The City of Laoag is 488 kms. north of Manila, from where the world Heritage City of Vigan is an hour’s drive south, while the pristine white sand beaches of Pagudpud are an hour’s drive up north. Baguio City, the country’s summer capital, is 6 hours away.

In Laoag, not to be missed are the massive bell tower of Saint William Cathedral, also known as the Sinking Bell Tower, sparklingGem4Iloko Museo and the Tobacco Monopoly Monument.

Close to Laoag City are the must-see tourists sites such as the sand dunes of Suba, now a National Geological Monument; the St. Agustin Church in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, a world Heritage Monument; the Burgos Lighthouse, the oldest working lighthouse in Asia; Bacarra Belfry, Sta. Monica Church of Sarrat; Paoay Lake National Park and Paoay Coral Cliffs, Coral Formations of Currimao, Maira-ira Cove, Kaibigan Falls and Patapat Viaduct in Pagudpud; the Kaangriyan Falls of Burgos; the Badoc Island Surf; and Karingking Falls of Solsona.

As the capital of Ilocos Norte, it is the business and trading center of the province boasting of numerous diversified business activities and establishments. Hotels, restaurants, bars, banks and other establishments are located at the central business district. Of particular interest is the Laoag City Commercial Complex, where establishments offers Ilocano products such as INABEL, BAGNET, LONGANISA, SUKANG ILOKO, and many others.

Laoag City is the tourism gateway to the North Luzon Tourism Hub and Growth Quadrangle. It boasts of the Laoag International Airport where there are international flights from Hawaii, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hongkong, Taiwan, Guangzhou, Shenshen, Macau, Shanghai and Korea. The airport serves as a jump off point for flights to Basco, Batanes alongside with the regular flights to Manila. Truly, radiating endless rays of possibilities, Laoag City is the country’s SUNSHINE CITY.

Oh! You guys might be wondering what you can see in the most aspiring country of Hawaii? Well, this place has everything to offer you! From amazing landmarks, untouchable scenery, and unbelievable buildings and fantastic beaches where you can relax and unwind yourself. Above all those things, you’ll definitely experience the lifestyle, culture, customs and traditions of Hawaiian people.

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Book at them now and enjoy your winter vacation with your family, friends, and loved-ones. Rest assures that with them, you’ll definitely had a great and ample stay! Enjoy everyone!

Tagaytay, 56km (35mi) from Manila and 750m (2,461ft) above sea level, became a city in 1938. Because of its high location, the place is often foggy.

Accommodation

Taal Vista Hotel National Rd, Tel 109
buffet and folk dances on Sundays

Tagaytay Picnic Grove

Located on 13.5 hectares; 14 rooms ranging from 24 to 15 persons; camping facilities; barbecue pits; picnic tables and huts available for rent; native restaurant; Entrance fee; For further information call Philippine Tourism Authority 508977 or 599031 local 300. p. 434
Tagaytay add
Casino Filipino (opened 1991)

Halfway Drive

Restaurant and Inn on a two hectare lot with a view deck for the scenic Taal Volcano and surrounding countryside. Accommodation

Taal Vista Hotel National Rd, Tel 109
dbl 300750; buffet and folk dances on Sundays
Tagaytay Picnic Grove located on 13.5 hectares; 14 rooms ranging from 24 to 15 persons; camping facilities; barbecue pits; picnic tables and huts available for rent; native restaurant; entrance fee

TAAL VOLCANO AND LAKE

From Tagaytay City, Cavite, a spectacular view unfolds on one of the most interesting volcanos in the world, Taal Volcano (in Batangas Province). In the large crater of an volcano, there is a lake, Lake Taal. And in the center of this lake, there is a smaller crater, formed during a more recent eruption, with another lake. The small volcano is cataloged as active since the last eruption was only some twenty years ago. As of JuneJuly 1991 it is being watched closely as there are tremors which indicate that an eruption may occur. The Manila Standard of July 29, 1991 reported that the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said tremors continued at Taal and that temperatures in the main crater lake had increased from 29 degrees centigrade to 31. It is possible to make a tour to the small volcano in the lake. One has to take a jeepney from Tagaytay to Talisay. A special ride by jeepney costs about 200 pesos. At Talisay, one may make an arrangement with a boatman. The water is dilute sulfurous acid.

