This is going to be my first post in this blog. I just want to share with you guys places I go to and the people I meet along the way. So for starters, I went to GenSan (short for General Santos City, located southern part of Mindanao)for a short trip. I heard there's going to be a coastal clean up in the area of Lion's Beach in Acharon Blvd so I woke up early to go there and to take some pictures. I was supposed to take pictures of the people doing the clean-up but rather I took pictures of the local people there. What really gives me the idea to change my subject is that years ago this place was not appropriate for bathing and having picnic but through the initiative of the NGO's in 2003, the shores and waters of this place became a venue for picnics, family bonding, and reunions. They put up a fence within the vicinity, playground for the children, and small huts for picnic. I've been in Gensan for so many years and yet this is my first time to visit the place. I was so overwhelmed by what I have witnessed here, opposing to what other people say about the security in Mindanao, I must say I see only happy and loving people in a peaceful place. I hope some of the pictures will tell you more stories I cannot write about this place called The Lion's Beach.
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