Weaving Dreams in Davao
These days, it is a name chanted like a prayer. Davao: the seat of power, the city of plenty, the exemplar of discipline. But what we mustn’t forget to talk about is Davao: land of eternal summer, named by the lumad 1 after the element of fire.
Philippine Tatler Traveller made the trip from Manila to Davao for this issue’s cover shoot. It takes less than two hours to journey by plane to the city—lively as any modern metropolis and named one of the world’s safest. From there, it’s a quick speedboat ride to the islands of Samal and Malipano, which host a jewel in the south, the famed Pearl Farm Beach Resort.
The artist and owner, Maricris Floirendo Brias, still remembers the Pearl Farm of her childhood as the purveyor of
