Cagayan de Oro blog

Gumamela is a shrub that grows from one meter up to 4 meters high. Gumamela is also known as: Hibiscus, China Rose and Shoeflower. In the Philippines, gumamela is cultivated as an ornamental plant. The gumamela flower comes in many colors: red, yellow, orange, white, purple, pink and other color combinations.

Gumamela leaves, usually blended with Rose Hip has long been used in the Middle East and Okinawa as herbal tea. Today, the use of gumamela tea is gaining worldwide popularity - including Asia. Gumamela (Hibiscus) is associated with longevity.
Gumamela as Herbal Medicine

As herbal medicine, gumamela flower, leaves and roots are used. Gumamela has the following medicinal characteristics: expectorant, diuretic, emollient, anti-infectious, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, anodyne and refrigerant. philippineherbalmedicine.org

Pineapple fruit freshly picked from the farm.

Freshly picked pineapple fruit. Also called pinya in Tagalog.

Pineapple fruit sliced into several cuts ready to be eaten.

Provincial Capitol, Misamis Oriental
The seat of the Provincial Government of Misamis Oriental is located in Cagayan de Oro City.

Cagayan River, often called Cagayan de Oro River, is one of the rivers draining the northern central part of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The river has its headwaters in the Kalatungan Mountain Range found in the central part of the province of Bukidnon. It traverses the municipalities of Talakag, Baungon and Libona, picking up tributaries along the way. It finally empties into the Macajalar Bay at Cagayan de Oro City in the province of Misamis Oriental.

The river serves as the natural boundary between the province of Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte and between Bukidnon and Cagayan de Oro City, based on the administrative order issued by the defunct Department of Mindanao and Sulu during the American occupation of the Philippines. In Cagayan de Oro, it is the dividing line between its two Congressional districts.

The river is a very popular site for whitewater rafting in the Philippines and has been promoted by the Department of Tourism as the main tourist attraction of Cagayan de Oro. wikipedia.org

Landfill, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City

Tambakan ng basura (basurahan) o dumpsite (Sanitary Landfill) at Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City 

Resting on a mango tree.

“I know I’m not a monkey. I just like picking some mangoes in this mango tree.”
A kid decided to rest on a tree after picking some of its fruit.