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Apo Island-near Dumaguete |
Diving Apo
The sanctuary is loaded with clownfish hanging around in the massive soft
coral beds.
The Coconut drift is sweet. You can get swept along in the current surrounded by jacks, trevalleys, and barracudas.
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Sagada caves
There is a connecting passageway between Lumiang and Sumaging Caves in Sagada. This is a sweet 3 hour hike if you go slow and enjoy the beauty down there.
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Rainforest
Gil is a jungle hunter in the high mountain regions of the Cordillera Mountain Province in the Philippines. He hunts when he is not tending his terraced rice fields and taking care of his family.
To see some unspoiled tropical rainforest, Gil is the man to see. He flows through the jungle like it's his backyard but even he ran into problems with the poison leaves of the luba plant.
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Banaue is surrounded by rice terraces that were notched into the rugged mountains thousands of years ago.
They require constant maintenance to keep them in shape producing mountain rice.
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Puerto Pension - Palawan
This place advertises itself as being recommended by the "Lonely
Planet" guidebook. It had a grand view overlooking the harbor and a
very comfortable restaurant on the top floor.
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Around Dumaguete
Dumaguete has to be one of the most comfortable places to live in the
Philippines for the expat. It is a well organized, clean college town
with a low cost of living.
One of the nicest features of this city is the walkway alongside the
seawall where food vendors set up tables and chairs every night and
cook fresh food.
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Around Zamboanga
Zamboanga is a vibrant city that reminds me a lot of Dumaguete with
it's centuries of Spanish influence in the layout of the city, parks
and old Fort Pilar.
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Friendly's Guest House - Manila
By far the best place for the backpacker to stay in Manila is the
Friendly's Guest House in Malate, Manila.
The upper deck has a spacious lounge area with big screen tv and
internet. They charge 30 pesos per hour if you use one of the house
computers but wireless is free if you bring your own laptop.
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May 2008
Donsol whale shark update
We took a trip to Donsol to see if there were any late season whale sharks still in the bay.
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San Juanico Bridge
The San Juanico bridge links the islands of Samar and Leyte together.
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