Microtel by Wyndham, General Santos City

Microtel by Wyndham - General Santos is a 66-room hotel located at the Valley High Complex, along the National Highway in General Santos City, Philippines. It's the 10th branch of the international hotel group in the Philippines which opened in early 2013 making it one of the newest hotels in General Santos City.

Lake Sebu Seven Falls Zipline

Lake Sebu Seven Falls Zipline is 180 meter high and is considered as one of the tallest ziplines in Asia. The zipline is located in an eco-tourism park developed by the provincial government of South Cotabato to promote tourism in the province. The main attraction of the park are Lake Sebu's seven interconnected waterfalls. What makes this zipline ride special is that the cables stretch over not one but four majestic waterfalls. Of all the zipline rides in the Philippines, we consider the Lake Sebu Seven Falls Zipline ride as the most scenic and breathtaking

Guide to Tuna Festival 2013

General Santos City, the country's tuna capital, will hold the annual Tuna Festival on September 5-9, 2013. Now on its 15th year, the Tuna Festival will once again place the city into center stage as it number one product, the world class tuna, is showcased through parades and concerts.

Hotel San Marco in General Santos City

Hotel San Marco is a 28-room boutique hotel located right at the middle of General Santos City (GenSan). It is near the city's major shopping establishments such as SM City General Santos, Gaisano Mall of GenSan, KCC Mall of GenSan and the newly opened Veranza Mall. Tricycles are the main mode of transportation in the city and almost everything is easily accessible from the hotel. Locationwise, Hotel San Marco is a strategic choice of hotel when visiting or doing business in GenSan.

Tnalak Festival 2013 Street Dance Competition

The Tnalak Festival is a annual festival held in the province of South Cotabato which showcases the T'nalak, the traditional cloth handwoven by the T'boli women of Lake Sebu. The festival also coincides with the foundation anniversary of the province. The festival is also a celebration of the tri-people of South Cotabato: the T'bolis, the Christians, and the Muslims.

General Santos City: SMART Night at Caffe Firenzo

GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Smart Communications Inc (Smart), the country's leading wireless services provider, is the official telecommunications partner of this year's SoCCSkSarGen Experience Tour (SEx Tour 4.0). For the entire duration of our 5-day blogger event, Smart has provided us with pocket WiFi units so that we can instantly share photos and updates to our online readers. See the above photo of the pocket WiFi sample unit taken from the smart.com.ph website.

#SmartLiveMore

Welcome Dinner at Family Country Hotel, General Santos City

When the evening finally came, it was time for yet another feast. Family Country Hotel prepared a welcome dinner for us, the participating bloggers of SoCCSkSarGen Experience Tour 4.0.

The hotel served us a bounty of fresh seafood dishes including kinilaw na malasugi, shrimp tempura, shrimp foo young, and GenSan's pride, tuna sashimi. Sorry for the term, but O-M-G, this is the freshest tuna sashimi we have ever tasted. No need for the soy sauce and wasabi because these babies are good as they are. Weird as it may sound, these slices of fresh tuna are actually sweet to the taste! We are undoubtedly in the tuna capital of the Philippines.

SM Supermarket in SM City Gensan

From Polomolok, we drove back to General Santos City for a tour inside SM Supermarket Gensan. Located on the ground floor of the newly opened SM City Gensan, SM Supermarket Gensan really impressed everyone in our group.

Dole Philippines Pineapple Plantation in Polomolok, South Cotabato

It was almost 50 years ago when Dole, a world leader in fresh and packaged fruits and vegetable production, chose the fertile land of Polomolok in the Province of South Cotabato, to farm its delicious pineapples. Today, Dole is the world's largest producer of bananas and pineapples, with majority of its pineapple production facilities located in Polomolok.

Kalsangi Clubhouse of Dole Philippines in Polomolok, South Cotabato

Our group was invited by Dole Philippines (Dolefil) for a lunch at its Kalsangi Clubhouse to formally open SoCCSkSarGen Experience Tour (SEx Tour) 4.0. We were very lucky to have set foot inside the clubhouse as Kalsangi Clubhouse is not open to the public.

Family Country Hotel in General Santos City

It was such a great news when we were informed that Family Country Hotel and Convention Center will sponsor our accommodation and will serve as our official residence in General Santos City for the 5-day SoCCSkSarGen Experience Tour 4.0 blogger event.

SoCCSkSarGen Experience Tour 4.0 (September 1-5, 2012)

SoCCSkSarGen Experience Tour 4.0 (SEx Tour 4.0) officially starts today. Being the first Social Media SEx Tour, participating bloggers are expected to share photos and updates during the course of the tour utilizing the various social media applications available. Pinas Muna has selected Instagram as its primary channel to share photos online.

Countdown to Soccsksargen EXperience Tour 4.0

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It was such a great news when we received this message from Mr. Bariles of GenSan News Online Mag that we were chosen to become participants in the upcoming Soccsksargen EXperience Tour 4.0, or SEX Tour 4.0 in short.

"Get ready for the SEx Tour 4.0 for Bloggers, Ramil! I'd like to officially welcome you and Ed aboard!"

We are very excited as this will be our first time to visit the Philippine provinces of South Cotabato, Sarangani and Sultan Kudarat. These three provinces are part of the Soccsksargen Region which most Manileños often avoid because of the negative image that Mindanao has.