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Wed, 11 Mar 2009 | By loriejoy | Views [4657] | Comments [4]
Getting Around
When I arrived on the Guimaras island in the Jordan port, I immediately proceeded to the tourist information center to avoid the insisting tricycle drivers. I found a friendly Ilongga who helped me come up with an itinerary. She ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, guimaras, mangoes, the old trappist monastery, tricycle
Wed, 11 Mar 2009 | By loriejoy | Views [3626] | Comments [2]
The Friendly Ilonggos The first day of my 12-day adventure brought me to the city of Iloilo .
I had my first close encounter with an Ilonggo in the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport while waiting for my flight. Mang Jim smiled at
me and I smiled ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, iloilo, jaro, miag-ao, molo
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 | By larrynixon | Views [1923]
I flew back from Cebu City to Manila not having arranged a hotel so I called The Rothmans Hotel on arrival but they were fully booked so I went to my old standby, The Southern Cross in Ermita. They owed me peso 200 from last visit so it was nice to roll ... Read more >
Tags: beaches
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 | By larrynixon | Views [2754]
My intention was to meet Rhea, a friend from Taipei and accompany her to meet her family where they lived at Kanipaan Brgy, Cagcagan on the Camotes Islands so I checked into a sketchy downtown hotel called the Cebu Century hotel to meet Rhea. Her plane ... Read more >
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 | By larrynixon | Views [2044]
After Ken and Rabbit split, I flew alone to Damuagette, a nice little university town where I checked into The Check Inn hotel. This newish hotel was great value and very centrally located in downtown, between the sea and the market. Having been here ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, diving
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 | By larrynixon | Photo Gallery
Diving in Coron
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Tue, 10 Mar 2009 | By joblogs | Views [909]
The reason we came all the way to Talisay, a place in the middle of nowhere, was to visit the crater lake. This was the lake we had seen from the sky a couple of years ago when flying from Taipei to Denpasar (Bali). Where we are staying is situated ... Read more >
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 | By joblogs | Views [949]
It was one of these posh residential communities in the holiday home market for wealthy Filipinos, but they also let rooms and villas. It was a really beautiful place and did take credit card so we decided to check in (we went straight back to Green ... Read more >
Mon, 9 Mar 2009 | By joblogs | Views [670]
It was very run down. They really
should flatten the place and start again. The fact that it had a pool
wasn't a plus – it was a grimy concrete thing with a ton of leaves
floating on top. The room was tiny and basic with ... Read more >
Mon, 9 Mar 2009 | By joblogs | Views [1020]
Today was a long hard day, but there were rewards at the end!
We had to get up at 5.30am to take the 6am shuttle to Naga Airport. Naturally the flight was delayed, but there was plenty to keep us entertained, like at least three people checking ... Read more >
Sun, 8 Mar 2009 | By joblogs | Views [645]
We got back to Naga and called our
friends Ferdinand and Carol (the ones we met at the hot springs).
They were to pick us up at 7 to go for dinner. We spent a lovely
evening with them, we tried some local Bicol dishes and ... Read more >
Sun, 8 Mar 2009 | By joblogs | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 8 Mar 2009 | By joblogs | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 7 Mar 2009 | By joblogs | Views [1080] | Comments [1]
We weren't quite ready to leave the shadow of Mt. Mayon just yet so we thought we would check out the nearby black (volcanic) sand beaches. The Lonely Planet book dedicates 13 lines to a town called Santo Domingo which turned out to be a little gem.... Read more >
Tags: santo domingo
Sat, 7 Mar 2009 | By jeffbrad | Photo Gallery
Cebu_Moalboal
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