Tacloban Restaurants: Ocho Seafood and Grill
31 January 2010
Tutubi visited Tacloban City and parts of Leyte province three times in a span of three years and was treated by his three different hosts to this restaurant thrice making it probably the most recommended restaurant in Tacloban for visitors to the new highly-urbanized city of Eastern Visayas.
Ocho Seafood & Grill is themed like Cebu's famous sutukil though there's a "stupid" policy of prohibiting taking of pictures at the counter where seafood are to be ordered and cooked according to your preferences. Picture taking of the dining area and of course the food is however allowed.
Sample photos of the restaurant in downtown Tacloban taken by a hungry Tutubi eager to eat rather than taking better photos.
the interior in typical dim-light setting
lapu-lapu (grouper) in sweet and sour sauce
kilaw/kilawin/kinilaw na may gata
grilled squid
baked scallops
Brief review and comments:
Ocho's claim to fame probably is the speed of delivering your orders without compromising quality. The usual orders came in about 15 minutes in all times Tutubi visited the place. Budget for each person is about P400/meal (typical, no menu, just point the main ingredients, sutukil-style, and the way to cook it). Reservations are needed if you plan to go on Friday night dinners and weekends.
The toilet, during Tutubi's initial visit, needs a little cleaning due to urinal drippings but squeaky clean during his second and last visits.
It's also here that Tutubi encountered tuna skin chicharon, healthier alternative to the evil pork skin kind.
Should you ever find yourself in Tacloban City, this restaurant is sure to be the one first to be recommended "where to eat in Tacloban" list. Tutubi however loves the pakdol (bulalo) of Calle Z (Calle Zaragoza Cafe) and the homey ambiance and budget-friendly price of Yolanda's Seafood near Tacloban Airport. For coffee addicts, there's no Starbucks branch in the big city (thank goodness) but there's Jose Karlo's cafe downtown near Sto. Nino Church.
Ocho Seafood & Grill is themed like Cebu's famous sutukil though there's a "stupid" policy of prohibiting taking of pictures at the counter where seafood are to be ordered and cooked according to your preferences. Picture taking of the dining area and of course the food is however allowed.
Sample photos of the restaurant in downtown Tacloban taken by a hungry Tutubi eager to eat rather than taking better photos.
the interior in typical dim-light setting
lapu-lapu (grouper) in sweet and sour sauce
kilaw/kilawin/kinilaw na may gata
grilled squid
baked scallopsBrief review and comments:
Ocho's claim to fame probably is the speed of delivering your orders without compromising quality. The usual orders came in about 15 minutes in all times Tutubi visited the place. Budget for each person is about P400/meal (typical, no menu, just point the main ingredients, sutukil-style, and the way to cook it). Reservations are needed if you plan to go on Friday night dinners and weekends.
The toilet, during Tutubi's initial visit, needs a little cleaning due to urinal drippings but squeaky clean during his second and last visits.
It's also here that Tutubi encountered tuna skin chicharon, healthier alternative to the evil pork skin kind.
Should you ever find yourself in Tacloban City, this restaurant is sure to be the one first to be recommended "where to eat in Tacloban" list. Tutubi however loves the pakdol (bulalo) of Calle Z (Calle Zaragoza Cafe) and the homey ambiance and budget-friendly price of Yolanda's Seafood near Tacloban Airport. For coffee addicts, there's no Starbucks branch in the big city (thank goodness) but there's Jose Karlo's cafe downtown near Sto. Nino Church.
Labels: Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Leyte Restaurants, Tacloban City
posted by GingGoy @ 8:27 PM,
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Colorful Photos of Makati Caracol Festival 2010
24 January 2010
Just this morning Tutubi went to Makati to cover Caracol 2010 (Caracol 2010 Schedule posted earlier) and got to take pictures of parade participants in colorful costumes and was also able to meet, albeit for such a few seconds, the blogger behind Traveler on Foot who texted him a few hours earlier to inquire about Caracol Schedule.
