places you would love to visit in the philippines...

Philippines
June 8, 2010 1:31am CST
i have been living in the Philippines all my life and i havent visited a lot of places... and if given the chance i would really love to visit Vigan... i love to visit historical places in the country.. and go back to the history... and i think Vigan has a lot to offer.. i would love to stay in those old houses and ride a kalesa i almost had the chance.. we planned to have an "ilocandia tour" with my officemates... so sad we cant compromise our schedule... what about you?.. what are the places in the Philippines you would love to visit or the places you have visited and have really loved it...
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@Jacobus1919 (1683)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
As of now, my plans are to go to Boracay, Vigan, and Bohol! Those are the places I plan to go this year. :)
@Krisaea (114)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
I dreamed to go to Cebu but my family planned to go to Thailand and China this year. I like our native products . Do you know that even Oprah has her native bamboo sofa set?... amazing... im not sure if she got it here in the Philippines..
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
well honestly, I am from Cebu. So, I do not plan on going to Cebu. I prefer other places right now. Well, other than Philippines, I like going to my friends in Singapore and Hongkong.
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
@jacobus1919 i really love to go to those places you have mentioned.. kodus to us.. lol @Krisaea same here, i love native products.. soon, i want my own house to be full of native products... and oh, cebu is a nice place, a little like manila though... but they produce good quality guitar, right jacobus?...
@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
hi juicekodai, just like you i am also dreaming to visit Vigan, i just saw my friend's pictures when they visited the place and it makes me feel like...oh i want to go there too! the place is just so nice and mesmerizing! i like seeing old structures and of course nice environment and something that can bring me back to the past. hehe another place that i want to visit is Palawan, i just like to experience the underground river. i have been to Bohol but i was not able to go to Panglao beach and so i want to go back there. Bohol is one good place to go. i also want to visit Boracay. haha i never been there even if i have friends living there...just that i don't have time to do so. and of course i would love to visit Pagsanjan falls in laguna, i am from laguna but i was not able to visit the place, hopefully i can do it this year and explore more of my mother land. right now im living in Cebu and still there's a lot of nice places here and islands that i was not able to see and i want to visit them all. there'sa lot of nice places in our country to visit and this is one thing i like to do, explore and vist these places. i like it more than going abroad.
@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
kawasan falls - kawasan falls in badian cebu, perfect place to escape hot summer and enjoy nature
really? well we can go together explore our beautiful country! haha, yeah same here, but i need to exercise a lot first to get a nice body appropriate for a bikini! yeah, there's a lot here and there are also white sand beaches, but then again i was not able to visit all of them! hehe if you happen to come here in cebu, you can try island hopping and it sure a nice activity to do. how i wish one day my husband and i can do that...hehe but not now since he's still so busy. and also we have a beautiful falls here that i never get tired visiting...the kawasan falls. by the way, i like your username!
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
same here ckyera i love to visit and explore philippines than going abroad... i never wished to explore abroad... when asked what country i really want to visit i would usually just answer philippines... hahaha... me too, i havent been in bora... i want to go there and wear my bikini.. lol.. oh there are also a lot of beaches in cebu right?
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
sure... we can go together... that would be fun... i need to prepare my body for the bikini too... after i give birth i will make sure to exercise and remove these stretchmarks... at least i have my goal to and its to wear bikini.. lol anyway, thanks for the compliment... that username is actually from my name... my friends calls me josh for josie.. and so my sister sometimes calls me juice... lol my dad sometimes would say josh ko po... i didnt want to sound it that way so i changed it to juicekodai... hahaha... do i really have to explain?.. lol
@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
I have visited various parts of the country. The Philippines is a natural paradise. The scenes may actually be the same from one coast to another. There are coconut and pineapple plantations, mango orchards, rice and corn fields, beaches, caves, mountains, carabaos and nipa huts. Yet, somehow, each province or region, has something distinctly its own. Example, different provinces might be celebrating the same feast - the May 15 San Isidro Labrador patron saint of farmers. But when you go to Cavite, they would dance the Caracol on the street. But if you go to Quezon, they would show you a magnificent display of kiping. In Bulacan, they make the beasts of burden kneel. Somehow, the ultra hospitable locals has a way of identifying themselves that is peculiarly their own. Take the time to go around. It is nice to see places when you are young.
@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
Be resourceful. Join conventions. When I visited Laoag and Vigan, I joined a group of Catechists who were convening in the North. I simply asked my school coordinator if I could go. She said yes. I was alone, knowing no one in the group. But I did get to hop from one church to another... Sarrat ruins... Paoay... on my own.
