Birthday Vacation Tradition 2009 in Boracay Island, a Photoblog We have been to Boracay several times and we never get tired of it..Here is a photoblog of our trip to Boracay for my traditional birthday vacation... [View Full Entry]

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It was an extraordinary trip to Monterey, California for I went to attend an ocean side wedding of my brother, Vance. He is physician assistant at Turlock, California where he met her bride and now his sweet wife, Alise. I didn't expect Monterey to be a sightly, ocean side locus. Coming from a 3 hour trip from Santa Rosa where my mom now lived, I was greeted with a view of the peninsula, its beach, the coast and the fresh scent of sea air. Excited, I immediately left my luggage at our hotel room at Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa. The [View Full Entry]

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The White Rock Triathlon 2008 was a long distance race equivalent to a half iron man distance. For a first-time half iron man race participant, this long distance race required thorough and intensive training in swimming, biking and running. Going to the Race Event For the first time, the allies (Bea, Abby, Rocky and I) had an opportunity to watch a half iron man race. The allies had to travel to Zambales and savor the beach and amenities at White Rock Beach Resort. I browsed through the resort's website and found their rooms satisfactory and comfortable, the pool enticing [View Full Entry]

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Northern Palawan, known as The Calamianes Group of Islands as described by National Geographic is beautiful—extensive fringing reefs, sandy beaches, majestic vertical cliffs, mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and protected bays and inlets. Again, as part of the summer tradition on my birthday, we planned for a vacation. This time, we decided to go to Coron and Busuanga Palawan. And, as an added treat for me, who loved giraffes, we included Calauit Island as part of the itinerary. Puerto Princesa, Palawan We flew from Manila to Palawan via 4pm fligh [View Full Entry]

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The 6th Terry Larrazabal Bike Festival was held at Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Zambales, Philippines. It was a 3 day bike festival which included road races, mountain bike downhill, mountain bike cross-country, trials, and BMX freestyle and jumping and of course triathlon. Triathlon as a sport has now become popular among celebrities, mountain climbers, swimmers, bikers and marathoners. Dennis decided to join the triathlon event of the 6th Terry Larrazabal Bike Festival a month ago and planned for this trip to Subic. The Subic International Hotel was fully booked so he looked for another ho [View Full Entry]

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Hong Kong Disneyland The highlight of our son's birthday celebration was spending his day in Hong Kong Disneyland. It was colder compared yesterday (Day 1), about 9 - 10 degrees outside and it was drizzling. We woke up early and again enjoyed the view from our hotel room. We got a double treat because we had 2 great views from our room, on the left side is the view of the town/city while a view of the bay on the right side. We already knew how to go to Disneyland via MTR - from Tsun Wan West, go down at Nam [View Full Entry]

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Planning Birthdays Planning a birthday celebration for our son was a bit difficult since we want this day special for him every year. He will be 10 on the 29th of January and we want him to experience entirely a new thing. My husband and I decided to go to Hong Kong Disneyland on his birthday and so we planned a 3 days 2 nights Hong Kong free and easy getaway. We looked into several packages and we chose the cheapest one. The travel agent we talked to informed us that we will be staying in L' Hotel Causeway Bay. [View Full Entry]

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The rain was continuous, threatening to become stronger and storm signal no. 1 was up in Metro Manila. To go or not to goDennis wanted to race and got registered in the National Age Group Triathlon (NAGT) University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) leg but the sky was dark and raining when we woke up that day. He called up the organizers and was told that the race would go on - we wondered why??? Manila was experiencing storm signal no.1, so maybe it wasn't raining at all in Laguna. Dennis decided that we must go, so we prepared for [View Full Entry]

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My husband, Dennis is a recreational triathlete. He competes in various triathlons set in different places in the country. He has joined the yearly SUBIT or Subic International Traithlon competition for 3 years now. He has joined triathlons and duathlons set in Ayala Alabang Village, Clear Water at Clark Special Economic Zone and Lakeshore Pampanga. Last July, he joined the 21 km Adidas Marathon held at Luneta Park, Manila. The allies (Ety Bea, Abby and I) and Dennis woke up early since the race would start at 5:30 am. Dennis woke up earlier than us to prepare for his race. He [View Full Entry]

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I have been to Palawan several times and work makes me do so. I have the opportunity to travel around the country because as an IT person I have to do visits to our field offices. However, I do work before pleasure and so sometimes I hardly have time to go around the places I have been but this time because of this travel blog i am finding pleasure in making and finding time to take pictures and share experiences with others. So after a one and half days work, i decided to go city touring in Palawan. Our first [View Full Entry]

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