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		<title>White Water Rafting Cagayan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great White Water Tours &#8211; Cagayan de Oro &#8211; Mindanao

The Great White Water rafting company is on Mastersons Ave. on the way to the airport near Xavier Estates and across the street from the turn off to the Kingston Lodge.
Great White Water Tours cell 09209380677    (088) 310-5495
Up to 3 rafts are loaded up on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kingston Lodge Cagayan de Oro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kingston Lodge &#8211; Cagayan de Oro
Off Masterson Avenue
Direction Lumbia Airport
Cagayan de Oro City
Philippines
Tel 088-858-56-96
Kingston Lodge staff &#8211; Leah and Irene
The Kingston Lodge is just past the SM Mall on the way to the airport. Look for the lechon manok (bbq chicken) stands on the right side of the road and you will be almost there.
Make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gingoog Hotel &#8211; Gingoog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Gingoog Hotel is a great place to lay over for the night if you are traveling along the north coast of Mindanao between Butuan and Cagayan de Oro.
Gingoog Hotel &#8211; rooms with ac, tv, and hot shower start at 1000 pesos a night &#8211; there is wi-fi in the restaurant.
The Gingoog Hotel staff is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canigao Island</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canigao Island - Leyte This small island off the southeastern coast of Leyte is an inexpensive weekend get away for locals and tourists.
Canigao is overlooked by most of the guide books but is easy enough to get to from Matalom.
Pump boats ferry visitors back and forth in about 15 minutes between the mainland and Canigao [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippine Dental Clinic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dental Work in the Philippines &#8211; getting dental work done in the Philippines is a good way to save a lot of money and get a better smile.
There is a significant cost saving and the work might would likely be as good or better than you could get in a western country.
This dental clinic in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare orange fish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weird looking fish is called a &#8220;Pineapple Fish&#8221; at the fish market in Ormoc City.
This fish has large bony scales and whiskers that resemble those of a fresh water sturgeon.
It didn&#8217;t look like it had very much meat on it but the vendor quoted me 120 pesos ang kilo when he noticed my interest.
Pineapple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halsema Highway to Baguio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Halsema Highway
I left around 9am from Sagada intent on reaching Baguio before the afternoon rains started.
It is a scenic run on the Halsema Highway reaching an altitude of 7400 feet as you pass the highest point on the Philippine Highway system.
It&#8217;s around 6  hours from Sagada to Baguio. Several bus lines do this trip every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful mountain rice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These pictures were taken from the road on the mountain pass between Banaue and Bontoc on the way to Sagada.
This rice is consumed locally because there is no excess to bring to the markets in the city.  No pesticides or fertilizers are used and here is only one crop a year.  There are elaborate rituals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banaue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Banaue is a good base for exploring the rice terraces in the mountain province. The biggest terraces in the Philippines are within view of the restaurant balconies in town.
Some say that other villages have more beautiful ones but it is hard not to appreciate the beauty and magnitude of these terraces, representing hundreds of years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dutchpickle.com/philippines/banaue/banaue.html</link>
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		<title>Batad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Batad rice terraces
I have made numerous trips to Batad without a guide but this little rascal intrigued me with his offer of 50 pesos for a tour of his village.
His mother, Lillian Lahhin, is one of the regular guides and her sons desire to joining the ranks of the other guides was kind of inspiring.
These [...]]]></description>
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