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Summer Blast

There’s always about summer that excites everyone. I know that the heat is more than scourging, punitive really when you think about it. But when immaculately white beaches and fine sand come to mind, everything’s forgotten. No amount of excessively damaging tropical heat can hold me from hitting the sea and the sand, regardless of [...]

City looks to turn volcano into tourism windfall

Mynardo Macaraig | Legaspi, Philippines
Ominous posters around Legaspi city, in the Philippines, show the nearby Mayon volcano erupting forcefully, shooting fiery sparks into the sky with blood-red lava dripping from its mouth.But the words on the poster are cheerful rather than frightening: “Visit Legaspi: Mayon Eruption 2006.”
The posters are part of an impromptu campaign to [...]

Erupting volcano a tourist stop

Aug 16, 2006
LEGASPI, Philippines – Ominous posters around this city show the nearby Mayon volcano, erupting forcefully, shooting fiery sparks into the sky with blood-red lava dripping from its mouth.
But the words on the poster are cheerful rather than frightening: “Visit Legaspi: Mayon Eruption 2006.”
The posters are part of an impromptu campaign to find some [...]