Alvin de Guzman

Alvin de Guzman

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Camiguin Zamdudes Adventure

Published: January 21st 2007Asia » Philippines » Mindanao » Camiguin
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Alvin de Guzman
August 14th 2006

AUGUST 7: Our flight to Butuan was 7hrs delayed due to shortage of airplane. I was disappointed because of the hassle of waking up early just to get in the airport on time, thinking I should have been sleeping in my room by this moment; instead I'm here waiting doing nothing. Around 4:00pm our flight was finally called. I choose the seat near the center so that I can sleep and not be destructed by the windows scenery. Around 5:00pm we arrived in Butuan. We meet the person whom my cousin arranged our transportation weeks before our trip. I’ve noticed that he seems worried, I’m about to tell my wife about it when I saw we're heading to a small multicab (maybe he’s thinking how a 17 person including baggage can fit in a small multicab). ... read more



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May 23rd 2006

May 18: I'm in the office thinking, today it will be a long and tiring day. We will be going to Sorsogon to see the gentle giant of Donsol... the Whale shark. The plans of leaving early did not push through because my cousin and I have important things to do at work. We ended up leaving late in the afternoon. To save time we decided to meet in Lucena city since my cousin will be coming from Pangasinan (they have an exhibit there). We leave Cavite at around 4:00pm, leaving my youngest son, James to my mother in law. I have doubts if I can make it until Goa, our first destination (Goa is 7-8hrs travel from Manila). I made quick stop in Petron gasoline station in south super hi-way to have gasoline and to ... read more



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Alvin de Guzman
April 10th 2006

I always wanted to go to Puerto Galera after going to Boracay of last year. To know why the place always been compared to Boracay for a beach destination during summer. So when my cousin invited me to go with them I immediately said YES! The day was set... we will go to Puerto Galera 3-days prior holy Thursday to avoid the usual holy week hassle. APRIL 9: We leave Manila around 5:00 in the morning boarding a Tritran bus to take us to Batangas port. I'm with my wife and daughter and our usual travel mates... my cousins. We arrived in Batangas port around 9:00am. The port was already jam packed with travelers resulting to a little bit chaos at the ticketing booth. Luckily my cousin managed to squeeze in to buy tickets. The ferry ... read more



Boracay Adventure

Published: April 29th 2008Asia » Philippines » Boracay
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Alvin de Guzman
September 22nd 2005

I’m in the office eating my lunch when my celphone rang; it’s my cousin, inviting us to join them to Boracay with my balikbayan auntie. I was quite exited because this is my first time to go to Boracay but I’m also hesitant because we just been to Singapore and Malaysia four months ago and I don’t have enough money for another trip. But thanks to my parents and sister the money problem was settled. We booked on a 3 days 2 nights package tour for Php 6,200. Included in the package were hotel accommodation, plane tickets and free breakfast meal. Our flight to Boracay was 5:00 in the morning, we were the first among the group came to the domestic airport. Luckily after a few minutes of waiting my cousins finally came. We immediately checked ... read more



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Alvin de Guzman
April 20th 2003

Weeks before Holy week my cousins and I are thinking where to spend our Holy week vacation. After hours of discussion and internet searching finally we all agreed to spend it in Sagada. I've been to Sagada of April of 1998 with my 3 cousins. I find the place remote, exotic and yet beautiful, in fact this is one of the place I fell in love with. So when Sagada is the final place to visit I have no second thoughts and immediately said yes. Since some of us have been to Sagada we made a little bit twist or should I say adventure going there. We decided to take the most treacherous route, the Banaue - Sagada route. The day has come; our plan is to leave Manila @ 10pm to avoid the holy week ... read more






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