Public transport is often difficult especially the return trip.

Even I myself was dreaming to travel the world aside from the fact that I wanted to relax and unwind myself together with loved-ones. One specific thing why I opted to to travel such place was basically to live their lifestyle and eventually explore the beauty of their foods and other delicacies. Specifically, I wanted to visit those popular Restaurants in specific cities I wish to explore. Reason behind that is I love food! I love to cook as well as explore the other cultures food. I actually tasted food of Thailanders, Japanese, Chinese, Americans, Italians, Arabic and Indians except for Filipino foods as its pretty obvious that its my common food. I know, I only have few list yet! But soon enough I wish to taste that I have not tasted yet.

Anyhow, I know I am too ambitious but let it be rather than nothing right? One of the dream Pubs London I wanted to conquer soon is the Churchill Arms. As far as I knew, it was one of the most popular pubs that are basically base in London that offers a great and delicious menus for all their international customers. Oh! You guys might be wondering how do I know them? I actually search them at qype.co.uk one of the popular web portal that offers several services and reliable informations and reviews for all the travelers and people who wants to have a great vacation that will last for a lifetime.

Moreover, there were several Restaurants London that actually offers excellent services for every customers they’ll gonna have. Among of thst restuarants was the Franco Manca. The house of excellent pizza’s in London. If you guys wants to know more about restaurants, bars, hotels and some other related choices just visit the  site of qype.co.uk for a more comprehensive listings on specific restaurants and bars as well as the best recommendation you can have ever had from them as to where you’ll gonna spend your hoilday season. Take a look now!

Sabangan Beach Resort is set along the white sand beach of Laiya. The 5,600 square meter landscaped compound has air-conditioned cottages, beachfront parasols, a gazebo, a pavilion with game tables, common cr, mini convenience store, childrens playground, drivers quarters, free parking for guests. Soon we will have a swimming pool.

Sabangan opened to the public in April 2004 with only 3 bungalows – all with private toilet and bath, patio area with sala set and well equipped kitchenette.

Today, the resort has a total of 6 units of the one-bedroom bungalow, 3 units of the two-bedroom bungalow and 4 units of the loft type cottage. The current lying capacity is 78 persons up to a maximum of 123 persons.

All accommodations are used for overnight stay from 2:00 pm to 12 noon the following day. Each cottage is fully equipped with a kitchenette (complete with refrigerator, electric stove, rice cooker, cookware, dining utensils, hot/cold water dispenser with a 5-gallon Agua Vida purified water). Our guest usually brings in food and drinks into the resort and cook in their designated cottage since there is no in-house restaurant.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Website: http://www.sabangan.com/index.html
Address: Laiya, San Juan, Batangas, Philippines
Email: info@sabangan.com

I guess, human minds is just really creative and was looking for a new adventure every single seconds in their journey to reality. I actually had a chance already to visit Disney Land back last December 2007 during my vacation in Tokyo, Japan. I was their for a quite sometime and was roaming around Tokyo to see its wonders. As I said it was in our plan already with my Sis and Brod-In-Law that will gonna visit Disney Land by December 2007 and eventually buy our Disney World Tickets by November.

But the saddest part of the plan was the fact that my extension visa was not granted by the Japanese embassy that was around late in October when I knew that it was my pre-departure already and I need to prepare al the things I need before I go home on November 1, 2007. I don’t know what to feel that time. It was a mixed emotion that I can never explain. All knew was I can never visit Disney Land anymore… sigh… And I don’t know if I still have a chance to be back in Tokyo. It was really frustrating. But I don’t have choice but to go home on the allocated time left otherwise, I gonna be jailed in Tokyo for over stay.

Right now, I’m still hoping to visit this place and hopefully one day I’d be able to see those Disney Land wonders! Wish me luck everyone!

