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Sagpulon Falls: Hello, Goodbye… Hello…

9 Jun 2014
Mindanao, Philippines is not just a land of promise, it is also a land of majestic waterfalls.
Today we decided to go to Sagpulon falls in Jasaan, Misamis Oriental Cagayan de Oro City. Did not expect it would turn out to be quite an adventure.
 
Sagpulon Falls Jasaan
 
We started our trip at Agora terminal in Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City. We had to pay P3.00 ($0.07) each to get inside the terminal and take an air-conditioned bus we call “Bachelor” for P81.00 ($2.00) each. You have to tell the driver or conductor (the one who collects the fare) that he/driver should stop where the road to Sagpulon falls begins.
 
Sagpulon Falls Jasaan
 
The place is called San Isidro, a barangay in Jasaan. If this is your first time going there, from Cagayan de Oro (Agora terminal perhaps), on your right side watch for Springview Resort painted with blue color. This is the first resort by the road you would see when you are in Jasaan. Beside this resort is the road to Sagpulon falls. The road, if I am right is just in front of San Isidro Elementary school (left side) where there is a red waiting shade.
 
There you would see motorcycles parked. They offer service to send you to the place/Sagpulon falls. Their motorcycle can “force” to carry up to 4 passengers including driver. This is what we call “Habal-Habal”, which is actually taken from the term of animals mating when one is on top of the other.
 
At the time of this writing, going to the falls was quite a challenge. The road was bumpy, rocky, and even slippery, though the government had an ongoing road construction. Luckily enough our driver had a good grip and seemed to have mastered balancing on the challenges of the road.

Anyway, the scenic view on the roadside was beautiful.  Stunning, in fact:
 

 
Sagpulon falls
 
Sagpulon falls
Now when we reached to our final destination, it was a bit of dismay, yet adventure continued. Why a dismay? Because the bridge going to the waterfall was completely broken, crushed by typhoon Pablo’s ravaging flood of more than 5 meters high. Our only option was to cross the stream on top of the big rocks to reach to the other side and see the waterfall. We had a 7-year-old kid with us, and this was her first adventure in pure nature trekking. We treaded across the rocky stream over the huge rocks sitting in the middle. The driver, by the way politely sent us up to where the waterfall is. 
 
Sagpulon falls
 
Adventure is beautiful before and after you've been to it.  But while you are in it, it could be a hardwork.  This is how it looks like:
 
Sagpulon Falls
 
Sagpulon falls
... finally we crossed, and more steps to come...
 
Sagpulon falls
... until the space began to unravel the waterfalls:
 
Jassan Falls
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