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Last May 14-15, we spent the night at Laiya Beach in San Juan, Batangas. Our relatives, who own Llamar Beach Resort, invited us to stay at their beach house. Goodness, it was so hot and humid, that on our first day we just opted to stay inside our rooms with the air conditioning on full Read More

Visita Iglesia is a Catholic tradition here in the Philippines that can be directly translated to “church visit.” Annually, pilgrims during Maundy Thursday visit either seven or fourteen churches to represent the fourteen Stations of the Cross. It has been our family’s tradition to do a Visita Iglesia every year, but this year, my mom Read More

UPDATE: To celebrate their inaugural flight to Macau, SEAIR is offering Macau fares for as low as PHP 1,099 per way until June 1, 2011. Travel period is from June 2 to October 25, 2011. This can be booked though FlySEAIR.com and through +63 2 849 0100. Southeast Asian Airlines (SEAIR), the Philippines’ premier leisure Read More

Manila Minds is a collaborative effort among Manila’s prime movers and shakers that aims to find creative and sustainable ways to solve the country’s problems. Their brainstorming sessions are hosted by Co[LAB] Manila. On their session focusing on tourism, they came up with an idea of a Twitter hashtag: #PhilippineFridays. This aims to put forth Read More

Makati is such a fine city to live in. We have a robust healthcare system, efficient social services, and good support to senior citizens, among others. It’s very accessible too, as we are direct neighbors to Manila, Mandaluyong, Pasay, Taguig, and Pateros, and it isn’t too far a drive from the rest of Metro Manila Read More