New Year Lanterns

Bye bye Philippines (hello Thailand...)

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January 5th 2009
From Malapascua, we took the bus once again back to Cebu City, where we had booked a flight back to Boracay. When we arrived back at Frendz resort we got a really warm welcome from everyone, it felt great. Boracay was a lot busier than before, the beach and restaurants was full of people and the athmosphere was fantastic. The only problem was the weather, it was really windy and we were told t ... read more

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The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. Manuel QUEZON was elected President and was ta... ... read more