Posted in Bohol, Palawan, Travel News Update on Jun 8th, 2008 Comments Off
Seven entries from Asia are currently included in search for the New Seven Wonders of Nature as of June 5 live ranking.
Three of the top seven nominees are from the Philippines namely Tubbataha Reef in Cagayancillo, Palawan, Chocolate Hills in Bohol and Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park in Palawan.
Other nominees in the magic seven [...]
Posted in Bohol, Facts and Trivia, Palawan, Travel News Update on Jun 6th, 2008 No Comments »
The Philippines stands at the crossroads of the developed western world and the Orient. It lies in the heart of Southeast Asia, stretching more than 1,840 kilometers and composed of 7,107 islands.
The South China Sea washes its western shores. Taiwan, China and Hong Kong are northern neighbors and further north is Japan. To the west [...]
Posted in Adventure Travel, Palawan, Puerto Princesa on Jun 4th, 2008 1 Comment »
The city government’s campaign to include Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP), famously known as “Underground River†got a shot in the arm from the British envoy to the Philippines, no less.
Ambassador Peter Beckingham and his wife, Jill, visited the “Underground River†on Tuesday. The attraction is one of the nominees in the ongoing [...]
Posted in Adventure Travel, Coron, Palawan, Perfect Beach on May 30th, 2008 4 Comments »
We are giving away not one, not two, but Six SEAIR gift certificates to Busuanga to one lucky person!
This is the biggest give-away of Lakbay Pilipinas - Philippine Travel Blog and the SEAIR Adventure Club ever! You and five friends can fly to Busuanga with six SEAIR airfare gift certificates up for grabs!
SEAIR has [...]
Posted in Coron, Cuyo Island, El Nido, Palawan, Pamalican Island, Puerto Princesa, Travel Tips on May 28th, 2008 5 Comments »
by Aaron Joel Santos
I’m in the Philippines, sitting at a six-person dining room table made of bamboo. It’s the kind of table found all across Southeast Asia, but this one is special. This one is unconvincingly strapped to the top of an old bus speeding down an unpaved highway on the island of Palawan.
Apparently, this [...]
Posted in Palawan, Scuba Diving on May 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
Brooke’s Point, Palawan : This progressive town is the origin of the Pearl of Allah or the Pearl of Lao Tzu, the biggest pearl in the world.
The Tridacna shell, weighing almost 50 kilos of the clam “pearl†which measures 9.45 inches in diameter and weighs 6.4 kilograms is still being kept at the house of [...]
Posted in Adventure Travel, Palawan, Puerto Princesa on May 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Honda Bay, which is littered with islands, islets, atolls and corral reefs could very well be one of this locality’s prime leisure destinations, due to a wide variety of attractions that it offers. for both foreign and local tourists.
For domestic and foreign tourists, the shallow reefs that adorn the fabulous beaches of its several islets [...]
