The Philippine Travel Blog is an experimental project on group blogging with focus on Travel and Philippine destinations. Our goal is to promote each and every travel destination of the Philippine's 7,107 islands, serve as a guide to tourists and travellers, and educate the reading public about the great wonders and richness of the Philippine archipelago -- all thru the power of blogging.
Our trip to Caramoan involved an initial 8 to 9-hour bus ride to Sabang Port which is about an hour away from Naga City, the capital of the Province of Camarines Sur. From Sabang Port, we then embarked on a 2-hour ferry to Guijalo Port, which is Caramoan’s gateway. Because a weather disturbance had just [...]
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The oldest among the rail transits in the metro, it was constructed in early 1980’s by the Marcos Administration to drastically reduce the travel time from Paranaque City to Caloocan City, passing through the heart of downtown Manila. The said line runs from Baclaran to Monumento. Light Railway Transit was inspired by the tramvias of [...]
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A friend wrote me, asking for travel tips for baguio:
Hello Edwin,
My parents are visiting next month and we are planning a 3D/2N trip to Baguio. We are looking for places to stay, preferably yung mga house for rent since there will be 6 of us. In case [...]
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There’s a reason why the province is called Pangasinan. Derived from the word asin, Pangasinan literally means land of salt.
Traveling to the extreme west of Pangasinan, to the distant town of Dasol, we soon discovered fields upon fields of salt. Kuya Kolet, our magical driver, was resourceful enough to bring us to a local community [...]
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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 [...]
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Balay Indang is a quiet and secluded bed and breakfast inn as well as a regular retreat house inconspicuously located in Indang, Cavite. The best way to get there is to follow the Tagaytay route, straight thru the town of Mendez and into Indang. Most people will miss it as there are no signs outside [...]
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For many decades it was known as Plaza Goiti. It is now Plaza Lacson; a tribute for the soccer player at Ateneo de Manila University and amateur boxer who once challenged Ferdinand Marcos to a fistfight and called Ernesto Maceda (who was then a Manila councilor) “so young and so corrupt.”
Arsenio Lacson was [...]
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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.
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Boracay Island is the top destination this summer and Philippine Airlines (PAL) is nearing it’s promo end for Boracay via Kalibo, Aklan. PALakbayan Boracay prices starts at Php 2,190 per head.
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I didn’t think the Manila Ocean Park would be big. But Manila Ocean Park is indeed world-class — at least that’s the plan.
The Manila Ocean Park is “a marine themed park bringing together in one complex an Oceanarium, a mall, a restaurant row, boutique hotel, open water marine habitats and multi-purpose function facilities.”
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