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It was an awesome show of Flower power and People Power in Baguio for the 14th staging of the Panagbenga, THE Flower Festival with this year’s theme: “Our Festival! Yours too!”. In celebration of the festival, here’s sharing photos of the Festival. Mabuhay ang Baguio! Float Parade Street-dancing competition
The following are results of the recent Aliwan Festival 2008 which was held in Manila last May 1 to 3, 2008. Winner Results for the Streetdance Competition Grand Champion: Lumad Basakanon, Sinulog Festival of Cebu City 2nd Place: Dinagyang Festival, Iloilo City 3rd Place: Sinulog Festival, Carmen Cebu Runners-up – Kadayawan Festival of Davao City [...]
Be prepared as the country’s biggest, loudest, and the most colorful festivals will once again converge at the Philippine capital of Manila for the annual Aliwan Fiesta 2008.
That’s right, dude! The latest thing in Baguio: Surfing at the Burnham Lake! Internet surfing, that is My surfer dude nanay picked up a story from Baguio’s local paper about Free WiFi Internet access at Burnham Park. So I tried it out and was pleasantly surprised that the WiFi Hotspot DID work . Burnham Park [...]
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 may alam ka na reasonably priced, [...]
As posted by the Philippines Department of Tourism (DoT), see below the list of events for the year 2008: Panagbenga: Baguio Flower Festival Baguio City; February 1 to March 5 (074) 4465793, 4421007 Sibug-Sibug Festival Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay; February 1 to 16 (062) 3335557 Bicol Arts Festival Legazpi City, Albay; February 1 to 28 (052) [...]
This is Part 2 of Touring Ilocos Without a Car series GOING TO PAGUDPUD Pagudpud lies on the north of Laoag. It’s pretty cold out there during the “ber” months pretty much like Baguio. From Laoag, it is a 2 hour bus ride. There are two good beaches in Pagudpud, one is Saud and the [...]
Here are some tips for a great Panagbenga 2008 experience in Baguio! Update: Flower Festival photos 2009 – ka edong 1.) Know the schedules of the parades. There are two highlight parades at the Panagbenga. The first is the grand parade of street dancing where schools compete on best marching band and street dancing performance. [...]
I’m back here in Manila. Anyway the Dinagyang Festival 2008 in Iloilo City Philippines was a huge success. Thousands of locals, and foreign tourists flocked to Iloilo to witness the annual celebration of the Dinagyang Festival. Anyway, here’s the list of winners of yesterday’s competition: GRAND CHAMPION: Tribu Paghidaet
Yesterday, I went to Makati City, Philippines to witness the Caracol Festival. The first time I heard of these festival was in 2006, but I wasn’t able to witness it because I went to Bacolod then. Last year I also skipped this event for Cebu Sinulog Festival. Now, I no longer have any reasons for [...]