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
oh i will.. i will grab the opportunity as soon as it will come.. thanks...
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
wow... nice of you that you were able to visit lots of places in our country... it was such a learning experience right? well, if i have all the time and money i would make sure to tour the country.. my mom would love that... she said it will be an educational experience visiting other places...
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• Romania
8 Jun 10
im frome romania (europe) i wish i could visit philippine becouse i heard that a super volcano erupted a couple of 100000 years a go that couzed the ice age is ther a major volcano in philippine ? i shour would wish to go ther :)
• Philippines
10 Jun 10
oh yeah.. taal volcano.. tagaytay provides a good view to that.. i wish i was able to go near the volcano though...
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
oh, i havent really heard of that... do you remember the name of the volcano?.. we have a lot of volcanoes here but i dont remember one causing ice age...
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
If I am not mistaken..I think that's the taal volcano..the smallest in the world..well it became small because according to some theories it erupted so much that it decreased in size..but it's beautiful you should see it..it is in the midst of a lake and maybe you'll understand it's past..
• India
10 Jun 10
Philippines is a nice country, the people there are so friendly, i was in Davao for some time. I have many friends there, in Cebu and Manila too.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always. Cheers. Professor
• India
5 Jul 10
I was on a friendly tour, i got some grants from university grants commission.
• Philippines
5 Jul 10
wow.. what were you doing in davao prof? i havent been in davao but i would love to visit that place too.. i have a friend from davao.. and i know davao is clean.. its the cleanest city in the philippines
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@ada8may21 (2405)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
I've been planning to visit the island of palawan. I loved nature and adventure, I guess palawan has lots to offer not only the beautiful scenery but also the extreme adventures that they have there. I've been saving so that I could bring my son with me when we visits there. I hope its not that much, but I will really really really wanna go there by hook or by crook.
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
oh i hope you could visit palawan soon... and probably you could share your pictures to us... i know palawan has wonderful beaches... ;)
@ada8may21 (2405)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
Well sharing pictures is not too bad, you might get envy when you see the pictures. Just kidding, because that was also what I feel when I saw the pictures of my friend when she visited and have a vacation in palawan. It was really nice and relaxing place. Yes their beaches are really beautiful.
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
hahahaha.. i wont be.. i will make it an inspiration to visit the place.. lol
• Philippines
16 Jun 10
I also love Vigan and Batanes. I saw Batanes in one documentary. It is said that the weather in Batanes is really cold. The mountains are so peaceful to watch an the place is very big. It is like a virgin Island to me. Before , I choose to go to Boracay, but as I observe the place is now polluted. There are so many visitors. I want a very quite place and BAtanes is just perfect. I watched Balikbayan and one episode of it was the visited Vigan. Vigan is indeed a very historical place. The houses built from Spanish Era, even the kalesa, you are like back to the past. For me these place are what makes me proud to be a Filipino.
• Philippines
5 Jul 10
yup.. that's what i like vigan.. its like reliving the history... and yeah, boracay has become polluted as it is becoming too crowded... they say, you wouldnt like it if you want a peaceful vacation..
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
9 Jun 10
with the kind of job i had before, i came to visit the places in the Visayas and Mindanao, when my hometown is Bulacan. and until the time i migrated here in Cebu, I never gone to places in the north of Luzon, like Baguio, or Ilocos, yes, Vigan. i would love to see and feel the cold mornings of Baguio, and see Vigan personally, which we only see in movies and TVs.
• Philippines
10 Jun 10
oh, you must have a really nice job... i would love to have a job that would allow me to travel to different places... med rep perhaps?...
• Philippines
10 Jun 10
I'm a Filipina also and yes I would love to visit some of the historical and scenic places of our country. I would love to go to Chocolate Hills, Boracay, Camiguin and Palawan's underground cave if only I have the resources. I've been to 100 islands, Tamboli beach in Mactan island, Baguio, Iloilo, Bacolod and Lanao. I'm from Cebu and I wish I could visit my father's farm.
• Philippines
5 Jul 10
wow.. you have been traveling a lot i guess.. i would love to visit bohol too.. i almost had the chance but my mom changed her mind on the last minute..
@evepin (721)
• Philippines
9 Jun 10
i would love to go north: batanes, pagudpud, rices terraces. i hope i get to visit those places in the future. i also want to go back to bohol because i wasnt able to check out the place that much (only stayed for 4 hours!). cheers and happy myLotting!
• Philippines
10 Jun 10
oh.. 4 hours... that is a really short time to visit a place.. im guessing it was just a stop over...
