Sky cycling, mostly

Truth be told, I miss Davao. After all, for the most part of my life, it's been a second home to me. But for reasons I care not to divulge, I haven't been back there since before I went away for college, so while the cool girl in me may resent it, I do admit I was very excited to be back (for a much desired family reunion), even if it were only for three days. And indeed, those were three days well spent; new memories were created with good people about good food and good experiences.

Day 2 of the reunion was spent in Eden Nature Park, located somewhere at the foot of Mount Apo. As I see it, it's never a complete trip to Eden unless you get to experience catching your own lunch so naturally, the first on the agenda was to go fishing. I defied no one's expectations, of course, when at the end of it, I caught zero fish. (I swear I was better at it when I was younger! Haha!) After which, upon the suggestion of my uncle, we proceeded to sky cycling (which, you know, is really the center of this entire post.)

My cousin Issa, my sister, and me. I love how even on the "brink of death", I can still manage to be so sassy. In character forever. HAHAHA!

The Gaña children! (Most of us anyway.) Ain't nobody finer than my clique. ♥

 On our way up! I'm not quite sure how many feet above the ground we all were when we reached the top but suffice it to say, the flight of stairs was a challenge by itself. (Note to self: get fit! Haha!)

To be honest, the whole time we were preparing to go up, I didn't know what to feel. On one hand, I had never learned to ride a bike without training wheels and hence, I had every reason to be scared, but on the other, I wanted the experience so badly so much so that I was probably overcome by a sort of devil-may-care feeling.

Extraterrestrial ;)

Pleasant ride from there and back again. See what I did there? Hehe

Zip-lining to finish! Because, you know, we're thrifty and promos are always a welcome treat. Also because I refuse to go through those stairs one more time.

I like to think that years from now, I will look back and remember that on the last day of 2014, I (successfully, with the term being relative) rode a bike for the first time and went all the way up to the sky. I hate using clichés to make a point but there's really no better way to describe 2014 than as a roller-coaster. And I take joy in knowing that it ended so fittingly.

*I was stupid enough to leave my camera at home but not too stupid to know gratitude. So, thank you so much Tito Jojo for these photos and really, for much much more!