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Bataan Philippines

Las Casas Filipinas De Acuzar, Bataan: Time Traveling to the 1800’s

Las Casas Filipinas De Acuzar, Bataan – I tried googling the translation of this, and all that appears is “Filipino households acuzar”, which in my opinion doesn’t make any sense at all. My guess is that it means something like “The Filipino Houses of Acuzar” and Acuzar is actually a proper name. I figured maybe […]

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Philippines

Porcelanosa Grupo Opens in Manila

Porcelanosa Grupo, apparently one of Spain’s “most reputable companies in the international scene” opens in Manila.

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Batangas Philippines

Olympic Point (Tingloy, Batangas): What To Do

In all fairness, there are some other activities that can be done at Olympic Point Resort in Tingloy, Batangas.

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Batangas Philippines

Olympic Point (Tingloy, Batangas): Family Photos

Finally. I went with my family to Olympic Point in Tingloy Batangas in April – that was holy week. We were determined to not stay at home for a change and so we practically called every possible resort we know to try and reserve. We failed. It was just too close to holy week. And just […]

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Asia Singapore

Tales from Singapore Teksi Drivers

I’m back. Well, not really back-back, but back somehow. I didn’t know I’ve been away that long. From this blog. From everything in this country. I was out for a bit – went to Singapore for one week (the photo above is taken at a bar with two of my friends who live in SG […]

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Davao Philippines

Pearl Farm Beach Resort: The Beach

Here we go, the best part of Pearl Farm Beach Resort: the beach(es)! The resort has a couple of – whatchamacallit – shores you can hang out in. This one is but one of them. This is actually man-made, so it’s not that wide, but the sand is very fine.

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Davao Philippines

Pearl Farm Beach Resort: Sleep, Eat, Relax

The Samal House is only one of 6 types of accommodations in Pearl Farm Beach Resort. Why did we choose Samal? Well, we didn’t. As I’ve mentioned in my previous post, Pearl Farm Beach Resort: First Time in Davao, this is but part of a CashCashPinoy package we purchased online. It was pretty good though, and […]

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Davao Philippines

Pearl Farm Beach Resort: First Time in Davao

I’ve never been to Davao before – hell, I’ve never been to Mindanao before – until early this year when Nico and I found this good deal for Pearl Farm Resort in CashCashPinoy. The deal was, for P18,999, we get 3 days and 2 nights accommodation for 2 in Samal House (twin sharing). This includes […]

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Philippines Technology

The First Foursquare Badge in the Philippines

I don’t usually post stories of things that are to come (I am more likely to write about thoughts and experiences than anything) but I am too excited for this to not share it: all ye social media addicts and adventurers out there, the Philippines is finally getting its first country-made badge on Foursquare. During […]

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Baguio Philippines

Photodump: Colors of Mines View Park, Baguio City

That’s what the title says. This is all but a photodump of random things at Mines View Park – the tourist’s park-to-be in the Summer capital of the Philippines.