Planning your next trip to the Philippines for the next summer? Then the list unveiled by the Department of Tourism, in cooperation with Philippine Tour Operators Association (PHILTOA), will surely help — the Philippines’ “Top Emerging Business Destinations“.
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It was a day of grief as the Philippine hostage crisis involving ex-policeman and hostage taker Rolando Mendoza ended in a tragedy with at least 8 hostages dead last night in Quirino Grandstand, Manila.
It all started at about 10am in the morning of August 23, 2010 when senior police inspector Rolando Mendoza, clad on fatigue [...]
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Half a day after the Cebu City’s historical and cultural landmarks, it’s now time for some adventure.
From Colon street, we got off the jeepney ride in front of Crown Regency Hotel. More than just a hotel, Crown Regency is known for two of the city’s most thrilling and crazy adventure rides - the Edge Coaster [...]
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The first destination in our recent Cebu Pacific Backpacking Challenge was Cebu. Good thing we’ve been to Cebu quite a number of times already.
Upon landing at the airport, it quite felt like being the Amazicasang Race season 246 reality show, but not. Because the objective was not to finish the race first but [...]
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I’ve only done two solo backpacking so far - one in Singapore and the other in Iloilo, Philippines.
And most recently, a 5-day backpacking trip with a friend to Cebu, CDO, Davao, and again Iloilo. Truly, you can say that traveling is one of life’s most exciting pleasures.
Sago is such an online travel contest addict. Two weeks after the backpacking challenge, he has joined another travel related contest before it’s over.
I’m referring to the Wandering Juan Travel Blog Contest which I also shared with you guys early last month. It’s about to end in a week so better catch up and submit [...]
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Looking for the best travel deals for your next vacation? Bargain hunters will surely enjoy this year’s cheap and affordable packages at the 21st Philippine Travel Mart (PTM) on September 3-5, 2010 at the Megatrade Hall in SM Megamall.
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5 teams, 4 destinations, 3 main islands, 2 cameras, and one hell of an adventure - that constituted our 5-Day Cebu Pacific Backpacking Challenge.
It all begun the morning of my earlier post. I had to finish a number of pending tasks which prevented me from taking the much needed sleep for the first day of [...]
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It’s 3am and I think I’m not sleeping anymore because I’d be leaving the house in an hour for my 6:35am flight to Cebu. This is the first leg of the Cebu Pacific Backpacking Challenge where Sago was invited to participate.
Cebu Pacific (CEB) has organized a five-day, four-city backpacking journey across the Philippines where five [...]
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It was an impromptu thing. The Davao Zorb Park was not in our original itinerary.
But when we found free time in the late afternoon of our first day in Davao, we grabbed the chance.
