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Travel Blogs from Roxas, Philippines
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There are Ferries and then there's SuperFerry
This is a top pick! ... nbsp; SuperFerry is a boat so massive that its owner took two words and merged them. You can do that in the Philippines. I've become a bit of a boat freak over the past few years and wanted to do the twenty-four hour journey from Cebu to ...
Life
... would generally stress me out... don't. This is life, and every aspect of it is to be appreciated. I love the Philippines. Yesterday we went with the youth to pick papayas for them to use to make Atsara to sell as a ...
Up a River
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 Caladagan Island, Palawan From Cuyo it was time for some quick island hopping on the way to Palawan. First stop Caladagan Island. Sorry - don't remember much about Caladagan. THURSDAY, APRIL 12 Maraguit Island, Palawan Maraguit Island ...
A for Aklan! Starting the year right!
Hi everyone. This is my first blog. And it will be all about food and my travel. My first travel was at Aklan on January of 2011. I went there with my friends which I also call my lamon/travel buddies. It was my first time to go outside Luzon and I ...
Sailing to Boracay Island
Lahtopaiva. Kirmasimme kaikki nelja veneeseen Boracayn valkoiset hiekkarannat silmissa. Matka Roxas Cityyn kesti yhteensa 4 1/2 tuntia. Veneyrittajilla on myos tapana tienata ylimaaraista ottamalla kyytiin tyyppeja matkan varrelta (jotka tuodaan ...
Brownout
... . The journey was nice though, all coast road and rainforest. From the looks of things so far, nowhere comes close to the Philippines in terms of scenary. Off the jeepney immediately into a minivan which we had to briefly wait to fill. The minivan guy ...
Sanjski otok
... jih bo uspelo prinesti cez mejo. V glavnem, otok iz sanj, nepozabni trije dnevi! Danes zjutraj so naju z ladjico pripeljali nazaj v Roxas. Tam sva poiskala avtobus za El Nido-najbolj severni del otoka. To je bilo sele dozivetje! Ze takoj je bil poln, ...
Roxas
... avant plan. tout un spectacle. Aujourd'hui nous sommes partie pour Port Barton mais nous avons atterie a Roxas, a cause des horaires d'autobus. Nous avons rencontre un couple de californien-philipinois, decidement. Nous sommes invite a ...
Olvidable
Dejamos la maravillosa ciudad de Boracay para viajar a Kalibo, desde donde teniamos que coger un vuelo a Manila al dia siguiente. Llegamos al hotel tras coger un ferry, una furgoneta y dos triciclos (con los que tuvimos que regatear el precio). El ...
Tablas Island
Well we finally left at first what we thought was paradise. By the time we left the amount of people in Boracay had tripled with more and more boat loads arriving every hour too busy. We were lucky to have arrived when it was still super slow season, ...
Roblon
... everywere.Our Nipa hut in the little resort even had marble floors, benches and tables made of marble. They are the biggest marble manufactureres in the Philippines. We saw the most amazing sunset at San Pedro beach resort were we stayed for a few ...
Palawan: Puerto Princesa to El Nido via Roxas
... erratic. These usually take longer than the above options. All shuttles and buses take a mandatory pit stop in the tiny town of Roxas about a third of the way towards El Nido. The system here goes like this -- the driver would bring everyone to ...
Down the Coast
... some fresh fruit, etc. Then it is on to the ferry for a ride to another one of the many islands in this extraordinary archipelago they call the Philippines! Until then.... PS - I'm going to attempt to upload some video. Look out for it.. ...
What about the weather!
Went to a beach to recover from the Xmas excess. Not only was it very remote, but is windy and raining too. So we couldn't do anything at all. Oh, and the noise; dogs, roosters, hammering, Karaoke, etc. Welcome to the real Philippines! I love ...
Boracay - the best beach in the World
We planned on spending 4 days and three nights on Boracay Island with Allan's family. We took off the day after Fiesta by renting a van to take the group on the 90 minute trip. Our group included Allan and myself, Allan's Mom and ...
Cebu and Back to Lezo for FIESTA!!
... with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. It is commonly sold as streetfood in the Philippines Popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac and considered a high-protein, hearty snack, balut are mostly sold by street ...
Going Back - Panoly to Manila
... , they have an afternoon booking on the Super Ferry which will cruise Kalibo to Manila in about 15-16 hours. From the Domestic airport we took a taxi back to Roxas District. Tired but happy our Bora trip was definitely one worthy of a ...
We're here, Panoly!
So we're here and we have 4 days and 3 nights to burn. First once we were checked in, it was about half past one and everyone was starving so off we went to one of the resorts many restaurant outlets. This one offered a frontal view of the ...
Spanish fort in Tay Tay
After lots of goodbyes for the second time, we're loaded into a very packed van. We only have an hour and a half to get to TayTay and when we arrive it feels as though we’re cheating, usually travel days consist of at least eight hours. We’re ...
A Day in Kalibo
Woke up really early to the sound of the roosters crowing right outside my window. They started before dawn and didn't let up. The family got up around 5, I tried to sleep until 6 when I got up too. It was nice and sunny, but by ...
Day One - a day in Lezo
... who asked us if we wanted to go see the cockfights in the afternoon, and decided we did. It was part of the Philippines experience that I wanted. Dong Dong is the cousin of Marbi, Allan's closest family member who lives in Toronto. After ...
A day in Lezo
... about 30 minutes of splashing around we sat at a cabin to eat our spaghetti and chicken. Just as an aside in the Philippines, spaghetti has a sweet tomato sauce. Very sweet. And is served with cut up hotdogs. It is covered with crumbled mozzarella. Not ...
Caticlan to Panoly Boat Ride
Finally made it to the Panoly Port in Caticlan and we got off the van breathing the cool, clean breeze thankfully as we've been cramped in the van for quite some time. My daughter was excited to be onboard a boat, her first ever trip on such a kind ...
Puerta Princesa to Kalibo Town, Panay
Saturday 23 April 2011. We awoke to blue skies at 0615, the streets outside already busy with traffic. Normal routine to get us ready for breakfast and check out by 0745, the hotel courtesy bus taking us back to the airport where Mr George was waiting. ...
Last days in Lezo
After getting back from Boracay we spent two more days in Lezo, before our planned trip to Manila and then home. As stated previously, Lezo is a lazy little town outside of Kalibo. It is mostly a farming community, but it is famous for it's Pottery ...
We love D'Mall
So we took to the "D'Mall" quite easily as it has everything you could ever need and more! Fast foods, staples like burgers and fried chicken, bottled water, shirts, sandals, sunscreens, shades, all the sourvenir items you can think of, ...
Sick silly
... after a doze. I must recommend the young doctor who is an alumnus of the same alma mater as me, University of the Philippines. It was afterall, a Sunday and yet he made his way and did his duty. Thanks! Still I can't blame Pier One ...
Moved to Roxas
Too, the ferry from Guimaras to Iiollo bus from the to Roxas, tricycle to resort. Arrived to be told only have delux Roome left my travel buddies took the room, I asked for there wi fi code and logged in to a booking site where I booked a cheap room with ...
Unique Capiz
... it, after 25 years... just 2 days i arrived.. amazing craftly planned full of landscape, beautiful peoples park at baybay, roxas city now entice native and tourist alike... with its pleasant open air and sibuyan-sea view north at ...
volunteer work at Passi City, Iloilo
Tomorrow will be an exciting moment, for i will travel to Salngan,Passi City... a place located southern part of Roxas City, sugarcane enveloped the fields of this agricultural city..sugarcane milling contributes a lot to this places ...
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