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Cebu: Mactan’s Lapu-Lapu Shrine
Lapu-Lapu is regarded as the Philippines’ first Filipino hero after he resisted Spanish colonization in 1521. To honor his bravery, a 20-meter bronze statue was built in a city that also bears his name. Here’s another shot of the statue, but from a different angle. Too bad the “bronze” is starting to peel off. Aside…
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Cebu: Caohagan Island
This island is a popular island hopping and swimming destination because of its long stretch of white-sand beach. Took this photo of the island from afar. And this, when we disembarked from our boat. To get to the island’s beach, we had to walk through their barangay, which was really nice because it gave us…
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Fairmont San Francisco
Watching The Rock on HBO last night inspired me to write this post mainly because it was filmed in part at the Fairmont. The Fairmont San Francisco is one of the grandest hotels that I’ve been to. We were given a tour of its Penthouse Suite, which occupied the entire eight floor. This extraordinary suite…
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San Francisco: Lombard Street
Lombard Street is also known as crooked street due to its curves and turns. See how these cars form a zigzag path? For those wondering why the street was made this way, it’s because it’s so steep that it became a severe safety hazard, and so in the 1920’s, a property owner in the area…
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Teaser Post about my Chicago Trip
Pardon my looong hiatus from this blog. I was again swamped with work (yeah, I know, it’s always my work). But then, it is also sometimes because of my work that I get to travel. This month, I was sent to Chicago to attend an event. Though I was there mostly for work, I extended…
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