It is located on the eastern side of Luzon, beside the Philippine Trench which is the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is driven under the Philippine Mobile Belt. Where a continental plate or belt of continental fragments meets an oceanic plate, the lighter continental material overrides the oceanic plate, forcing it down into the earth’s mantle. Magma, formed where the rock melts, may be forced through weaknesses in the continental crust caused by the collision of the tectonic plates. One such exit point is Mayon.

Like other volcanoes located around the rim of the Pacific Ocean, Mayon is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Mayon has had forty-nine eruptions in recorded history. The first recorded eruption was in 1616, the last major eruption ceased on 1 October 2006, [3] although a devastating lahar followed on 30 November 2006. A further summit eruption occurred on 10 August 2008. [4]
Mayon Volcano on September 23, 1984

The most destructive eruption of Mayon occurred on February 1, 1814. Lava flowed but not as much compared to the 1766 eruption. Instead, the volcano was belching dark ash and eventually bombarding the town with tephra that buried the town of Cagsawa—only the bell tower of the town’s church remained above the new surface. Trees were burned; rivers were certainly damaged. Proximate areas were also devastated by the eruption with ash accumulating to 9 m (30 ft) in depth. 2,200 Albay locals perished in what is considered to be the most lethal eruption in Mayon’s history.[1]

Mayon Volcano’s longest uninterrupted eruption occurred on June 23, 1897 which lasted for seven days of raining fire. Lava once again flowed down to civilization. Seven miles eastward, the village of Bacacay was buried 15 m (49 ft) beneath the lava. In Libog, 100 people were declared dead—incinerated by steam and falling debris or hot rocks. Other villages like San Roque, Misericordia and Santo Niño became deathtraps. Ash was carried in black clouds as far as 160 km (100 mi) from the catastrophic event. More than 400 persons were killed.

Balut’s Sangil equivalent is wanowa.Burials of Sangil Sultans, led by Sultan Panurat who were the first settlers of the land, were built by pile of rocks. “Those kalachuche trees are memorials of Sangil royalty,” Takeda Colano revealed in vernacular when we visited the site of his great grandfather, Judah. Takeda is heir to the sultanate of Sangil by affinity, according to the Sangil tarsila or genealogy, as recorded by Dr. Domingo M. Non of Mindanao State University and Shinzo Hayase, in 1999.

Takeda, with his two brothers, Abedin and Pacayan, recalled how their great grandfather challenged Ruy Lopez de Villalobos in the historic Balistic Island to a battle-a Muslim Kris against the Spanish’ pistol!

Marorong, fondly called Balistic Island because of its bullet form, is 70 meters across Balut Island. The rock structure built by the Sangils and B’laans as a fortress against Villalobos’ army, visitors and tourists changeably called the islet “Fort Villalobos”. Fr. Jose Luego, a Jesuit historian, and Gregorio Zaide in his History of the Filipino People noted the landing of Ruy Lopez de Villalobos in Marorong in search for the Moluccas Island in 1543.  “…and in dire need for provisions, he sailed to Sarangani…”, Zaide wrote. It is remarkable how the old Sangils and the heirs to the sultanate handed down their past for four generations through the word of mouth!

A Sangil darangen or folktale also tells a duel between two big men, Saramangge and Marama, to win the hand of a Sangil princess. Saramangge was treacherously defeated by Marama. His blood flowed over the bay and a rock formed from his corpse which is now called Sarangani Island and Sarangani Bay in honor of the noble warrior.  In Sangil etymology, Sarangani came from the Sangil’s Sarang-ine, “this is our territory” or “we stop here”. “Balut and Sarangani are brothers,” recounts Professor Virginia Buhisan, an anthropologist. This was recorded by Sarangani Municipality as the legendary origin of the place which was passed by the old folk down to the young generation.

