In the seventh of a series of travel stories, D J Clark travels to one of Asia's most conflict ridden cities in the west of Mindanao, the Philippines. Spending a morning under the guard of three Marines he took a tour with a local TV reporter of this historic yet troubled city.

Slideshow:

My town Cotabato with Ferdinandh

By D J Clark

Producer: Flora Yue

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About D J Clark

D J Clark has worked worldwide as a multimedia journalist for more than 20 years. As well as working for China Daily he runs an MA course in Multimedia journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University and is the Director of Visual Journalism at the Asia Center for Journalism in Manila, Philippines.