Davao City

**Davao City** is the major city in the Davao Region, Philippines. It is home to Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines. The city is also nicknamed the "Durian Capital of the Philippines" and "Chocolate Capital of the Philippines".

Davao City is also where most of the events of Somewhere in My Past and other works of Gigi Chan take place. In most of Chan's works so far, the city is mostly featured to be set in the late 20th century.

## List of Places

Below are the list of places featured in the comic.

### #819, Mabini St.

#819 is located at Mabini Street. where Gian and his parents lived. It is a two-storey mid-century modern designed house made of wood and cement.

### #823, Arellano St.

#823 is located at Arellano Street. The mid-century modern house was built around the 1970s and was sold to Cecilia Cojuangco in late 1986. She and his son Joaquin Cojuangco moved there in 1987.

### Sta. Lucia National High School

Sta. Lucia is a public school nearby in Gian and Joaquin's neighborhood. The school has three buildings: the Juniors building, the Seniors building, and the newly built Juniors and Seniors building.

### Mt. Apo Overlooking area

Beside the latter part of Diversion road (after the Shrine Hills road), there is a vacant area that overlooks Mt. Apo. Joaquin refers this spot as "Somewhere."

### Wadab Records

Wadab Records is located inside downtown Davao City. The fictional store sells vinyl records, cassette tapes, and Betamax tapes.

### Garmon Theater

Garmon Theater is a movie house located at Illustre Street. It is one of the famous "3 Gs" along with Galaxy and Golden. Gian and Joaquin was seen passing this theater while running away from their class adviser.

### San Pedro Cathedral

San Pedro Cathedral is a Roman catholic cathedral church located at San Pedro, Davao City. In Chapter 11, Gian and Joaquin's families went to a Christmas evening mass, where Gian and Joaquin held hands together during the Lord's Prayer.

### PTA Grounds

The PTA Grounds or the *Palaruang Panlunsod* (City Playground) is a sporting and events venue of the city. The grounds feature an oval track, a swimming pool, and bleachers. During the 1988 Total Solar Eclipse, Gian and Joaquin went to the sport grounds to witness the phenomenon.

### Champaca Street

Champaca Street is a residential street inside Juna Subdivision. The street is known for its urban legend about a haunted house that stood there. Gian, Joaquin, Rhey, and Kyle had a ghost hunt in the house but they found out the house was the headquarters of an unknown gang. Hitherto, the urban legend is neither real or fake.

### Galaxy Theater

Galaxy Theater is a movie theater located at Illustre Street. In February of 1989, Gian and Joaquin watched a double feature in that movie theater.

### Aldevinco

Aldevinco is a shopping center located at Claveria Street. It is a meeting place of Gian and Kyle during their the treat.

### Insular Hotel

Insular Hotel is a five-star hotel located at the Lanang district of Davao City. Gian and Kyle had their lunch at the hotel's restaurant.

### Magsaysay Park

Magsaysay Park is a public city park located at Quezon Boulevard. Gian and Kyle visited the park after their fine dining at Insular where the two also meet Joaquin and Serena.

### Davao International Airport

Apart from the current location, the then-airport of Davao is located at Sasa district. It has two terminals that separates domestic and international flights.

## Trivia

* Much of the locations featured in the comic are no longer existing in present day Davao City.
* Gian and Joaquin's neighborhood is inspired on GIgi Chan's childhood street.