Rizal Park Rizal Park is a park of big size in Manila where you can easily walk around for an hour. The park is big enough to have a so called vehicle driving around that looks like a train. Rizal Park includes a monument, a Chinese garden and Japanese garden, …
Manila Bay The whole of Manila Bay has had a lot of negative issues going on in recent past and present. The sea level rise is something to worry about in the future. The high number of oil spills (in ’95 & ’99) from refineries. Findings of copper, cadmium, zinc …
Fort Santiago history Located in Manila and with a reasonable historical value lies Fort Santiago. This bastion with a perimeter of 620 meters is located along the Pasig river. The construction completed in 1593, although it got a renovation during 1733. Fort Santiago was built under the Spanish colonization who …
Dakak Beach Resort Dakak is an area that looks for wealthy people. A 5 star beach resort with a private beach, activities, pools and restaurants. Even a golf course. You can either book a room for a few hundred US dollars, or you can go visit on a day or …
Dipolog City Dipolo g City is a small city with a population of around 130.000. The city of Dipolog is the capital of the southern Philippines province called Zamboanga. Because its location is in the north, it’s called Zamboanga del Norte. The people speak in three or four different languages. …
Cebu Pacific Cebu Pacific is operated by Cebu Air Inc. which is a low budget carrier from the Philippines. It’s Asia’s first low budget airline founded in 1988, having its base at Ninoy Aquino International Airport located in Pasay City which falls under the metro Manila. Cebu Pacific has its …
NAIA The letters NAIA stand for Ninoy Aquino International Airport. formerly known as Manila International Airport. It is located some 7 km south of Manila in Pasay City. Pasay falls under the metropolitan Manila. The history of this airport dates back to 1948. Construction works started over the following years …
Linabo Peak Linabo Peak has a lot of steps to reach the top. The way up is associated to the story of Jesus by the Catholics of the Philippines. It resembles the story of the suffering of Jesus on his final way to the cross. This means that Catholic devotees …
This article is about begging scams, trying to get as much money as possible, usually from tourists, for whatever purpose. Good or bad isn’t ours to decide. It’s impossible to judge about who is begging or for what reasons and who are the ones who really need or deserve help …
What is Vipassana? Vipassana is an old meditation technique to get to the stock room of the mind. You can also say to get to your deepest level of unconsciousness. You learn how to reach it and how you can empty old stock. Obvious that isn’t a quick and easy …