Sarangani Province: Siguil Prawn Farm in Maasim

Siguil is a baranggay in Maasim, Sarangani Province. It is located next to the boundary of General Santos City. Going there is hard if you are in a hurry. Local jeepneys from General Santos City are available but very few and it would take time to reach your destination especially if the driver would take time for stop-overs every now and then looking and waiting for passengers along the way. 

From the highway of Siguil, we walked around 500m to reach the prawn farm. We were there for work but I will not elaborate more on that. 

During the course of our job, I was able to get some photos. Sorry for the quality since I was not able to bring digital camera except for the mobile phone.

The above picture will show how a prawn farm would look like. At first, you would see an ordinary pond but this pond is not like fish ponds because it is not that deep. There were several ponds in this location but you could only see one. It is near the wide river and the bay area as well.

Dried and cracked land? Looks nice? feels like you are in a drought place in another country? This artistic land was brought by the huge amount of water from the river beside this farm that washed away the wall of the pond and the prawns as well. Imagine the loss of this damage brought to the company.

Prawns and water are gone but the view is great. :D I requested by officemate to capture only this cracked land since it is very unsual for our place to see this kind of art.

That is my shadow and the drought. 

Sarangani Province: Gumasa, Glan (White Haven Beach Resort)

Gumasa is found in the town of Glan, Sarangani Province. It is known for its white sand beach resorts.

Gumasa white sand beaches were not relatively known as it is now. Back in 1997, it was still a remote area and the roads were rough and tough at times when it rains. The road to the beaches today are very accessible and paved unlike before where some routes were one way and not the same way as it is today.

Resorts in this location were not developed 15 years ago. I was not able to see any commercial resorts at that moment. Entrance were for free. Visitors could create their own cottage/s if they wanted to. Beaches looks untouched and it was very difficult to swim because of the abundance of sea urchins, the grasses under the water even near the shoreline and too much of star fish.

Now, Gumasa beaches are far from how it looked a decade and a half ago. It is well developed and still being developed for further improvement of their facilities and amenities. Some would say it is the next "Boracay". I don't know how long before it can be compared to the Boracay of today and I hope it will keep on improving in all aspects.

Gumasa can definitely attract tourists.