Credit it to forgetfulness, nay, time chasing, that a meal of 70 pesos ($1.50) almost left me broke in Iloilo City as I was en route to Cebu via Bacolod City. Good thing, technology and the internet coupled with the wonders of Western Union played important roles and saved the day. So to speak.
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Langyaw.com wins in the recent Philippine Blog Awards 2009.
Ang Langyaw got featured in the country’s top broadsheet, Sunday edition, 17 May 09.
The habal-habal sped off down the slope in Damay, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon as I sat just behind the rambunctious driver…
What was a sunny afternoon across the open sea turned out to be a scary trip. Despite this, I arrived from Cuyo in one piece.
Joining the Black Nazarene procession in Manila on 9 January is madness!
If I’ve stuck to my original schedule of going on a Friday, I would not have come into problems.
The image of the Black Nazarene, or Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno, to many of its fervent devotees will be on its yearly translacion, Saturday, 9 January. This is a commemoration of the 1787 transfer from the Recollect Church in Intramuros to it its current shrine in Quiapo, the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene.
My name is Estan Cabigas, an avid traveler, multiawarded blogger and photographer.
I enjoy the freedom that going to places entails, both the trip itself and the destination, revelling in the many things that the act of travel offers: the sounds, the sights, the people and the flavors.
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