waters.

Floating devices

The northern strip of Dawis Beach, the more popular area for day tourists.

The southern strip of Dawis Beach where you can enjoy the waters in sweet isolation. Small residential huts dot this strip of fine gray sands. From a distance, you can see Hagonoy's Leling Beach.

A shanty with a lot of tubes (salbabida).

Anywhere is a bike away.

Locator map of Digos City. Davao City is somewhere sandwiched between Davao del Norte and Davao del Sur. This photo only courtesy of wikipedia.com.

Please check out the 1st part of Dawis Beach here - http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2011/01/dawis-beach-digos-davao-del-sur.html

Dawis Beach - Digos Davao del Sur

At the eastern rim of Digos City, an affluent suburban city in the province of Davao del Sur, is the leisurely stretch of fine, but dark gray sand. This is Dawis Beach, the city's number one beach strip. This is under the political subdivision of Barangay Dawis, one of Digos' 26 barangays.

It's easy getting to Dawis Beach. Everyone knows where it is so there's hardly any need for an elaborate instruction. You can hail a pedicab (a tricycle), agree on a fare (P30-50 fair one-way should be reasonable), this would take about 30 minutes or so from the city center. Getting away from the beach is also easy although rides get fewer from dusk.

Digos City itself is a burgeoning place with several proposals for huge malls including SM Digos (along the National Highway fronting Nakayama Tech), another much bigger Gaisano Mall (along MacArthur Highway in Tres De Mayo), KCC Mall and NCCC Mall (at the back of the NFA in San Jose), Robinson's Place in Tiguman. Economic prospect is robust, and things are looking up. It is a bit odd though that this city doesn't have a movie theater. If only they start having real taxis instead of the noisy, chaotic tricycles that ply the roads everywhere.

Dawis Beach strip is dotted by several resorts, mostly inexpensive ones. Transportation entrance rate at the main Dawis Beach (from the main road, you turn left at the fork of the road) is as follows:

Truck/Bus - PhP150

Elf - PhP100

Cars/Jeeps - PhP30

Multicab/Vans - PhP30

Pedicab (tricycles) - PhP10

Motorcycle - PhP5

There are small tindahans (stores), but it is wise to bring a take-away meal just to be sure.

Digos City is the capital of Davao del Sur province. It is located in Mindanao, in southern Philippines. To get to Digos, it's a 1 1/2 hour plane ride from Manila, then another 1 hour car ride going south from Davao City.

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Cottages for rent.

Fishermen pulling their fishing nets.

Up next: More images from Dawis Beach (Digos City) - http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2011/01/innocence-regained-in-dawis-beach-digos.html

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