Archive for April, 2009

  • Top 10 Most Expensive Resorts in the Philippines

    Top 10 Most Expensive Resorts in the Philippines

    The Philippines is blessed with world-class beaches as well as luxury resorts with top of the line amenities. The following list is based on the resort’s rates during high and peak season of the Philippine Calendar. The rates are exclusive of taxes and service charge. 1. Plantation Bay Resort – Mactan This 5 star resort owns [...]

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  • Top 10 Most Religious Countries in the World

    Top 10 Most Religious Countries in the World

    If you will base the percentage of church attendance of the different religions of each country as being religious then this is the result of the survey by the World Values Survey. This was based on the percentage of adults surveyed who claimed that they attend church services one or more times per week. Rank                Countries                      [...]

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  • Top 10 Jobs Abroad for Filipinos

    Top 10 Jobs Abroad for Filipinos

    The Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration released the latest approved job orders by country as of April 24, 2009.

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  • My El Nido Palawan Getaway

    My El Nido Palawan Getaway

    El Nido is the home of over 45 beautiful islands, diverse wildlife, and scenic landscapes. Beautiful beaches, mangroves, clear waters, lush forest over towering limestone and farmlands abound here.

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  • Grand Palace City Tour – Bangkok

    Grand Palace City Tour – Bangkok

    At last, after 3 days in the Bangkok, my mother and I were confident already to take the public transport and explore our next destination without availing a package tour. Since day 1, we had been looking forward to visit the Grand Palace Complex so it was very fitting for us to save the best [...]

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  • Ayutthaya – Ancient Capital of Thailand

    Ayutthaya – Ancient Capital of Thailand

    The first things that come to my mind when I think of Thailand are temples, elephants and delicious and spicy food. But since I only have a few days to explore one city I decided to go beyond the usual city tour or the shopping spree we usually do when we are in Bangkok. I [...]

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  • Floating Market Bangkok

    Floating Market Bangkok

    I arrived in Bangkok a day earlier than my mamita so I just took the time to write about my previous trips and catch up on a much needed rest. The transfer from the airport to my hotel hasn’t been a pleasant experience so I set out for a travel agent that afternoon after finding [...]

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  • Cu Chi Tunnel – Vietnam

    Cu Chi Tunnel – Vietnam

    It was lunch time when we left Cao Dai temple so we had a 20-minute rest in the commissioned restaurant of the company before we traveled another hour and half to Cu Chi district. We passed plantations of rubber trees and lush surroundings that indicate little evidence of the intense fighting, bombing and destruction that [...]

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  • Cao Dai Temple – Tay Ninh Vietnam

    Cao Dai Temple – Tay Ninh Vietnam

    Caodaism (Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do, or Third Great Universal Religious Amnesty) is a syncretic religion that had its beginnings in Vietnam, then part of French Indo-China, in the 1920s. Its founder, Ngo Minh Chieu (or Ngo Van Chieu), was a French civil servant and was also a mystic who was well-versed in western [...]

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  • Mekong Delta Tour – Vietnam

    Mekong Delta Tour – Vietnam

    The Mekong River is one of the world’s 10th rivers in its river length and has great influences upon nature and societies of the Indo-china Peninsula. The name “MEKONG” originate in Thai language, Mae Nam Khong1). The source of the Mekong River is in Tibet mountains and is called Dza Chu River (River of Rock). [...]

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