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Category Archives: Holidays
Bohol Resort Hopping. 2nd Stop: Amarella Resort
NO IT IS NOT related to Amorita, the first hotel we stayed in during our Bohol vacation. Yes it is another beee-a-u-tiful resort-hotel. I will have to tip the hat to my xxGF for finding great resort-hotels. The credits are … Continue reading
Posted in Destinations, Family, Holidays, MY FAMILY & FRIENDS, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Photography, Places, Raves, THOSE THINGS I DO, Travel
Tagged Alona Beach, Amarella, Amorita, Bohol, bong saculles, Family Holiday, family vacation, joseph haniel, Lara Marielle, Marie Saculles, Panglao Island
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Bohol’s Simply Butterflies is simply wonderful
WE HAVE lots of butterfly farms in the Philippines, and I’ve been to quite a number of them. But I can say with a high degree of certainty that the one my family visited in Bohol last February is among … Continue reading
Our Tarsier Encounter
I’ve known about tarsiers probably since I was in secondary school and that’s quite a long time ago (Oh no! Did I just reveal my age?). I also know a lot about tarsiers from books and magazines that I’ve read … Continue reading
Posted in Curiosities, Destinations, Family, Holidays, MY FAMILY & FRIENDS, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Photography, Travel
Tagged Bohol, Bohol Island Tour, Chocolate Hills, Tarsier
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Bohol Island Tour: Blood Compact Shrine
ISLAND OF BOHOL | MARCH 16, 1565. As part of the tribal tradition, Datu Sikatuna, the chieftain of Bohol, and Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi, made a blood compact to seal their friendship. This is considered as the first treaty of … Continue reading
Dreamy Alona Beach
FORGIVE my limited vocabulary but “dreamy” just happened to be the first word that came to mind the first time I set eyes on Alona Beach in Panglao Island, Bohol. There’s something surreal about the whole place — the hundreds … Continue reading
Resort-Hopping in Bohol. First Stop: Amorita Resort
WE DID two resort-hotels in our 2-nights-and-2-days stay in Cebu. So there should be no reason we couldn’t do two resort-hotels in our 3-nights-and-2-days stay in Bohol. Our first stop in Bohol: Amorita Resort and Hotel in Alona Beach, Panglao … Continue reading
Resort-Hopping in Mactan Island. Second Stop: Plantation Bay
FOR the second stop of our family’s 2-nights-and-2-days resort-hopping in Cebu we went to Plantation Bay. My xxGF and I first visited Plantation Bay in 2000, right after we terminated our “going steady” relationship and went “permanent.” No we did … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Destinations, Family, Holidays, MY FAMILY & FRIENDS, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Photography, Places, THOSE THINGS I DO, Travel
Tagged bong saculles, Cebu, family vacation, Johan Saculles, joseph haniel, Lara Marielle, Mactan Island, Marie Saculles, Marielle Saculles, Plantation Bay
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Resort-Hopping in Mactan Island. First Stop: Crimson Resort & Spa
FOR our annual family vacation this year we took advantage of my xxGF’s PAL Mabuhay Miles and booked the whole family a trip to Cebu. We were to stay in Cebu for approximately two nights and 1.5 days only. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Destinations, Family, Holidays, MY FAMILY & FRIENDS, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Photography, Places, Raves, THOSE THINGS I DO, Travel
Tagged bong saculles, Cebu, Crimson Resort and Spa, Crimson Resort and Spa Mactan, Filinvest, Johan Saculles, joseph haniel, Lara Marielle, Mabuhay Miles, Mactan Island, Marie Saculles, Marielle Saculles, PAL Miles, Timberland
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Our Cebu and Bohol family vacation
For our annual family holiday we went to Cebu and Bohol. We were planning to do Singapore but on December 31 we learned that my xxGF’s PAL miles would expire with the year so we hurriedly booked a trip that … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Destinations, Holidays, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, People, Photography, Places, THOSE THINGS I DO, Travel
Tagged Amarela Resort, Amorita Resort, Baclayon Church, Blood Compact shrine, Bohol, Cebu, Chocolate Hills, Clarin Ancestral House, Crimson Resort, family vacation, Loboc Island Cruise, Mactan Island, Manmade Forest, Plantation Bay, Simply Butterflies, Tagbilaran, Tarsier
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Lovin’ and hatin’ the Musical Fountain Show at the Manila Ocean Park
I’ve already seen several musical mountain shows so I wasn’t all that excited when we went to see one of the latest attractions of Manila Ocean Park on New Year’s eve. But that did not stop me from thoroughly enjoying … Continue reading
Deadly Beautiful
Most of us are afraid of jelly fish, and we should be. These seemingly fragile and harmless beauties can kill even the biggest and most fit hunk of a man. But they are sooo beautiful!
The doctor is a fish
The strange sensation is unsettling at first. But you get used to it and soon enough you will be enjoying it. What I am describing is the one-of-a-kind experience of having hundreds of tiny fish nibble at your feet and … Continue reading
Posted in Curiosities, Family, Holidays, MY FAMILY & FRIENDS, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Places
Tagged Fish Spa, Manila Ocean Park, New Year 2011
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