Quezon City, Philippines Travel Blogs

Tito, Wawa Dam, Cock Pit, Special Forces, OH MY!!
Mar 3, 2007

... last Tuesday and since then we have had nothing the royal treatment. His home is located in the Terra Pura district of Quezon City. After two gated entrances you come to a beautiful street with large wonderful homes everywhere. We are sharing a room with ...

Taste of Chaos
Sep 20, 2009 (15 photos)

17.9 - 21.9.09               Quezon City, Manila. Ulkoministerion "Best Of Filippines" : "Erityistä varovaisuutta ja tarkkaavaisuutta noudatettava. Terrori-iskut todennäköisiä etenkin ...

So Many Children.
Mar 8, 2007

Dear Everyone, I hope you are having a very nice week. It probably will not have been as good as ours has been but thats just life...I'm only joking. I went back and looked at one one of my old blogs are realized that my spelling is extra bad these ...

Philippines Trip (Regalia Tower Suites)
Apr 13, 2008 (18 photos)

We stayed @ Regalia Tower Suites at P. Tuazon in Cubao, Quezon City. There are 20 Studio units, 20 1-bedroom suites, and 20 2-bedroom suites. We stayed in a studio room on 20th floor (Tower B). It's a secured place, staff were nice and helpful. It's a new ...

TRAFFIC SHRMAFFIC...
Mar 7, 2007

... The last few days have been very busy. Lets see, in a nut shell: We had breakfast with the Mayor of Quezon City Sonny Belmonte, met President Arroyo, visited an orphanage for disabled children, toured Malacayon (spelling??) which is the Filippino White ...

Time is scarce when you have no time.
Mar 29, 2007

... Justin is staying with very good friends of my host family not very far away. They are all in the RC of Midtown Quezon City. I absolutely love this Rotary Club. Everyone is young and friendly. I cannot explain how nice it is to finally meet some young ...

Rotarians, beer, and family!
Feb 28, 2007

... the breakfast buffet here. I believe I may be in heaven. We were transported from our hotel around 3:00 to the Rotary center in Quezon City and sent off with our host families. Kati and I are staying together this week and I will fill you in on Tito later ...

OVER-SHADOWED
Apr 30, 2008 (8 photos)

dolorez,quezon memories!

chinatown etc
Aug 5, 2009 (8 photos)

... so who cares about the travelling!! She even allowed me to buy a padlock this time lols Its a very sad time in the Philippines at the moment as Cory Aquino died, practically the mother of the modern state, she liked the color yellow so all the railings, ...

EN 2007 World Conference
Jul 23, 2007 (5 photos)

Every Nation World conference was a blast!!! I really have had fun, looking at the different colors of people who have attend. I've leard alot of things, so many revelation and impartation... I've love to attend again in the coming years...

Beijing 2008 Olympics Games
May 16, 2008

... pass the sea of Hong Kong and Macau. You will enjoy new and exciting scenery. Some trains travel directly to Beijing from Shenzhen City and only have few stops. Train number K106 leaves for Beijing at 10:50 in the morning and arrives at 15:58 in the ...

2nd Log
Mar 25, 2007 (5 photos)

Last week, I went back to my hometown of Buenlag, Calasiao to attend my aunt's brother's viewing and funeral. It was an interesting experience because there was one big difference from the ones I remember: KARAOKE.So on the last day, families of the dead ...

*** bus ride ***
May 23, 2008

ang saya dito sa bus! hehe pati yung manong guy na akala namin kundoktor chinichika namin. akala kc namin kundoktor sya. eh, sya rin kc eh, sagot sya ng sagot, hehe =) sa bus pa lang enjoy na...

Blast of a party
Aug 9, 2009 (11 photos)

Well it was supposed to be a kidz party, I guess they had a good time but really it was an excuse for the adults to eat and drink a lot hehehehe we were kindly invited by Flora's brothers family, excuse was there little daughters 3rd, somewhere way north ...

Manila, Philippines
Nov 9, 2008

Staying in Quezon City

still kicking!!
Jul 3, 2009 (12 photos)

... we are all going swimming some place together.  Transport is so cheap compared to the uk, 30 minutes aircon bus ride through the city is less than a pound for two so we are getting around, of course the last little bit often has t be done in a ...

Log 3
Mar 31, 2007 (6 photos)

I started my practicum this week and also attended by cousin's baby's baptism. Here are some pictures.

First day
Jul 19, 2007 (7 photos)

Peter, welcome to Manila... We've actually travelled in a big group, but most of them had their own plans, Mana & Fary had to stay with the Iranian delegates, while Peter and I really didn't have anything to do... so we've decided to tour around ...

Beijing 2008 Olympics II
May 18, 2008

... are at least 5 airline companies servicing the Guangzhou-Beijing route, and flights are daily, morning and afternoon. Guangzhou is an industrial city of China and is quite amazing to see new places and more enjoyable if you take train. By train, for me it ...

Bored in The Tropics
Jul 1, 1999

... , but not for long, thank God, 'cuz it's hotter than hell here! Didn't do much yesterday either.  Ate, watched TV.  I really wish we could go out of the city already.  Baguio, Boracay, Tagaytay, anywhere really so we could do stuff!

its been a few days
Jun 24, 2009 (13 photos)

Acclimatization to many things has started!! First of all the weather, well its not to hot, about 34C max but my des it rain so quite humid.... During the rainfall its very refreshing probably drops the air temp by 10C but after it stops and the heat ...

Home counry
Mar 26, 2008

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Wobbling Towards the Vortex of Ondoy's Wrath
Sep 30, 2009 (5 photos)

... the open. It was this same instinct that made me stay in my modest room in a hotel along Kalayaan Avenue in Quezon City when Ondoy, a.k.a. Ketsana, pounded Central Luzon last Saturday, September 26. It was this sixth sense which insisted that I was safer ...

Easter Lunch and Family Meeting
Apr 9, 2007 (6 photos)

April 8 - Family Corporation Meeting and Easter Sunday lunch at Hubert's House

Terje's first birthday in the Philippines
Jan 6, 2008 (2 photos)

... my family here, there are some things I did also miss very much (i.e. real mangoes and bagoong). By the way, the hubby also celebrated his first birthday in the Philippines today-or for that matter, his first birthday ever outside of Norway ;o)

Visit my Grandparents in Novaliches
Jul 23, 2007 (5 photos)

After the Conference, we gave my grandparents a visit and an advance and surprise birthday celebration for my grandmom. Peter, meet my grandparents :-)

going HOME
Mar 23, 2008

'twas a very important vacation....       my eldest A.P. graduated high school....

hot hot hot!!
Jul 14, 2009 (8 photos)

not so bad, according to tv is 29 but feels like 35 sometimes!! its nice when it rains, cools it down for a while and also slowly cools after dark.  For some reason one night we walked back to the apartment and encountered 5 cockroaches in there, ...

wind rain and more wind
Aug 8, 2009 (6 photos)

its kinda monsoon season AND we have a great big typhoon out in the china sea so the weather is quite stunning, the winds are really powerful, enough to blow you over in the street and the rain is like a waterfall, hmmm the combination means u get wet as ...

wet times in cavite
Jul 7, 2009 (12 photos)

Sunday we all went to an eco farm resort in Cavite (south of Manila), lots of swimming pools with water slides, horses, fishing, plants like pineapples etc.  Nice little bamboo huts each with a bbq. Flora's mother did a fantastic BBQ with Bangus ( ...