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.
It was the month of October 2005, semestral break and field research in Mindanao. It was estrangely alluring to me to go to Cotabato City…a place evaded by many people who have no business with the place or even paranoid tourists and travelers. And speaking of paranoia, whenever this place is mentioned, fear and pessimism occupies everyone [...]
The churh of San Nicolas de Tolentino in the town of Cabatuan, Iloilo is one of the the country’s most picturesque church. The church was built right in the middle of the town’s poblacion in 1834 upon the orders of Fr. Ramon Alquizar.
Men painted in back, dressed in colorful bahag, chanting “Hala Bira!” and “Viava Señor Santo Niño!”, and dancing to the hypnotic beat of the drums all day long. This is the typical scene that you get to see during the annual Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. This grand event is held every 4th Sunday of [...]
The country’s grandest festival showdown is set to take center stage next month along Roxas Boulevard, in the Grand Old City of Manila.
