{"id":371,"date":"2017-06-04T23:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T22:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/?p=371"},"modified":"2017-06-11T23:19:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T22:19:25","slug":"resort-south-cotabato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/04\/resort-south-cotabato\/","title":{"rendered":"A resort in South Cotabato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, we are still here, the South Cotabato province of the Sox region (not the baseball team, remember?).<\/p>\n<p>I can tell you one thing: the region offers beautiful landscapes, great beaches, lush forests, high mountains (many of them are active or dormant volcanoes) and more. This can be said about the whole island of Mindanao. However, it is not frequented by tourists for certain reasons (especially foreign tourists).<\/p>\n<p>In this and following posts we will visit some interesting places that are not too far from General Santos.<\/p>\n<p>First let&#8217;s head to the Sarangani Highlands Garden &#8211; a resort on the outskirts of the city &#8211; stone&#8217;s throw from the fish port.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_376\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-5-Sarangani-Highlands-entrance.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-imagelightbox=\"0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-376\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-376\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-5-Sarangani-Highlands-entrance-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance to the resort\/garden<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The resort is similar to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/19\/mountaintop-property\/\">Temple of Leah<\/a> at least in two areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>it is built on an elevated terrain with great view of surrounding areas<\/li>\n<li>it is a work in the making; there is constant construction going on there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As it has the word &#8220;garden&#8221; in the name, you can expect to find some flowers there.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-371 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-14-Sarangani-Highlands-6.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-14-Sarangani-Highlands-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-14-Sarangani-Highlands-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-14-Sarangani-Highlands-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-14-Sarangani-Highlands-6-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-14-Sarangani-Highlands-6-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-4-Sarangani-Highlands-4-e1508245999204.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-4-Sarangani-Highlands-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-4-Sarangani-Highlands-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-4-Sarangani-Highlands-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-4-Sarangani-Highlands-4-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-4-Sarangani-Highlands-4-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-13-Sarangani-Highlands-5.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-13-Sarangani-Highlands-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-13-Sarangani-Highlands-5-150x150.jpg 150w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-1-Sarangani-Highlands-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-1-Sarangani-Highlands-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-1-Sarangani-Highlands-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-1-Sarangani-Highlands-1-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-2-Sarangani-Highlands-2-e1508246019321.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-2-Sarangani-Highlands-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-2-Sarangani-Highlands-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-2-Sarangani-Highlands-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-2-Sarangani-Highlands-2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-2-Sarangani-Highlands-2-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-3-Sarangani-Highlands-3-e1508246008235.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-3-Sarangani-Highlands-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-3-Sarangani-Highlands-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-3-Sarangani-Highlands-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-3-Sarangani-Highlands-3-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-3-Sarangani-Highlands-3-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>View of the Sarangani Bay:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-6-Sarangani-Highlands-coast.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-imagelightbox=\"7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-377\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-6-Sarangani-Highlands-coast-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ship on the photo below is definitely not transporting fish to the nearby port. How do I know that? Look at the letters on its sides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-12-Sarangani-Highlands-coast-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-imagelightbox=\"8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-383\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-12-Sarangani-Highlands-coast-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-12-Sarangani-Highlands-coast-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-12-Sarangani-Highlands-coast-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-04-12-Sarangani-Highlands-coast-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the resort we will head a bit north and then west &#8211; what can be seen there? Find out in the next post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, we are still here, the South Cotabato province of the Sox region (not the baseball team, remember?). I can tell you one thing: the region offers beautiful landscapes, great beaches, lush forests, high mountains (many of them are active or dormant volcanoes) and more. This can be said about the whole island of Mindanao. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/04\/resort-south-cotabato\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A resort in South Cotabato&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14,37,46,29],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-photos","tag-hills","tag-jungle","tag-mindanao","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}