I took the trip to Sohoton Caves and Natural Bridge in Basey, Samar the day after my War Memorial Tour in Leyte.
The driver picked me up a the Leyte Park Hotel at 8am. We then drove across the San Juanico bridge, and then on to Basey, Samar. About an hour drive. The [...]
After checking into the Leyte Park Hotel, I had my breakfast, then went on a World War II Memorial tour offered by the hotel.
The tour lasted about 5 hours, and included Price Mansion, MacArthur Park, Palo Cathedral, Hill 120 and a side trip to the San Juanico Bridge. The price was 2,500php per person, [...]
On Friday, June 12, 2009 I flew into Tacloban, Leyte on Cebu Pacific Air, arriving around 5am. I stayed at the Leyte Park Hotel, and had arranged their hotel car to pick me up. Trip was very smooth and the driver was waiting as promised holding a sign with my name. We [...]
The Hundred Islands National Park in Lucap, Alaminos, Pangasinan is a beautiful and unique place to visit.
They say the total number of islands 124 at low tide and 123 at high tide.
It takes about 4-6 hours to reach Alaminos from Manila. You can take private vehicle or one of the many bus lines. At the [...]
Bolinao is at the northern tip of the province of Pangasinan. I have traveled there twice in the past few months. Once at the end of December 2008 and again in March 2009.
The seascape along the South China Sea offers wonderful sunrises and especially sunsets. The sand is white, though coarse. There is a shallow [...]
To me, the nicest time to explore the city of Manila is early on Sunday morning. There is no traffic, and if you are traveling by taxi, there are many available. There are many things to do in Manila, this is just an example of what I did one Sunday morning in March 2009.
Started the [...]
During my visit to Bacolod City, I stayed at the O Hotel. I found the hotel by surfing the internet. Reading their web page, it seemed they had just what I was looking for in a hotel. Free Wifi in the room, restaurant, reasonable pricing and quickly replied to my emails.
So I booked my standard [...]
On Monday, February 23, 2009 I left the O Hotel in Bacolod City at 5am in the hotel car headed to Sipalay for a day on the beach and to get a scuba dive in. After a scenic 2.5 hour drive through sugar cane country, we arrived at Artistic Diving in Sipalay.
The beach was white [...]
On November 16, 2008 we headed off from Manila for a week in Sabang Beach and Puerto Princessa on the Island of Palawan in the Philippines. Since our trip took us to several different parts of Palawan, I will break the trip down in several posts. This first post will give details of our initial [...]
