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Day 6 Wed Dec 24 PHILIPPINES – EAST VISAYAS (Tacloban, Samar) Flight. DVO to CEB @02:50-03:55 // CEB to TAC @07:30-08:20 There was no luggage storage at the airport, so I brought both bags with me and hired a motorcyclist to take … Continue reading →

PHILIPPINES – MINDANAO NORTH and WEST (Zamboanga, Cagayan de Oro, Butuan) Tentative WHS Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary Butuan Archeological Sites (16/05/2006) Kitanglad and Kalatungan Mountain Ranges: Sacred Sites of Bukidnon Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (16/05/2006) Airports: Butuan (BXU), Cagayan … Continue reading →

December 2025 xe.com 1 US$ = 59.3 PHP (PESO) 1 CA$ = 42.85 PHP Intangible Cultural Heritage Aklan piña handloom weaving. Piña is a textile made from pineapple leaf fibres and woven using a handloom. Farmers harvest the leaves of … Continue reading →

PHILIPPINES – LUZON – CENTRAL (Batangas, Tarlac, San Carlos) Day 11 Sun Dec 28 Car rental Avis. Cost 22,000 including a 10,000P deposit that is returned minus tolls. Grab to the Avis Car Garage out in SE Manila (454P+118 toll). … Continue reading →

PHILIPPINES – LUZON – GREATER MANILA BAROQUE CHURCHES of the PHILIPPINES WHS COLONIAL URBAN PLAN and FORTIFICATIONS of the WALLED CITY of MANILA Tentative WHS Day 7 Wed Dec 24 Flight. Tacloban to Manila Philippines Air @18:30- 17:30. I took … Continue reading →

PHILIPPINES – MINDANAO SOUTH, CENTRAL (Davao, Koronadal) The Philippines requires you to register at etravel.gov.ph within 72 hours. The form goes on and on. Flights. 41 hours flying and layovers. Wed Dec 17. Lion Air, AMQ to Makassar (UPG) @13:55-14:15. … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – JAVA EAST AND CENTRAL (Surabaya, Semarang) World Heritage Sites BOROBUDUR TEMPLE COMPOUNDS WHS SANGIRAN EARLY MAN SITE WHS SEMARANG OLD TOWN Tentative WHS (30/01/2015) TROWULAN – FORMER CAPITAL CITY OF MAJAPAHIT KINGDOM Tentative WHS (06/10/2009)✏️ Islands Java Madura✏️ … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – JAVA WEST (Bandung, Cirebon) UJUNG KUTON NATIONAL PARK WHS This national park, located in Banten Province in the extreme south-western tip of Java on the Sunda shelf, includes the Ujung Kulon peninsula and several offshore islands and encompasses the … Continue reading →

GENERAL JAVA  GREATER JAKARTA JAVA WEST  JAVA EAST & CENTRAL and YOGYAKARTA  RIAU & ANAMBAS ISLANDS and RANGKA & BELITUNG ISLANDS MALUKU WEST & EAST PAPUA

INDONESIA – BANGKA AND BELITUNG ISLANDS (Pangkal Pinang) BANGKA ISLAND Bangka lies east of Sumatra, the  9th largest island in Indonesia with a population of 1,146,581. Most is lower plains, swamps, small hills, and beaches. It has white pepper fields, many palm trees, … Continue reading →