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Day 4

By noon on our last day we had finished with business and it was time to head home. We could have stayed on a bit more but I wanted to avoid the rush hour traffic on EDSA. These last few kilometers always takes a toll on me specially after a long trip and several days away from the comfort and...

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Joey Carlotta on November 21, 2008 from Manila, Philippines

from the travel blog: Bolinao – Subic – Mariveles

Day 3

With business taken care of early and no other meetings scheduled until later in the day and early the next, the team and I decided to take a side trip to Mariveles in Bataan. We gathered that the drive would be 2 hours to get there. We left Subic at 10 AM exiting the Tipo Gate and entering the...

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Joey Carlotta on November 20, 2008 from Mariveles, Philippines

from the travel blog: Bolinao – Subic – Mariveles

Day 2

After making all our calls it was time to head to Subic but a visit to the old church was in order. The Bolinao church was built in honor of St. James who has been attributed for protecting the town while the surrounding areas would get devastated by typhoons. Outside the church there is a...

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Joey Carlotta on November 19, 2008 from Subic, Philippines

from the travel blog: Bolinao – Subic – Mariveles

Day 1

I was told that the driving time to Bolinao using the Romulo Highway is 5 to 6 hours. Since my starting point is in Las Pinas, I added another hour to that. I had agreed to a meet-up time of 8:30 AM along EDSA with my team so I promptly left the house at 7:30. Traffic was relatively light on...

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Joey Carlotta on November 18, 2008 from Bolinao, Philippines

from the travel blog: Bolinao – Subic – Mariveles

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

Ferry to Mindoro

It was short easy leg from the SLEX exit to the Star Toll entrance. The Star Toll was light and the drive was smooth all the way past the usual Lipa exit and onto the Batangas terminus. The stretch past Lipa is considerable and seems to go on forever is unaccustomed. After paying the toll you...

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Joey Carlotta on October 18, 2008 from Batangas, Philippines

from the travel blog: Mindoro Day Trip

Mission Accomplished

We arrived in Calapan 11:00 AM on the dot. The port area is much smaller than Batangas but just as modern and clean. The hotel shuttle was waiting for us and it was a short drive by-passing Calapan proper which we unfortunately did not get to see at all. The Filipiniana Hotel is the only hotel...

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Joey Carlotta on October 18, 2008 from Mindoro, Philippines

from the travel blog: Mindoro Day Trip

Brian Azouz - heading to Delhi and the Indian Himalaya

Brian Azouz here! Well, I am going to do it. I am going to head for Delhi (have to wait six working days for my Indian visa). It has been a rainy wet experience here in the Phillipines and I am looking forward to getting up into the Himalayas at the best time of year to be there. I am...

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brianazouz on August 14, 2008 from Manila, Philippines

from the travel blog: Nias

Brian Azouz - in Manila

Brian Azouz here again! I'm in Manila and Wow!! What a totally different scene from Singapore!! It is crazy here. Raining, thunder, people everywhere, definitely not as clean. I'm at an internet cafe. I think I am going to stay at Friendly's Guest House. Seems to be the spot a lot of travellers...

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brianazouz on August 4, 2008 from Manila, Philippines

from the travel blog: Nias

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)

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