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Archive for March, 2008

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Baguio Itinerary for First-timers and some

Monday, March 31st, 2008

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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Pangasinan Salt Fields

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

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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VidCast: Spending the Holy Week in Batangas

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 [...]

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Balay Indang, Bed & Breakfast in Cavite

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

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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Plaza Lacson (formerly Plaza Goiti)

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

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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Cultural Heritage, Farm, Health and Wellness Exposure Trips

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.
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PALakbayan Boracay, Kalibo Promo

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

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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The Manila Ocean Park Features the Riches of Philippine Marine Life

Monday, March 17th, 2008

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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SEAIR Buy 2 Take 10 Promo!

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Summer is fast approaching and hordes of foreigners and local tourists will start flocking to beaches. Top of the destination list is Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan.
So SEAIR is rounding up a series of promos for this summer season. First up is the Buy 2 Take 10 Ticket Promo. If you buy 2 round-trip tickets [...]

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Vote for Tubbataha! Boost Tourism in the Philippines!

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Our very own Tubbataha Reef Marine Park has been nominated in the project called, The New Seven Wonders of Nature. The project is an online election of the seven best natural wonders in the world and our country has three nominees: Mayon Volcano, Chocolate Hills and Tubbataha Reef. This project is organized by the NewOpenWorld [...]

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