Archive for the 'Laguna' Category
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
This is our first attempt at doing a travel video podcast or vidcast. All scenes were shot at Batangas during the recent Holy Week. Armed with a Nokia N95 and a Canon EOS D40, we spent 3 days and 2 nights at Nasugbu, Batangas visiting Terrazas de Punta Fuego, Pico de Loro in Hamilo [...]
Popularity: 38% [?]
Posted in Batangas, Food Trip, Laguna, Road Trip, Vidcast | 4 Comments »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Visit the best kept secrets of Batangas, Laguna and Quezon:
Organized by the country’s oldest orchid and plant society, the exposure and wellness trip aims to treat the members as well as guest to one of Southern Luzon best kept secrets that few people knows.
Popularity: 38% [?]
Popularity: 38% [?]
Posted in Batangas, Food Trip, Laguna, Quezon Province | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Lake Caliraya is a man made lake, I think originally made by the Americans as a water reservoir to create electric power. Now it is a recreation area with couple of private homes around the lake and a resort: Caliraya Recreation Center Resort. We went there three years ago with some speed boat riding, masaya. [...]
Popularity: 16% [?]
Posted in Laguna | 2 Comments »
Monday, May 7th, 2007
The town of Pila is a typical Philippine town during the Spanish occupation. This is what our towns and cities look like before modernization stepped in. A large plaza surrounded by stone houses also known as the bahay na bato.
The houses around the Pila town plaza has been perfectly restored and kept [...]
Popularity: 15% [?]
Posted in Laguna, Road Trip | 9 Comments »
Friday, April 27th, 2007
Better late than never… the remaining Lupi of the Turumba Festival 2007.
Popularity: 13% [?]
Popularity: 13% [?]
Posted in Laguna, Road Trip, Travel Destinations | 3 Comments »
Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Pagsanjan Falls is believed to be the best water falls in the Philippines, or so I thought. About 2 hours drive to the south in Laguna via the South Super Highway (SSH), you’ll just have to turn right at the end of the Calamba junction. Go straight until you reach Bo. Pinagsanhan in Sta. Cruz, [...]
Popularity: 16% [?]
Posted in Laguna, Road Trip | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Outside the gates of University of The Philippines Los Baños is a place called Grove that winds down to Lopez Avenue all the way to Crossing where the Manila-Sta. Cruz (Laguna) crossroad is.
Ten to 15 years ago, Grove is a line of old residential establishments whose ground floors have been converted into a student’s eatery or [...]
Popularity: 24% [?]
Posted in Food Trip, Laguna, Retreats, Travel Oddities | 6 Comments »
Sunday, September 24th, 2006
Why not hire a boat for a day and explore Laguna de Bay?
Popularity: 15% [?]
Popularity: 15% [?]
Posted in Laguna, Road Trip, Travel Destinations | 11 Comments »
Friday, June 23rd, 2006
One of the closest places to do some hiking and camping in the summer is Mt. Famy. Situated in the north-eastern part of Siniloan in Laguna, Mt. Famy is one very attractive campsite to visit regularly.
Popularity: 16% [?]
Popularity: 16% [?]
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
Every year on the Friday (Biyernes de Dolores) before Palm Sunday, the townpeople of Pakil start seven consecutive novenae to commemorate the seven sorrows of the Blessed Virgin.
Popularity: 15% [?]
Popularity: 15% [?]
Posted in Laguna, Travel Destinations | 3 Comments »