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Cebu Pacific ruins honeymoon

“My husband was later forced to take his belongings without even given the chance to discuss with me on what to do next. I however was allowed to stay, and I cried all the way to Manila.”
Newly wed Aishah from Malaysia writes about how Cebu Pacific flight crew accused her husband of being infected with [...]

What happens if you dig a hole from Manila to the other side of the world?

I was hoping you’d find the long lost Yamashita treasure. But apparently if you dig a hole from Manila to the other side of the world, you’d just end up somewhere in Brazil! (Try typing in ‘Manila, Philippines’ in antipodr to find the other side of the world.)

postcards from miss igorota

Follow the adventures of an igorota doll from a strawberry farm in Benguet as she travels around the world…

Can you find Boracay sunset photos better than these?

(more Boracay Sunset photos from fadedmilkyway on her blog)

When our Bioman explained what we were supposed to do, apprehensions gripped my heart…

BIOman as in Butanding Information Officer! Jennifer Legaspi from the Philippine Star wrote about her trip to bohol and her magical experience swimming with the whale sharks:
“From the dark nothingness, suddenly we gazed into the beauty of its spotted tail, then body and for some who were just blessed, the underbelly and the face of [...]

A Singaporean’s horror story at NAIA

A Singaporean, feliciawong, writes that she had “the worst time ever in Manila while on transit” at our very own NAIA. Her light and smooth journal entry aptly titled “Mabuhay– NOT!” makes for an easy-read which would be very funny if it weren’t true! Here is an excerpt:
The leader took my passport (which his [...]