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Sat, 28 Apr 2012 | By mlroa1015 | Views [910]
My
high school friend invited me to join her on a Bohol trip on Christmas break.
Being a (somehow) traveler, I readily joined upon also my hubby’s nod. So,
Bohol trip on December 24-26, 2011 was immediately booked, paid, and now,
realized.
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Tags: beach, bohol, food, old churches, scenic spots, snorkeling, travel
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 | By gpzmike | Views [495]
Hi. This is Dean, Mike's dad. We just heard from the building programs lead for All Hands in the Philippines that Mike has been sick and in the hospital for the past couple of days, diagnosed with Dengue fever (not Dengue hemorrhagic fever, which would ... Read more >
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 | By kalipulako | Photo Gallery
a jumble of different photos I took during my travels
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Wed, 25 Apr 2012 | By kalipulako | Views [732]
In the Philippines, where culture in the
lowlands had hit an all time low, especially in the cities, and the urban
areas, culture is an extremely rare find. Many may find it
hard to understand, but in the past few decades, the country had been
forgetting ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, travel, trekking
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ptmtolibas | 
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Photos from the shoreline of Liwliwa beach
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By fbillano | Views [427] | Scholarship Entry
I arrive in Siena for the first time, at the wrong time. It's October and the Palio horse races are over. Gone are the Renaissance contrade costumes, the earthen racetrack and cheering crowds the travel brochures promised. Instead, the bowl-like ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By thisgirlwillgoplaces | Views [455] | Scholarship Entry
How I came to Nong Khai was kismet in more ways than one. After an amazing gastronomic week in Penang, I rode the train for 24 hours non-stop to Bangkok. I crashed the couch of a friend from Pakistan who lives in a large house with people from the ... Read more >
Tags: laos, on the road, thailand, thailand, travel writing scholarship 2012
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ciaraysabel | Flickr Photo Gallery
Jumping in in Donsol, Sorsogon for the whaleshark season.
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By layadiokno | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By layadiokno | Views [433] | Scholarship Entry
It was late April in Dupax Del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya, a province about 230km north of Manila. A wedding was underway and we were late. Any chances of joining the wedding party now were slim, but even more so was witnessing the Imbestida. The Imbestida ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By apriljsun | Views [3293] | Comments [15] | Scholarship Entry
The Voice of Mount Banahaw The mountain speaks at night. It draws its breath from the sky and echoes the prayers of pilgrims in its caves. It whispers through leaves, screams through waterfalls and sings through nocturnal birds and kuliglig. In the ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012
Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By thewisenedtraveller | Views [329] | Scholarship Entry
Hiromi-san glanced at my direction. For three seconds, my almond-shaped Filipino eyes conversed with her Japanese almonds. Hers has a darker shade of brown. But the smile I found there was genuine and contagious. I returned her hospitality with the ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By gpzmike | Views [433] | Comments [2]
Another challenging day, but slightly better than yesterday. Body still feeling quite off kilter. It helped that a wind and bit of cloud cover came in this afternoon. Raining here now...nothing bad or crazy, just some good ole rain. Had to apply ... Read more >
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