Philippines Travel Blogs - Page 7

I missed my friends from Alliance Francaise. It's been an ice age and a half since I last saw them. Of course, we have each other's numbers and we all live not very far from one another, so one would think that it's not THAT difficult to get together. But somehow, we get caught up in our daily rout…

Rise and shine, a new day of mischief and mayhem.. haha j/k.  Still a bit scary because I was about to stride into the city, a city that I didn't know would accept me or not.  Granted I do understand the language, but being that I don't speak it fluently I've always been given the impress…

I didn't want to make a blog about this outing cuz it's bound to be a bore-fest, but I'm bored right now and got nothing else to do, so here I am making a boring blog. Anyway...My office friends and I agreed to take the 7AM bus, so we decided to meet up at the office at around 6:30. But me being my…

April 8 has always been my favorite day of the year as I am made to feel that my birth day can launch people around me move all for my favor..  which luckily includes a boss approving a weeklong vacation leave on a peak season. And with good hotel deals, and some convi…

I was a tourist in my own country at the Visayas Region of the Philippines. This tour was organized by my school. My college batchmates went there by plane and stayed there for 2 Nights and 3 Days! I really got to see the beautiful touristic side of my country.

One thing that redeemed Manong Driver is the fact that he knows his way around. For instance, when we asked to be taken to Sonya's Garden (which I prefer calling Secret Garden because of how secluded its location is), he knew where to go! Thank goodness we didn't have to ask for directions from peo…

After months of preplanning the Grand Manila Meet-up, it was a relief that it has come through successfully! Another chain of friendships with our fellow TravBuddies has been made and it never stops from there.The meet-up was held in Dencio's Restaurant, Harbour Square, around the Malate area of Ma…

We left Manila before sunrise so as to have more time to spend in the wilderness of Mt. Pinatubo. It took us a two and a half hour drive to get to Capas, Tarlac where the jump-off point was located. Before proceeding to the area where our 4x4s awaited us, we stopped over at Jollibee for breakfa…

september was the most humid month in the phils! i was sick, sunburned! but not outside and the skin but from inside. and in the airport in caticlan, i was already throwing up and gagging because i cant accept and drink water anymore - i kept throwing it up.    and as the plane landed …

 I have seen Taal trek being featured in travel shows here in the Philippines several times already but this is the only time i have tried it. The whole plan was finalized last November 2-3, thanks to the declared long weekend.   We were heading to Tanauan, Batangas, our gateway t…

Attendees: the_bloodsucker, laineeey, 1agrace, jennethm, ryan_84, planisphere, ted and kickasstunner. ;) Even if the meet-up, as expected, was not really loaded with people, we definitely had loads of fun. ;) Ha! You should have been there! :P So, anyone up for another round of macho mug? :P

I had always been wanting to experience Ati-atihan festival in Kalibo. This happens every third Sunday of January in honor of Sto Nino. Sounds religious? Nah!I booked a flight from Manila to Roxas City, a 1.5 hours away by bus from Kalibo and 3 hours away from Caticlan. Why did I book there and not…

Unfortunately, it started to rain that morning.  But of course it didn't stop us from enjoying our last day there.  After having breakfast, we took a stroll towards Station 1, to have a final taste of Jonah's shakes.  On our way back, we bought some last minute souveni…

Me and my best friend planned on going to an amusement park in Batangas. It's called Enchanted Kingdom and it has the only decent roller coaster in the country (as far as I know but I really don't know much so don't count on me).  I had my two brothers and a cousin with us and also a…

It helped largely that the sun was shining today, and I woke bright and early at 8am. So I made my way to Bacladod (need to get the right name of the place) to the market for a walk. I think I had my pockets pick-pocketed no less than 3-4 times, just as well I leave them empty! I would advise …