My rental apartment in Toril

To rent an apartment in Toril, a suburb to Davao city

For a certain time ago I stayed for a longer period in Toril which is basically a suburb to Davao city. I was lucky because the apartment I rented was just newly built so I was the first renter there.

I paid 13000 PHP per month plus water and electricity.  The location was about 2 km from the local city centre and Gaisano mall in Toril. About 30-50 minutes with two rides in to Davao city depending on the traffic.

Andaya st Daliao, in Toril. My apartment was located on the top floor.

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The kitchen was western style with a combo stove with both gas and electric.

My living room.

The better view that I had, was towards the street and Mt Apo in the distant.

The apartment was fully furnished

I was the first renter in the apartment so everything was very fresh. All the furnitures and the kitchen utensils were included. The owner was helpful and keen on that everything would be ok. If you are interested to rent you can contact the owner yourself. The location in Toril might be a little bit odd since it's a bit far from Davao city. But for me it was perfect, relatively quiet compared to the bustling city centre of Davao. It's close to Eden Nature Park, a wonderful place where you can do many activities such as hiking, fishing and of course eat at the beautifully located buffet restaurant. For me it was also interesting with the relative proximity to Mt Apo since I had plans to hike there.

Inside the apartment

A tour inside the apartment. But I have an excuse to my English speaking viewers since I am talking Swedish in the video clip. But at least I added some English subtitles.

View from balcony

View over Andaya st which could be a very noisy specially in the mornings and evenings.

My other view, maybe less nice, was towards the sea and Davao city in the distant.

Here the street kids tried to sell the puppy to me.

The other view

My other view from the apartment was overlooking a squatter area. The owner told me it was her land but for the time being she let squatters stay there. On the other side of the street was this little puppy which most of the time was tied up. The poor puppy was all alone there and crying all the time. But then suddenly the street kids decided to try to sell it to me. I felt sorry for the puppy but I denied of course. 

Going to Toril city centre

The video clip shows the first 2 km stretch from Daliao to Toril city centre. Most of the days I traveled in to Ecoland just near Davao city. I usually went to Starbucks to enjoy a delicious cafe latte and use their excellent WiFi. It's a perfect way to do some work on the computer. To get there I took the tricycle from Daliao to the city centre of Toril. Next I went with the Uso-Uso jeepneys or to the Hop On Hop Off Terminal for the 30 minutes stretch to Ecoland. Actually I usually went by the Hop On Hop Off jeepneys, they felt more safe to ride with.

The cooking

A traditional breakfast

Squid barbecue on the balcony

The final result, grilled squids.

I had a frequent guest specially when I was cooking...

Banana flowers

With banana flowers you can do a delicious salad

Some ingredients for the spicy sauce.

Spicy sauce for the grilled squid.

One good thing I like with renting a place is that you can cook your own food.

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