Island Garden City of Samal--Davao's Finest Beach Resort

"The Urban Center In A Garden Setting"--as what people often say and I do agree with that. This is a three in one vacation land, an Island, a Garden and a City. It is indeed the place that you are looking for. Samal Island has 46 different resorts, i can't name all because there are tons of them. In Samal Island you can have different kinds of adventures namely; spelunking, rappelling, mountain climbing, snorkeling. You can also have camping and tour around the island.
Last October 16, 2009, after 5 months of being apart from my family, we had our family bonding and celebrated my mom's **th birthday(yes she will not let us tell it). So anyway, we traveled 30mins. by means of ferry boat that carries car (but the island have its own bus for the tourist) from the city proper until we reached Samal Island. It was dark and we don't have any idea where to stay in and which road to take. While driving in the middle of the pitch-black road, we saw a lighted signboard saying "Blue Jaz Beach Resort and

photo from bluejaz.net

Waterpark". It looked nice and i heard about the longest water slides in the Philippines are here. As we entered the resort, it was so peaceful and somebody from the resort warmly greeted us even if it was almost midnight. We rented one Fiji Style Cottage which costs us 3,500php + 10% service and one Jazmin Room which costs us 2,500php. More cheaper rooms are available too.



In our two-day stay in Blue Jaz, my sister and i who stayed in Manila for six months really had a skedaddle from the smoke and pollution in the city. My family also had a great escape from work and problems even if its not that long.