Costa Marina: A Relaxing Beach Destination Without the Crowds

Dabawenyos are lucky to have easy access to the white sand beaches of Samal Island. Any day of the week, they can just take a pumpboat or barge from the Sasa area and they can reach their destination after 15 minutes (particularly the resorts in Babak fronting Davao City).

One of my favorite beach resorts now that I highly recommend is Costa Marina. It's adjacent to Paradise Island Resort but is smaller in area and with less crowd. I learned from one staff that the owners of Costa Marina and Paradise Island resorts are cousins from the Rodriguez clan.

Costa Marina Beach Resort

JaDine Team Real Rocks Davao Anew with their Revolution Concert

The phenomenal team real once again delighted fans last Sunday in their unique concert dubbed Revolution. As expected, it was a huge success and I was there to witness it. An avid JaDine fan like me (and my teen daughter) would not miss it for the world.

Unlike their JaDine In Love concert back in 2016, the Revolution had a different concept. Mini movies featuring current social issues were shown on big screens (with James Reid and Nadine Lustre doing the voiceover) before each segment. No casual conversations between the lovebirds in between. Just pure dancing and singing and some short personal greetings to their Davao fans.

James and Nadine doing a duet. 

The opening number was a blast. After several hours of waiting in line outside the venue and a few games before the main performance, the fans were screaming and waving their balloons and neon sticks as the countdown began until James and Nadine came out. Dressed in their marching band-inspired costume, team real rocked the stage with "Light It Up" then followed by solo performances.