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Archive for April, 2006

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Aliwan Fiesta 2006

Monday, April 17th, 2006

Featured Aliwan Contingent:
TULTUGAN FESTIVAL
Municipality of Maasin, Province of Iloilo
Tultug is an action verbalizing the act of playing sound on bamboo. Usually this is rendered through a bamboo stick striking it against the body of the bamboo, thus becoming a rhythmic instrument called Tultugan. This is classified in ethnomusicological term as idiophone because the source [...]

Popularity: 2% [?]

Club Manila East Central

Monday, April 17th, 2006

Right in the heart of Taytay, Rizal is an exciting resort which boost of a 9,100 sq. m. lagoon-shaped mega pool which resembles Laguna De Bay. Club Manila East Central features aside from the mega pool, a kiddie pool, an adult pool with giant slide, olympic size and bean shaped swimming [...]

Popularity: 12% [?]

Tagaytay Picnic Grove

Monday, April 17th, 2006

If you are looking for a getaway place that is not heavy on the pocket, try the Tagaytay Picnic Grove. The place is located just a few minutes away from the Tagaytay town proper and it is overlooking the Taal Volcano and the coastal towns of Batangas.

Popularity: 20% [?]

Popularity: 20% [?]

Caliraya Lake

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

The Caliraya Lake is a man-made lake located at Lumban, Laguna situated at 1,200 above sea-level. This is certainly one of Laguna’s summer hotspots where local and foreign tourists visit every year. There are two possible routes to be able to reach the Caliraya Lake. One is via the South Luzon Express Way while the [...]

Popularity: 13% [?]

Philippine Eagle Center of Davao

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

The Philippine Eagle Center is the place where the Philippines National Bird is bred in captivity in order to increase their numbers. It is also one of the more popular destinations in Davao. It is located at the Davao City Water District’s (DCWD) Watershed Park in Malagos.

Popularity: 9% [?]

Popularity: 9% [?]

Aliwan Fiesta 2006

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Featured Aliwan Fiesta Contingent:
Babaylan Festival
Bago City, Negros Occidental
A festival that is unique, and one of a kind. That is Babaylan Festival of Bago City, Negros Occidental. The festival is held every February 19 on the charter day anniversary of the city. Bago, is approximately 20 kilometers south of the province’s capital, Bacolod City.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Popularity: 4% [?]

Picking Strawberries in Baguio

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

My last trip to Baguio was in August of 2005 but I must have made the most out of our week-end visit there than any place else. It was the middle of the rainy season so half the time, we were forced to stay indoors.

Popularity: 6% [?]

Popularity: 6% [?]

WWF Trip to Masbate

Friday, April 7th, 2006

Just got this travel package from the Inbox yesterday:
Come and join us! We still have slots available for the Donsol Trip on April 20-23, 2006.
Popularity: 4% [?]

Popularity: 4% [?]

Golden Mosque, Globo de Oro str., Quiapo, Manila.

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

The Golden Mosque, so-called because its dome is supposed to be in shining gold, was built in 1976 under the supervision of then First Lady Imelda Marcos for the visit of Libya’s president Muammar Khadafy. His visit was cancelled but the Mosque has become the biggest Mosque in Metro Manila.

Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

Paco Park, Manila.

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Paco Park a former cemetery was designed by Nicolas Ruiz and its construction was completed in 1820. Paco is probably the oldest cemetery in the Philippines.

Popularity: 5% [?]

Popularity: 5% [?]