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Scuba-diving off Negros, Philippines
Blog: WildJunket - 1 May 2012
ou can’t come to the Philippines and not go scuba diving,” said American dive master Gary Finney.
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First-time in Panaad sa Negros Festival Part II
Blog: First-time Traveler - 17 April 2012
Going around the Panaad Park, visiting the booths of all 32 local government units can be a bit taxing, though entertaining. But I decided to write a separate blog for the towns and cities south of Bacolod, which I frequented when I was still a kid. Bago City Bago City is … Continue reading »
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Our Home for the Week: Beach Bungalow at Dumaguete, Philippines
Blog: WildJunket - 5 March 2012
For the past week, our days consisted of diving in the mornings, swinging in a hammock in the afternoons and working hard on our laptops while sipping sundowners by night.
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First-time in Kanlaon
Blog: First-time Traveler - 13 October 2011
Mt. Kanlaon is shrouded with mystery. I grew up hearing tales of hermits, fairies and other enchantments that happen around the tallest peak in the island of Negros. This same volcano divides the eastern part of Negros from its western … Continue reading →
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Muck Diving in Dauin
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 17 September 2010
Harlequin Ghost Pipefish Muck diving doesn’t sound like much fun… but it is. Usually an exploration of sloppy shoreline shallows and decaying piers and pilings, muck divers forgo the glamours of brightly colored reefs and blue-water sea mounts for an underwater world of sand and seagrass littered with abandoned tires and rusty car wrecks. ‘Why?” [...]
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Ladyboys vs. Dwarfs
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 16 September 2010
Filipinos really know how to entertain. A basketball showdown between dwarfs and ladyboys is not something you get to see every day! And you thought the Harlem Globetrotters were impressive. As luck would have it, this event has long come and gone, so I guess we’ll have to give this piece of high culture a [...]
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Choose Wisely
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 12 September 2010
OK, you’re taking a bus across Negros and the bus stops at a small roadside place for lunch. You have to go to the bathroom NOW, so you run through the thatched hut-restaurant into a courtyard full of chickens. Off to the right, you see the sign “CR” in front of a small shack. You [...]
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Goodbye Beach, Hello Reef
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 10 February 2010
by Nick A weeks worth of lying on the beach was a great way to recharge our travel batteries but you don’t just get up, fly half way around the world, leaving everything behind to catch some sun. It was time we moved on to do something a little more active and so we headed due south from Boracay. Two long travel days filled with buses, boats and a night in Iloilo City and we finally made it to the University town of Dumaguete. Often described in guidebooks as similar to ...
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Review: First-time in Kaitulari Resort, Philippines
Blog: First-time Traveler - 25 January 2010
Before it’s name came about, it was only referred to as “Kay To(to) Larry”, which literally means “Larry’s Place” or “Toto Larry’s Place”, with “toto” as a form of endearment to men in the Hiligaynon language. Thus, the resort became popularly known as “Kaitulari” and the name stuck. photo by: Claire Marie Algarme Kaitulari is a resort [...]
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First-time in the Ruins, Talisay
Blog: First-time Traveler - 7 January 2010
I went home last Christmas with a mission: to visit another tourist spot in my own province. It helps to know what’s going on in my own backyard, figuratively speaking, so that when I travel, I also get to talk about interesting things about my hometown. Being away from home for 11 months in a [...]
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