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July 22nd 2007

Published: August 21st 2007

One aspect of Filipino transport that makes life difficult for travellers is the general lack of centralised bus stations. Having plenty of bus companies is a good thing, but not when they all depart from different places in the same town. Fortunately both the potential lines for our next destination shared a bus station, so we chugged along to it on a trike - LA Woman in the sidecar with my ruc... Read Full Entry

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John McCabe

Jabe

I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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22nd August 2007

gigi
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welcome!
hi, welcome to our beautiful country, Philippines. you can include sagada and ifugao in your itinerary ..try to visit exotic places too like palawan, siquijor and apo island in dumaguete. i enjoyed reading your blogs as it reflects what you truly experience and feel. enjoy your travels.

22nd August 2007

Angie
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Western Tourists
Philippines being a remote island country in SE asia do not attract a lot of tourists from the West. It's more likely that Filipinos are surprised and curious to why 2 white souls are wandering in Vigan. They will also find L.A. women a very rare sight.

22nd August 2007

Adam
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Way to slam GS!!

17th June 2008

exploreilocos com
Joanne

It's really interesting to hear another American's take on their experiences in the Philippines. I'm Filipino American (born and raised in Los Angeles), and although I may blend in because of my skin tone, natives can tell I'm a foreigner. Obviously your experiences differ greatly from mine, but I really enjoyed reading your blog on Vigan.

17th June 2008

Jabe
John McCabe

Re exploreilocos' comment
I'm English, not American.

15th April 2009

TinNiE
" Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness "

English, American, German, Australian ... etc ... they look the same to the Filipino eyes.hehe
3 Centuries of Spanish colonization ~ I used to believe that everyone in Philippines should then know how to speak Spanish. The reason why Filipinos speak more English than Spanish, is because during the American time, the Americans took time to teach the local people the English Language. While during the Spanish time, only the rich, well-off and Spaniards born in the Philippines are given the opportunity to better Education and to learn the Spanish language. The native Filipino people were called "Indios" - belonging to the “primitive” and “inferior races” and as fit only to be enslaved or subjugated.

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