Resplendent costumes, colorful floats, abundance of food and alcohol, and manic street parties are the familiar scenes in festivals. From Sinulog to Ati-atihan, from Santacruzan to Aliwan, from barrio to barangay fiestas, Filipinos are no strangers to fêtes. It’s embedded in our culture to find every opportunity for merry making. Growing up, I’ve had my [...]
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Our flights were booked months ago and for the life of mine, I can’t recall why we got the 5:30am one. I went to sleep at 1:30am but was up again by 3am to call for cab to take us to the airport. By 4am we’re at the domestic airport thanks to our schumacher driver. [...]
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The whole trip costs Php 8,850. It includes 2 way bus ride, overnight stay at Amor, all meals, the whaleshark encounter, firefly watching, and 3 dives at Manta Bowl. For non-divers, the package is at Php 5,150. After I checked the accounting of Deats and Nina who were on there a couple of weeks earlier, [...]
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