Contrary to what you might think, I did not spend the last 1.5 years in the Philippines hopping from resort to resort.  However, I have seen quite a number of them in different places.  The following is my mini-guide to Philippine resorts.
Types of Resorts your would find in the Philippines

Family resorts – these resorts should [...]

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A few months ago, my father in law wanted to see Manila’s Chinatown. In my previous visit to Binondo, I didn’t exactly use the correct directions. I ended up first in the wrong side of it and had to drive through a very narrow and slow road. This time, I made sure I know how to get there. I was glad to find several blog posts and articles about going to Binondo. Most of the directions was using LRT1 all the way to Carriedo or taking a Jeepney from Maria Orosa St. in Malate. My conclusion was that, the tour of Chinatown starts on the roundabout with the Fountain that dates to Spanish Times and the Sta. Cruz Church. This area is called the Plaza de San Lorenzo Ruiz.

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Last weekend was indeed a happy one. Finally, we found our dining table and living room set!  Guess where.. at the 3rd Floor of Market Market.
As usual I found it accidentally while searching the yellow pages.  While I was looking for furniture I noticed that there were several furniture stores showing up with the same [...]

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This weekend, after googling about “GPS Devices in the Philippines” I came across several good leads.  The first one was the article from Yugatech and it revealed a new GPS device called AVT 800.   It uses a very good map provider called Accu-map.   We are already familiar and quite satisfied with this map provider, their [...]

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My father in law arrived last weekend and today we planned on taking him to see old Manila, right at Intramuros. Being the expected tour guide, I did a bit of research on how to approach this day tour. Since we live in Mandaluyong, I have decided to have a combined Pasig River [...]

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Last January, we were in Baguio for a short trip. MrC was able to video the whole scenic stretch of Kennon Road coming down from Baguio. To everyone who is not familiar with Kennon Road, this is the most scenic winding road to take if you are going Baguio. There are other [...]

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We have been out of LPG for more than a week.  Last week, it seemed like the whole city ran out of LPG.  We looked around and called every single possible place we could find Petron Gasul but no luck at all.  They said they all ran out of stock.  Could it be really true [...]

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We are quite fortunate to live in central location in Metro Manila. We have public transportation within reach which includes MRT, tricycle, jeep, buses and taxi. We find the cost of taking taxi not so bad considering all the convenience it gives. Driving our own private vehicle does not seem like a [...]

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We visited several housing developments in the South of Metro Manila, between Paranaque and Tagaytay.
I had two goals: first, is to visit the house and neighborhood where I grew up and second, is to look around for places where we want to live.

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Going to Quezon City from Makati my aunt strongly recommended that we use the MRT or the Metro from Ayala to Trinoma (North Ave).

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