Elias Colano, 105 years old, is the oldest man in Balut and head of elders of the crowned Sultan, Pagal Padasan Colano. Such stories were derived from these twin islands of a municipality belonging to Davao del Sur in Region XI. The same Sarangani Bay shares marine abundance to Sarangani Province of Region XII. These interesting stories of the Muslim’s Sangil tribe and the native B’laans whom they had intermarriages with during the early part of 16th century complete the town’s natural beauty. Thick mangrove forest lusts the port of Barangay Mabila, the town’s poblacion.

You’ll surely enjoy strolling the grounds of a hot spring in Barangay Lipol, now built with concrete structures for adventures and tourists. Its source flows from Bad-lii in the mountains of Kalisusu and Kagongkong, about 2-hour trek from the hot spring. An hour of boat ride and you’ll reach Ulaniban, a three-kilometer of white sand encircling the 16-hectare island belonging to barangay Patuco. An ancient light house was built here by the Americans during the American regime which fronts the bay. Even the tampat or burial sites of Sultan Panurat in Batuganding Point can attract tourists. They are marked by kalachuche trees and rocks piled by their descendants and B’laan natives who were then Islamized.

“Bato Manamil is the place where the fifth Sultanate of Maguindanao Mohammad Jafar Sitti Manamir was born by his mother Putri Ambas,” revealed Sangil Datu Osmeña Salisipan. Our expedition recounts the abundance that Sarangani Bay is endowed with, shared and treasured by the sarangans. In the celebration of our first Sarangani Bay Festival on May 17-20 in Glan, Sarangani Province, tracing down its significant past is a high light.  Beach volleyball, kayaking, skim boarding, an 11-kilometer swim across the bay, and other bay sports will be held in the four-day tilt.

“It’s first time that we celebrate this event,” Nenita Barroso, Sarangani Tourism and Investment Promotion Council (STIPC) Executive Director, disclosed. “We will revisit the bay’s history which became the highway for the first civilization in this part of mainland Mindanao.” (Sarangani Information Office)

Camiguin is the smallest province in Northern Mindanao, with its land area pegged at 29,187 hectares. It is composed of five towns, namely, Mambajao – the capital town, Mahinog, Guinsiliban, Sagay and Catarman. The island plays host to seven volcanoes, including the still-active Mount Hibok-Hibok. According to the National Statistics Office, Camiguin has a total population of 74,232 persons, making the province the second smallest in the Philippines in terms of population.

Among the Province’s major products are coconut, cassava, banana, camote, palay, corn, fruits, coffee and vegetables. Camiguin’s volcanic soil has proved to be a fertile ground for planting various crops. At present, the Provincial government is looking into an agricultural program that would increase the cultivation of fruit trees and vegetables in Camiguin. The Province is also among the best abaca fiber producers in the country. Camiguin is proud of its natural resources, which include sulfur deposits, geothermal energy, agricultural lands and fishing grounds.

The Camiguin culture is a mixture of both Boholano and Cebuano culture. It is very colorful and creative. The people are deeply religious, hospitable and friendly. Cebuano is the major dialect in the Province. However, in the towns of Sagay and Guinsiliban, where most of the indigenous tribes reside, the Kinamiguin dialect is still spoken. Kinamiguin is derived from the Manobo dialect with some mixture of Boholano.

Riding the wave of success, City Shack relocated to a bigger and more accessible site at the city’s biggest wharf. It was during this time in 1998 that City Shack became Whitetip Divers Davao, servicing a large portion of the diving community in Davao City.

By year-end of 2002, Whitetip was ready for another change. This time, the change included the introduction of kayaking, windsurfing, and kite boarding to the water sports enthusiasts. It also continued its commitment to the community in supporting the programs of the government and non-government organizations in promoting awareness and conservation of marine and aquatic resources as well as providing training for water safety and rescue operations. To encompass the expansion of its services, Whitetip needed a new identity. Hence, Wind and Wave Davao emerged as the embodiment of all of these.

A place to have a great experience in Scuba Diving, Kayaking, Wind Surfing, Wake Boarding, Jet Ski Riding, Banana Boat Riding, Island Hopping, Sunset Cruise and some more. You can also rent and buy your diving gears at them. A place were I obtain my Scuba Diving Introduction. They simply are amazing!

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