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Travel Blogs from Philippines
Arrival in Manila - trip 2
As expected our line through imigration was amazingly packed. We stood so long, our ride actually gave up and went and parked his card. Finally we got through the mass inflow, grabbed our bags and Roy drove us back to the Flats in ...
Saving Rain
Hello Everyone, In case you guys were wondering, we did make it safely back from our lovely vacation. We were able to take a bus and then a van straight back to Tacloban. Just so you guys can get an idea of the expense difference here, I ...
Adventure in Vulcanology
... !! Oh that is just too awful to print... so I´m going to anyway. -------------------------------- As with all trips in the Philippines we got up early, later than most, but early for a Saturday still. Yet another kind and generous soul, a ...
Day 3 in Dauin
A few months ago when I was still planning my trip to the Phils, I posted a question online on Travelfish.org about some recommended diving destinations. This Aussie named John wrote me back, recommending Dumaguete, and telling me that he and his wife ...
A boat trip to El-nido
Having roughed it out on the road to sabang i met some other travellers who were weary of the road and were willing to share a small boat and take the seven hour journey to El-Nido from sabang, the journey was great but at times quite scary being so far ...
My first Island
What a nice to way to enter my first island to be met by a friendly face after having fought of the bagage handlers.... I manage to get a decent room at the tip top hotel, pretty reasonable and clean. going for a bar-b- que, tomorrow with rose's family ...
Premier jour Manille - First day in Manila
Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien. Nous sommes en plein party ici. Nous avons passe la journee dans une procession pour St-nino. C'etait genial. Cette evenement se produit une fois par annee donc quel chance! Nous avons rencontré plein de ...
Butiki
... inseparable piece of this wonderful place I call home. Like the iconic Jeepney and the Bahay Kubo, the Butiki is a symbol of the Philippines and an integral part and parcel of every day life. It is a general believe that they bring good fortune to their ...
Baguio vs. Manila
... occupation to serve as a place of relaxation for the American settlers who needed a break from the hot tropical weather of the Philippines. The city is littered with sunflowers and pine trees and a host of other flora and fauna. The air is fresh and ...
Not so Thriller in Manila
C - Holy crap! I have never seen so many guns in all my born days. There were the security guards at all the hotels, with reflective gear and rifles, there were the guys in camos at the train stations with the police dogs (OK, not guns, but ...
Turkey Day 2009!
We're celebrating Thanksgiving here in the office. Though we're here in the Philippines, we're still mindful of the holidays celebrated by our American counterparts. This week our company is hosting a Turkey-Making competition. What's the catch? The ...
The Celebration of Saint Rafeal
... a celebration of the patron Saint, San Rafeal. During Fiesta Bliss is filled with people from many cities across the Philippines, drinking, eating, and being merry. Friends and families gather together to honor and give thanks to the patron Saint. ...
Adorable Children
Hellooo, The orphanage was really good today. I ended up going from 8 to 2 I just couldn't leave the kids. I love playing and cuddling each of them. Today the house mothers were pretty much out of the room the whole morning (I'm not ...
swimming with the Whale Sharks
I had read months before our trip that we could swim with huge docile whale sharks in a place called Donsol in south Luzon if you get there in the right months of their migration and we timed it well. We arrived in Donsol and found a peaceful ...
Beach for sale
Lahettiin aamulla laiturille venailee laivaa palawanin paasaarelle. Laiturilla oli normaali pieni outriggeri ja kysyttiin parilta paikalliselta etta missas se laiva joka lahtee el nidoon on? "Yes sir, it's right here" Okay..... Kelattiin etta ehka ...
Dreaming or getting real in Dakak
... fantasy? Before you answer these questions, allow me first to recounta trip we took to Mindanao, the southern part of the Philippines. Our Zamboanga del Norte trip has been filled withexcitement as we opted to be tucked away at beautiful Dakak. ***** ...
manila, philippines!my second hometown!!!!
... , the traffic, the noise that the city has, and the crimes...being a native of a peaceful city of Koronadal City, South Cotabato, Philippines, im not already new about all of this. But in the contrary of all the bad aura that Manila have, this place ...
Lake Balanan
Lake Balanan, lays some 100kms (ish) south of Dumaguete. Its a lake created after an earthquake in 1925, blocking the route of a naturally occuring stream. It has been developed into a toruist site...and in my opinon is better than twin lakes. ...
WWII Japanese ship wreck dive
In 1944, 10 Japanese ships were sank by the American military and each ship has become a famous wreck dive in Coron. We dived 2 wrecks today and these were completely different from a reef dive! Rather than being in awe of the colorful, beautiful ...
I am done with motorcycles.
We had quite a day from hell today! Since we enjoyed our motorcycle ride in Bohol last week, we decided to bike around the island on Luis's last day today. The locals had informed us we would be riding through some dirt road, but we thought it just ...
Lykken ved et laengeventet gensyn
Endelig kom dagen.. Troels var naer boblet over af forventningens glaede, hvilket der vel ikke er saa meget at sige til; naar nu man har brugt godt et aar paa at overtale een af sine allerbedste venner til at komme til Asiens land og rejse ...
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 ...
CWC Wakeboard Park
We headed back to Rex's where we had just enough time to shower and reorganize our bags. Then we headed to the ferry, then took some Vans to the town of Naga, and then to the CWC Wakeboard Park. We're staying in huts literally right off of the park, it's ...
Around Manila
... classic old hotels around; like Raffles in Singapore. Also went to San Augustine , one of the oldest churches in Philippines dating back to 1587. And Intramuros (the old Spanish section of Manila) and Fort Santiago where the Rizal Shrine is ...
Island Hopping
... serenity. There was only down side to the whole trip - day 1 I was responsibily applying my sunscreen (purchased in the Philippines), only to realise very early on that the SPF quality was significantly inferior to that of Aus/NZ sunscreen standards and ...
Get me off this boat!
We got on the boat to Palawan at 630am on Saturday morning, to arrive at 11am on Sunday. There were only economy class tickets left when we got there, so got packed into an open deck with over 120 other people. Was soooo hot. Its was all open but we ...
The Children
Hey, I just thought I would give a little description of some of the children at the orphanage so you guys can all get a feel for what they are like. Divine is 2 and half years old. She can be the best helper and the biggest pain. She is ...