Close Encounter of the Tiger Kind

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December 27th 2010

Published: December 28th 2010

What better way to say farewell to the Year of the Tiger than to get up-close with them. But I'll get to the tigers later. We'll start with how the day started: another early-morning drive to Tarlac and later to Subic. It was a holiday, thanks to a quirk in a Philippine law that moves holidays to the nearest Monday (December 30 is Rizal Day), and it was just your regular large Filipino family de... Read Full Entry

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Jay Exiomo

JayExiomo

Although he lived much of his toddler years abroad in the US and spent his early childhood roaming around the Philippines with his parents, Jay didn't really catch the travel bug until much later in 2006, when he was dragged to a microfinance conference in Thailand. He considers it his first true taste of travel, with his childhood already but a vague, distant memory. Something about being in a foreign place stirred his wanderlust, and his feet have constantly itched since. After graduating with a degree in Multimedia Arts, Jay worked as a news writer, then as a high school teacher. Presently,... full info

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30th December 2010

liliram
liliram

Thanks
I've done Zoobic Safari and enjoyed it with my family. But I missed this Takshapo place. I should visit next time. Hey, glad to know there's more of us blogging about our country. The least we can do to promote it. Thanks for sharing. Keep writing.

30th December 2010

JayExiomo
Jay Exiomo

Thanks!
The "Takshapo" place is in Gerona, Tarlac. It's called Isdaan Restaurant, in front of an Iglesia ni Cristo church. :)

3rd February 2011

Jennie
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