Philippines Travel Blogs - Page 8

I am diving again! I am so glad to find new dive buddies here in the Philippines. I was with two old friends (from my old project) and 2 new friends. I was the fifth wheel on that trip but it didn't bother me a bit. All I wanted was to dive dive dive.. and be surrounded with cool and very nice peop…

In our room, Roy was the first to get up, then with 15 to 30 minutes left before the pick-up time, the rest of us begrudgingly started moving to do our morning routine and pack our stuff. It was still dark when our transportation arrived to deliver us to the airport.It was a long ride. The sun was …

Best summer so far....

To celebrate our 10th year of churvaness, Queen B and I decided to leave the hustle and bustle of modern life, get out of Manila and hit the beach.  But we can’t decide where to go!  There are just too many beautiful beaches here in the Philippines.  With the 7,000++ islands, w…

one of the most visited sites in Cebu is the Magellan's cross - that of Ferdinand Magellan back in the 15th century ")  this plays a very significant role in the history of Christianity in the country.

My second company outing. A very nice high end resort in Subic. Enjoyed being successful at getting a tan while having pics with people who were highly drunk;-) The travel was really tiring but the time spent swimming, getting a tan, and bonding with people was worthwhile.

had fun with my younger sister and mommy..

I am not a surfer but I always been charmed by the multifarious wonders of the sea. Though, I know now that it's not exactly a mere wade through shallow waters.After braving for almost 12 hours of land and sea travel together with some colleagues we finally made it to the picturesque of SIARGAO. Si…

Since I moved to Singapore in July 2005, I have been going back to the Philippines every 2 or 3 months, except starting in mid last year when due to my trips to other countries, I have not been able to go back to my homeland since July 2007. So for the 4 day long week-end of Singapore (Fe…

I have always wondered how it is possible for people to go to bed one night expecting to see the beauty of the world the next day but then, never did.The deaths of Filipino young actors Rico Yan and Marky Cielo, for example, had always been puzzling and disturbing to me. Questions such as what if a…

I started my summer early last February 13 -15, 2009. First leg of my summer was Coron, Palawan. My friend Pia who has been enduring the cold weather of Okinawa for the past year, came home and dragged me off to Palawan. We chose Coron because I have been hearing about the fantastic rock forma…

So this is my last week here in the philippines.  I was sitting today thinking about things and I have to say that this has been a really great experience.  This morning I was so tired.  Beyond tired in fact.  I sent an illegible text to my director trying to say I was going to …

Wow!  A chance to spend 7 weeks in South East Asia was just too good to be true! I was going to travel with my baby brother again - and we were going to have a blast going through Hong Kong, Bali, Bangkok, Singapore, Philippines. These are photos from our amazing travels through a little islan…

This was taken last September when I went to my hometown. This was the last time I was in the beach with my buddies. God, I miss them sooo much! ;) We attended the sea procession with the statue of Our Lady de Peñafrancia on our last day.Went around the islands for about 30 minutes to an hour. yeah, I got a bad sunburn!We ate a lot of local specialities - kinunot, crab, adobo, natong, etc. And even if we looked like contestants in that survivor series - it was a whole lot of crazy fun. ;)

I went to school's cafeteria at 5am for the general assembly and met my batchmates. We registered our names to the tour coordinators and took our breakfast. Then, when it was the time for the check-up of the baggage and handcarry bags, the dog was ready to sniff on those. We hurriedly went to the b…