Manila – Marie & Emma's Travel Journal

Mt Pulag, Mt Pinatubo and back to Manila

December 21, 2018

By 10am we were on the road out of Sagada heading to Mt Pulag. We stopped for lunch in Banaue. Alfredo knew a good place and we had a fantastic vegetable curry between us out in the balcony with a view over the town. It was a little boring going partially back the way we’d … More Mt Pulag, Mt Pinatubo and back to Manila

Manila: The Pearl of the Orient?

December 15, 2018

Manila is known as the Pearl of the Orient but ask a Filipino and almost all will tell you to not to waste time there and to get out of the city at the first opportunity. It has a reputation for being a sprawling metropolis where modern clashes with poverty, and city traffic that is … More Manila: The Pearl of the Orient?

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Mt Pulag, Mt Pinatubo and back to Manila

Manila: The Pearl of the Orient?