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Philippines: Definitely the most underrated Southeast Asian country. I myself did not have a burning desire to go to the Philippines. But last January Lisa said "Let's go to the Philippines for Golden Week." I thought, sure...beach, sand, fun....let's book it! So for Golden Week this year (I guess you could say the Japanese Spring Break. There are three national holidays in one week so many people take the time to travel travel travel = expensive prices!) Lisa and I, with two late additions Misha and Ryan, headed out to the Philippines! What an incredible, beautiful, and wonderful country. I hope that my entries about our trip and the photos can do it justice. I seriously can't wait to return someday, and I hope it is in the near future.
The Hills are Alive with Chocolate....
Casey Lary2006-10-06 16:58:20
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cheap. Some rooms are bad bc they are facing the club that doesn't stop playing loud music until 3, but since we were out late and super tired, it didn't bother us. Lisa and I met up with two other English Teachers from Japan, Marc and Karen. The four of us headed to Intramuros, the old part of the city. We decided to take a horse carriage ride. This was a very good investment because our guide told us the history of Intramuros and Manila. Him and his horse Rambo, were also very friendly. While on our journey Lisa and I picked up more marriage proposals from male nursing students
(who we enticed and then sped away in the carriage, we are such teases), learned that most of Manila was destroyed at one point in the past 70 years by fires or WWII, Manila has been controlled by the Muslims, Spanish, and Americans (rarely in the hands of the indigenous people), and saw about 8 Catholic weddings going on. We considered being 'wedding crashers' but opted out. I was very surprised by the huge Spanish influence in the architecture. We could have been in southern Spain if we just looked at the buildings. The humidity was death. Definitely were not used to it yet!
Post sightseeing we went for drinks- 2 pitchers of beer for like 5 bucks....the Philippines is CHEAP!! I was waiting for my prince charming to arrive from Clark airport which was located 3 hours outside of Manila (silly boys). Around 9 he pulled up to the hostel in his chariot-like taxi. My Asian romance to continue from this moment on! After dinner we got some drinks and hit up some bars. A very fun evening in an absolutley crazy city. Next stop, the Visayas.
Bohol
Upon arriving in Bohol we were greeted by numerous drivers who were more than willing to drive us anywhere- for a highly overpriced fare. You see, Lisa met the most interesting German on the plane named Wully. He was returning from Manila where they were performing some weird healing ritual and
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My name is LAR and I'm a Filipino. I made a site to promote the beautiful island nation of the Philippines through pictures, and I am currently inviting anybody, Filipino or not, who visited/travelled the Philippines to help build my 'Photographic Profile' page.
If you have some time to answer a few questions and share some pictures of your favorite places in the Philippines, I will create a profile for you on my site. Through this, I aim to help more travelers, photographers and people get in touch with each other and publicly share information about the Philippines.
Please visit www.philtravelphotos.com for more information.
Thank you for your time and I truly hope to hear from you. Best regards!
Welcome to the beautiful Philippines!
L. A. de los Reyes
www.philtravelphotos.com
www.sapot-litrato.philsites.net
LAR, 2008-10-01 09:28:29