Las Pinas, Philippines

Off to Calapan

The trip started as I took off from the house at 7:30 AM. I was to pick up 2 of my staff in Alabang at 8:00 AM but was delayed by the early morning traffic on the Alabang-Zapote Road where I had to drop off my daughter to take the bus to school. Normally, I would take the by-pass Friendship...

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Joey Carlotta on October 18, 2008 from Las Pinas, Philippines

from the travel blog: Mindoro Day Trip

Drats! Foiled Again!

Typhoon Fengshen has just passed Manila, serving us a direct hit, and is on its way north. The rainy season has finally caught up with us, rather abruptly, and has once again dashed our plans to head up the mountain hinterlands. Stay tuned as there will definitely be a Take 3.

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Joey Carlotta on June 21, 2008 from Las Pinas, Philippines

from the travel blog: Northern Luzon Loop (Take 2)

BF Resort Village

6 hours including stops in Taal and Tagaytay, 190 kilometers and about P1,000 for food and gas was time, effort and money well spent. Making mom happy and spending quality time together was pricless. I don’t know how she will be in the time to come and how many more road trips she will be able...

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Joey Carlotta on February 24, 2008 from Las Pinas, Philippines

from the travel blog: Sunday Drive - Taal Lake Loop

Epilogue

This vacation was certainly far from ideal with the freaky accident on EDSA right on the onset of the trip, the eerie and unexpected fog in Tarlac and Pangasinan, the near-drowning in San Juan and the inexplicable stormy weather in Pagudpud. It definitely rivals the “Vacation From Hell”...

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Joey Carlotta on January 8, 2008 from Las Pinas, Philippines

from the travel blog: 2007 Carlotta X'Mas Family Road Trip

30 December 2007, Day 6

I think it was safe to say that all were eager to get back home after 5 days of wanderings. We had breakfast again at the lobby restaurant of the hotel and were on the road by about 10:30 AM. I nixed a suggestion to visit SM Baguio hoping to be in Luisita in Tarlac by lunch and home by mid to...

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Joey Carlotta on January 7, 2008 from Las Pinas, Philippines

from the travel blog: 2007 Carlotta X'Mas Family Road Trip

Prologue

In 3 days at this hour, we should finally be on the road for our 2007 Christmas Family Road Trip and vacation. These trips never fail to excite me. As a child, I could never sleep well on the eve of a trip. My late father, my namesake and from whom I got my love for road trips, liked to leave...

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Joey Carlotta on December 21, 2007 from Las Pinas, Philippines

from the travel blog: 2007 Carlotta X'Mas Family Road Trip

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