Butterfly's Trail

Profiling of selected cities--First task given to us (me and Marianne) by Ms. Lea during our internship at XMG Global. We manage to find the demographic profile, economic profile, political history and geographic profile of the cities assigned to us. We manage to find all the profiles, but not all cities have complete information on the internet (and some of them have no info at all).

While traveling around Philippines without a passport and ticket, I've found an interesting place--Mamburao. According to a blog and some related articles, it said that Mamburao is a forgotten capital. Of course, na-curious ang lola mo kung bakit "forgotten capital" ang tawag sa kanya so I searched further and found this article at Inquirer.net. The article's title is "Mamburao seeks to find place in the sun" and well ano pa ba? edi binasa ko siya and...

Mamburao, though quite accessible, is relatively undiscovered. There are few tourist arrivals. Unlike rough and rowdy Puerto Galera, in neighboring Mindoro Oriental, Mamburao is laid-back. Almost as if it’s set in the ’60s, the sleepy town, like any community where farming and fishing are dominant, shuts down at dusk.

After reading this paragraph--"Kaya pala forgotten, kasi undiscovered siya. Interesting."

I thought that, "Wow, I wanted to see those views they're talking about!"--without realizing that I'm already reading the whole article.

Mamburao has a long coastline of unpopulated sandy beaches in rustic surroundings, similar to those of small towns in the outer Hawaiian Islands.

Then and there na-realize ko na ang daming lugar dito sa Pilipinas na ngayon ko lang narinig. Napaghahalataan tuloy na taong bahay lang ako...hekhekhek

I was having so much fun although internet was the only thing I have as a ticket to discover such place. I said to myself that I wanted to travel and discover more about our country. I do know that there are lots of places still waiting to be discovered and visited, they just need more advertising and stuff.