Albay province expects increase of tourist arrivals starting last week of March in time for the opening of Magayon Festival 2010.
The festival this year focuses on patriotism and nationalism according to Albay Tourism Office. Magayon Festival 2010 will start on April 5 and this month long festival is expected to offer entertainments to promote culture, [...]

Jona shares her photo that was taken in Boracay.. “handsdown my ultimate favorite beach destinations.. What with the pristine white sand and very relax atmosphere.. I will never get tired visiting this island…” – Jona

My fave restaurant in Boracay is Gasthof for it’s ribs and breakfast sets when I splurge and Smoke’s when I’m [...]

Last month, I got the chance to visit Manila Ocean Park with my Lakbay Norte friends. Ida Calumpang, a fellow travel writer and a part-time mermaid in MOP organized a media familiarization tour for the rest of the group.
Manila Ocean Park
Manila Ocean Park, for the unfamiliar, is the Philippines’ first state of the art Oceanarium [...]

I currently like Tuko Beach Resort in Abra de Ilog because its quiet, has a lot of mountain biking trails, and I don’t have to deal with the karaoke-singing, frisbee-throwing, and poi-flinging crowd. basically, there’s nothing there, just sun, sea, and sand. Well, there’s a German woman who lives there who cooks up a mean [...]

What is your favorite Beach destination in the Philippines? Out of Town Blog we will be giving away a signed copy of Jessica Zafra’s newest Book titled “Twisted 8 1/2″ to any Pinoy who can share his / her own photo and short desctription about their favorite destination.
Signed copies of Twisted 8 1/2
To grab one of 20 [...]

Depending on where you are coming from, having a vacation in El Nido is not really that costly unless you want to stay in super expensive resorts. After my recent visit, I realized that you won’t have to break the bank to stay in most of the resorts in El Nido. On my last day [...]