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Our journey to provide you best travelogues for your trip initiates from our visit to Philippine. It being a Southeast Asian country has tropical climate during October and December, and therefore is also the peak season. It allows you to enjoy the mesmerizing Pacific ocean, in more than 7,000 island belongings to Philippines. We visited Philippines during September so that we can give the required information about the destination before you go therefore. Its capital, Manila, is famous for its waterfront promenade. Intramuros, is the heart of old Manilla It’s home to Fort Santiago, which is a storied citadel and military prison. Here the official languages spoken are English and Filipino but there is utter presence of Spanish and arabic
Manilla
After reaching Manilla we went to the Cordillera Central Mountains situated in the North of Philippines. They would excite you if you love adventure sports tourists interested in adventure sports often give more time over their. They are mainly famous for hiking. But if adventure does nothing other than terrifying you then you can spend your time in the Ifugao province. The province is famous for its rice terraces carved into plains. Though their natural beauty is enjoyed mainly by tourist of October November, as they are usually cut in december. Remote Palawan province and its offshore Calamian Islands have palm-fringed beaches and turquoise lakes, plus coral reef diving. We would discuss about it later.
Cebu
Cebu island is another celebrated diving destination. This place gives you water sports and some other beach activity for all kinds of people and kids, so that it is a place for everyone there. Our flight got late due to bad weather which is no big deal during those parts of the year. The island of Bohol offers upscale beachfront resorts and a range of water sports. Bohol province is famous for its more than 1,000 uniform shaped Chocolate Hills and tiny Philippine tarsiers, which trust us are very beautiful. The region is mainly famous for its tropical vegetation, the variety of vegetation that is tropical vegetation in the tiny area is difficult to find. We enjoyed the pleasant weather with drizzles their making it a dreamy scene. We approved the place of, and would highly recommend to visit that place Sports such as whitewater rafting and ziplining are available throughout the country, but this place would give a mental peace and satisfaction amidst your schedule
Cebu Lake is in corner of country providing quite a lot of peace and relaxation though it doesn’t have much to do over there and in our personal opinion if you have to miss a place it is this. The lake doesn’t gives any activity to do in our opinion it would be better to move around the lake than on the lake the islands near it have much more natural sounding birds which would be much enjoyed than the lake itself
Mactan
The next destination was Mactan. Being one of the major tourist Islands of Cebu, Mactan Island boasts of a diverse collection of tourist spots and attractions. The best thing was that it is to be a coral island. The water attractions in region are one of the best in entire country and also allows deep sea diving. We enjoyed water works the most in this is area. Mactan offers some of the best diving, snorkeling, island hopping, jet ski, sailing activities and are major income source in the region. and cultural activities of any island in the Philippines. We enjoyed the deep sea diving a lot and trust us if you are aquatic life lover you would be happy to know that The only aquarium attraction in the Visayas is also located on the island.
El Nido
El Nido is a Philippine municipality on Palawan island. It’s known for white-sand beaches, coral reefs and as the gateway to the Bacuit archipelago, a group of islands with steep karst cliffs. The sand sparkles beautifully when sunlight falls on it. Miniloc Island is famed for the clear waters of its Small and Big lagoons.It is surrounded by beautiful Shimizu Island which has fish-filled waters. It is richly famous for many dive sites, including Dilumacad Island long tunnel leading to an underwater cavern. The highlight of the place is kayaking trips to mountainous Cadlao Island, just across the bay. We didn’t get time for kayaking but it seemed to be quite interesting. jagged cliffs for a bird’s-eye view of El Nido town and its horseshoe-shaped cove. North of town, the twin beaches of Nacpan and Calitang curve in opposite directions, featuring white sand and tall coconut palms. The cold waters of Nagkalit-kalit Falls are a popular swimming spot.
Shopping sites:
For shopaholics, a must-do is the chain of SM malls that dot the city, such as Megamall. The malls are mainly present in capital Manilla. they provide you international standards of materials, shop for groceries,have a starbucks before starting day, grab an Asian buffet lunch, get a haircut and a massage, then relax with the family at the cinema, the food has blend of whole asia
The SM Mall of Asia facing Manila Bay is the third-largest mall in the world with a gross leasable area of 390,000 square metres, according to a 2009 ranking by Forbes. Megamall, at 330,000 square metres, and SM City North Edsa, at 280,000 square metres and expanding, are the other two Filipino malls among the global top 10.
GLORIETTA AND GREENBELT:
They would attract you if you want western materials from Philippines. These places have commonly been visited by business executives and high delegates from various countries
Wildlife attractions: Calauit Safari Park is a game reserve and wildlife sanctuary located in Calauit Island, it is spread in 37 sq. Km. and doesn’t have much to offer but this is the best the country can offer. Though you can always enjoy aquatic life in aquariums and deep sea diving in sea.
Summary:
What’s Good:
The country has lot to offer about water activities wildlife adventure sports excursions and other in the nature activities. The country is neat and clean and is dream destination if you love water. The hygiene and cleanliness is up to the marks the hotels and other facilities won’t let you down and you don’t need to be worried for security in water sports they provide you state of the art safety technology in adventures
What’s not so good:
The countries weather is usually a con in the journey. It is rare if you don’t face any delay in flights, travel in peak seasons though it’s not a deal breaker. Sebu Lake was a dissapointment
What’s bad:
The things we don’t like include the wildlife offerings, the transportation is a serious time waste in country you spend 3-4 hours a day in traveling. You don’t get much to do if you don’t like water sports. It’s not the best family destination specially if you travel with kids or elders