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Our Bohol trip started in the wee hours of the morning on July 3. Our flight which leaves from Manila to Tagbilaran (Bohol) was scheduled at 6:30 AM. That meant leaving Angeles at 2 AM, travel 1 1/2 hour to Manila and at the airport at 4. We didn’t want to be late checking in [...]

6 flights in a span of 13 days. 2 International, 4 Local (Philippines) 4 boat rides. Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Philippines (Manila, Pampanga, Bohol, Palawan)

It’s the start of our vacation and everything starts wit5h the flight back home. As I’ve blogged a couple of weeks back, we’re taking Etihad this time. We agreed that we’d sleep in the afternoon of yesterday so we’d have enough rest for our red-eye flight at 4:30 AM (Doha Time). Xiane and I were [...]

Mini Statue of Liberty and Rainbow Bridge. Guess where…

  We’ve found out from a friend that McDonald’s started serving their breakfast menu last week through facebook. Being in Qatar for 5 years, it was actually surprising that McDonald’s didn’t bring their breakfast menu earlier as people here in Qatar are usually up early in the morning. So after having an early appointment with [...]


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  • xtian001: I like Bohol but love Palawan (Puerto Princesa). I usually do all the planning when we go on vacatio [...]
  • Jaimie Logan: Can you recommend a good local travel agency for this Bohol tour? Or did you just get there by yours [...]
  • Richelle: I have a flight on Thursday, 19 Jan 2012 from Doha to Manila and I called the customer service of Et [...]
  • xtian001: For Fruits and Vegetables, this is by the kilo ;) [...]
  • xtian001: @Donovan, what I can suggest is for you to gauge how much you would be saving after all the extra sp [...]