Bagobo House Hotel Davao

... is a weeklong celebration of the plentiful harvests of fruits and orchids during the season and a thanksgiving for Mother Nature's bountiful harvest. Araw ng Davao, a celebration of the founding of Davao is another vibrant fiesta, which is held every March 16, together with the Kadayawan festival, it is Davao city's biggest annual event The diversity of the population in Davao does translate into an extraordinary and exciting culinary adventure ...

... at what other people were doing and looked out the window. <br><br>Then we arrived back in Manila and drove to Richmond Hotel again. We were on the same floor and the first bedroom we stayed when we first arrived in the Philippines. Dad liked that room the best. We went to the Korean restaurant again and had the same thing. Then we went home I was very tired and sunburned.

... of Mindanao. I found a great place to stay that was owned by a local artist and it was a great ...

... famous Pearl Farm, Bali-Bali, Blue Waters, Bluejaz, Chemas, Costa Marina, Hof Gorei, Island Buenavista, Paradise Island, Punta del Sol, to name a few. <br> <br> But there's more to Samal than these excellent treats, something a little off-the-beaten track that's still largely unknown to those who flock to its beaches. Near the heart of the island lies a fairly secluded hideaway oozing with pure rustic charms: Hagimit Falls, a low-dropping ...

... in Hong Kong at this time is relatively painless, as there is a cheap and convenient night bus that took us from the airport practically to our doorstep. Of course the bus ride was longer than the flight between Davao and Cebu! This will be our last bit of travelling for the remainder of our stay in Hong Kong, as I've promised Yoong that we will go back to Australia every holiday we get to see our grandsons, the second of whom is due to arrive in the world next month. Raymond's Travel Page

... one of them electric-powered. Noted architect Francisco "Bobby" Mañosa designed the cottages and villas as close as possible, in both materials and form, to the Maranao and Samal tribes they were named for. For its depiction of regional traits, the resort received the Kalakbay Award for Best Resort for two consecutive years (1994 and 1995) and was one of the venues of the 1994 Miss Universe pageant.

... Crocodile farm is ironically filled with many saltwater crocodiles, which aren't at all native to the Philippines. The local variety has been hunted almost to extinction, for food or leather. There are a lot of other rare species on exhibit, but like the crocodiles, most aren't native. The magnificent Philippine Sea Eagle looked a sad site in ...

... suite". It marks the spot where his suite was though the actual rooms burned in a fire sometime in the past. David Baker had arranged for us to visit Corregidor Island the next day. I had been there with David two and a half years earlier, but of course, Marjolaine and our daughters had not, and neither had Richard Pinelli, Lyle Welty or Jeff Caudle. All of us were eager to go. We were in bed around midnight and hurried since we knew we needed to be up at 5:30 or so the next morning.

... sight of the formidable white boulders left me awestruck. They were a towering assemblage of rocks that seemed to reach upward into the sky. The arduous climb to the top of the stones required climbers to ascend around 45 to 90 degrees. Could I do it?<br><br> It took me about three hours &#8212; the longest three hours of my life! &#8212; before reaching the top. Hanging by a thread, I maneuvered my way safely through those rocks. Famished, I recalled missing ...

... with Ed and Lorna Macaraeg about their work and life in their part of the country. They gave a detailed explanation of the different office opperations, which are mostly a family affair. Most of their children are involved in different part of office work. Ed records a radio broadcst on biblical topics in the small studio they have. The program is aired on local radio stations. Mail processing, fulfillment, website ...