• Philippines
10 Jun 10
and oh, rice terraces, ive been hoping to visit that too since it was a wonder of the world... but seems like its not that wonderful as it used to be..
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
Since I am from Davao, (that is in the bootom part of the map), I want to visit the Batanes Island, (that's in the top of the map)as you can see, right? I am always curious about their living. They have struggle to overcome how many typhoons passed every season of the year. I am curious about how they in their solid house, that is really designed not to be destroyed by a typhoon. Most of all, I want to visit all places in general. That would be my dream. But, I'm scared to travel going there. I can't imagine riding in a small boat reaching that place. I need some inspiration to be able to do that.
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
haha.. you mean traveling to an island by banca or a pump boat? is that what you mean? im scared of that too simply because i dont know how to swim... lol i would even make sure i dont move too much... bring friends that knows how to swim.. lol... or maybe you can bring your own life jacket..
• Philippines
11 Jun 10
I would say Dapitan is a nice place to stay for a vacation, especially in Dakak. Wow, it has a nice beach and the area is breathtaking.. You could try and visit the place yourself.
• Philippines
5 Jul 10
if i get the chance i will definitely will..
• Indonesia
10 Jun 10
well. i heard Philippines is a good country. and i have a dream to visit all the best place in there. but i suggest to you to visit indonesia to. and for this time can show me the wonderful place in your country.
• Philippines
10 Jun 10
if opportunity knock i would definitely let that in, and so i could visit indonesia...
• Philippines
13 Jun 10
I want to go and have a vacation in El Nido, Palawan.
• Philippines
6 Jul 10
i dont really know what to expect in El Nido, Palawan.. but i know palawan is a nice place
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
oh, that's right.. i would love to go to ilocos.. see the pagudpod beach and go to vigan... =) but i guess i have been to palawan already and for beaches, i think palawan's got one of the best!!!
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
yup.. i beleive ilocos has a lot to offer... and yeah, ive heard that palawan has lots of wonderful beaches..
@Krisaea (114)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
Wow! I also dreamed to visit those plases but my schedule does not permit. Iam so busy tetaching online.I hope i can visit my hometown in Antique so i can promote it to my nonFiipinos students. Many of them wanted to come back in the Philippines. I have been in Hongkong every summer ( Philippines season) yet i do not have time to move around here. I wish the government would place a souvenir store for every places we have here. I just have the chance to see Tagaytay, Laguna, Quezon and Cavite. I saw only few souvenir shops unlike in Hongkong..it's everywhere...
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
yup.. souvenir shops are really important... i wouldnt want to miss buying souvenir if i go to a new place...
@don_naces (464)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
I am planning to visit Bohol. My colleagues told me that the place is really beautiful. They have a lot to offer. The foods are not expensive. There are lots of beautiful places and beaches. And most of all, the people are so friendly.
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
yup.. i want to visit bohol too.. my sister have been there and so my mom... and they both want to go back...
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
I want to go back to Baguio. I served there as a missionary for 18 months and my stay there was really nice. I want to see the place again, I want to see my friends there again. If I would be given the chance to go back, I will be going to sagada. Sadly I wasnt able to go there during my stay.
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
i have been in baguio too.. and hoping i could visit it again... its a wonderful place, its cold and i got chapped lips there.. lol maybe we will see each other there... lol
@ronz30 (275)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
I think I will visit boracay , bohol and palawan .. they are all a perfect places to have our vacations..
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
yeah... boracay... i would love to wear my bikini there.. lol...
@labea17 (443)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
I want to visit a lot of places here in the Philippines cos this is such a beautiful country. I have visited other countries and explored other countries, but I haven't explored my own. What a shame. Anyway, I would like to visit CamSur someday and finally learn to ride the waves. I heard that CamSur is really a place for both pro and non-pro surfers. Oh, Lago de Oro is a nice place too for wake boarding. Me and my friends also planned to go to Anawangin in Zambales but we never pushed through because of the differences in our schedule, but we really would want to go there! I have seen many pictures and heard good things about that beautiful and heavenly place. Another place that I want to visit is Vigan and Pagudpud in Ilocos. Man, those places are just simply enchanting. My friend visited Pagudpud once and he told me that it is so beautiful and it has white sand beaches. There are still many places that I would love to visit. Maybe in due time. :)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
wow.. well, at least you have visited other countries, not everybody had the chance and one of them is me.. lol yeah, camsur you could go wake boarding there... our company has a site in camsur and we are hoping we could visit the place... the problem is time... hate it when the plan is all set but there is no time...