Philippines Travel Blogs - Page 12

Hotair Balloon Festival 2009

Day 1 (Jan 13 2008) BAGUIO My friends and I  reached Clark Airport at 1115H. It took us bout 4 hours to reach Clark from Kuala Lumpur. Then we took a  bus to Baguio ( North of Manila).Paid P350 for that. Took bout 6 hours to reach there via the zig zag road . Luckily I took stemetil befo…

Well we finally got here, the rain stopped just enough to get us to Manila. We are staying in Makati (the nicer area) this time and treating ourselves to nice accommodation. Went out last night with Mimmy and Miles for food and a few drinks....was great to see Mim. Now we are wasting time before ou…

Tacloban is an hour plane ride away from the country’s capital. About 6 flights are available daily, Manila to Tacloban and back. When the weather is nice, it’s always a treat looking out the plane window on these flights. It would take some amount of knowledge in geography to heighten the amaz…

The Mall of Asia is not really the biggest mall in the whole of Asia but it is huge. I can say that it is possibly one of the most beautiful malls I'd seen among the places I've been to because of its location. It is within the Manila Bay Area, far from the congested central Manila district. T…

I recently came back from my Philippines trip with three of my friends from Singapore - Adam, an American, Elaine, a Singaporean, and Juan, from UK.  Don't ask me how we were able to form this travel group coz it really was a loooong story.  The Philippines was not really the first…

I was so glad to be able to visit CDO this month - a city which had played a significant role in my life when I was younger. And as always, I am amazed with the many wonderful changes in the city over the past years. Welcome to Cagayan - gateway to Northern Mindanao! A City in Bloom, in Blossom and in BOOM!!!

i went here for a family reunion of my step father,and i want to see the place too,and i will check boracay then..its surprice me its really beautiful place to come...

     Before midnight on the 24th of April, I was fetched in Calamba by a van where i first time met my buddies for Bicolandia trip. As expected, I didn't get to sleep during the 8-hour travel as i am excited and our driver (i think) was having a stomach trouble (h…

Potipot Island, the little secret paradise! 1.) Located around 241+km from Manila, Philippine's capital- that would be a 5+ hour travel- lay a small paradise "not so known" to many (even Filipinos) called Potipot Island 2.) Only a few people know this place (at least for now)... It's a great plac…

Spent 9 days or so in the Philippines

nice beach

In 1991, after a long period of dormancy, Mt. Pinatubo, was awakened.  Hundred of Pinoys injured, almost a thousand died, more than a million displaced, and properties and livelihoods destroyed.  A catastrophe.   At that time, I was in Cotabato City, my hometown, located in Mi…

Our last day in Bohol was spent by the pool before departing around lunchtime. It was lowtide and there were some local kids playing with crabs in the sand. We walked out quite far, being wary of the sea urchins. It was nice to relax after a super jampacked trip.

While I may be able to openly admit this blog is a little biased, the Philippines never ceases to amaze me. With it's white sandy beaches, tropical climate, , affordable resorts,colorful festivals, and warm people, I just can't help but feel a surge of pride that I come from this country and I am able to travel to one of it's many tourist destinations whenever I please..