Herewith are some photos of Makati Caracol 2010:
a participant eating her snack encumbered by her long-nailed costume.
aren't they cute and colorful in their flower costume?
three kawaii girls resting while waiting at the Gabriela Silang carpark assembly area at the corner of Ayala Avenue and Makati Avenue in front of The Peninsula Manila
kids in black spider costumes praying in group huddle a few minutes before the parade started. On the background is the Makati Shangri-la Hotel, 6750 Ayala building
a dancer in colorful festival costume with all smiles despite the heat of the afternoon sun
Comments: Caracol Festival 2010 didn't start on time, just like earlier reported editions of the festival that always jibe with Cebu's Sinulog festival, Kalibo's Ati-atihan, or Iloilo's Dinagyang Festival. The advertised time of activities was 2pm but the actual parade started around 4pm. It was, however, a photographer's day as many shutterbugs (even a bunch of lomography enthusiasts) trooped to the deserted Ayala Avenue for colorful photo-op to the extent of blocking and interrupting the actual parade to capture the perfect shot.
Sa Makati, hindi tama sa oras. 'Wag naman sana ganyan din lagi sa buong bayan!
Herewith are some photos of Makati Caracol 2010:
a participant eating her snack encumbered by her long-nailed costume.
aren't they cute and colorful in their flower costume?
three kawaii girls resting while waiting at the Gabriela Silang carpark assembly area at the corner of Ayala Avenue and Makati Avenue in front of The Peninsula Manila
kids in black spider costumes praying in group huddle a few minutes before the parade started. On the background is the Makati Shangri-la Hotel, 6750 Ayala building
a dancer in colorful festival costume with all smiles despite the heat of the afternoon sunComments: Caracol Festival 2010 didn't start on time, just like earlier reported editions of the festival that always jibe with Cebu's Sinulog festival, Kalibo's Ati-atihan, or Iloilo's Dinagyang Festival. The advertised time of activities was 2pm but the actual parade started around 4pm. It was, however, a photographer's day as many shutterbugs (even a bunch of lomography enthusiasts) trooped to the deserted Ayala Avenue for colorful photo-op to the extent of blocking and interrupting the actual parade to capture the perfect shot.
Sa Makati, hindi tama sa oras. 'Wag naman sana ganyan din lagi sa buong bayan!
Labels: Festivals, Makati, Metro Manila, National Capital Region
posted by GingGoy @ 9:37 PM,
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How to Make Bagoong Pangasinan: Heavenly, Stinking Fish Sauce
19 January 2010
A visit or a drive-by Pangasinan won't ever be complete without noticing stalls and stalls of various Pangasinan pasalubong in bottles called bagoong and patis, but it's more enlightening if a short visit to a bagoong factory, particularly in Lingayen, would be made for a short cultural tour of bagoong making.
How to make Bagoong?
Bagoong's ingredients are just fish (usually galunggong (round scad), dilis (anchovy) and tirong (similar to dilis)), solar salt (naturally evaporated salt from seawater sourced mainly from the towns of Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan) and water, mixed together and left to ferment for a few months in earthen pots called burnay in Ilocos. It's a process where patis is also created.
a room full of earthen pots, called burnay in the vernacular, where bagoong fermentation process takes place for a few months
burnay jar with bagoong up close
a motion-blurred picture of a bagoong maker stirring the stinking concoction of fermented fish, salt and water
patis (fish sauce) and bagoong for sale at a roadside stall selling pasalubong on the national highway in Lingayen, Pangasinan
With the mixture of fish, salt and water fermenting inside the clay pots (the burnay) for a few months resulting in the exotic aroma loved by many, hated by some, combine it with calamansi for a truly Filipino dip for almost everything or an ulam by itself to underprivileged Filipinos.
Bagoong is loved so much by Filipinos that it's not uncommon to see them at airports trying to "smuggle" bottles hand-carried only to be intercepted at destination airports abroad by customs and quarantine people (e.g. Australia and the US).
Bagoong, the stinking fish sauce of Pangasinan: Smells like hell yet tastes like heaven.
Related Post:
Rufina Patis Factory, Malabon
How to make Bagoong?
Bagoong's ingredients are just fish (usually galunggong (round scad), dilis (anchovy) and tirong (similar to dilis)), solar salt (naturally evaporated salt from seawater sourced mainly from the towns of Bolinao and Anda, Pangasinan) and water, mixed together and left to ferment for a few months in earthen pots called burnay in Ilocos. It's a process where patis is also created.
a room full of earthen pots, called burnay in the vernacular, where bagoong fermentation process takes place for a few months
burnay jar with bagoong up close
a motion-blurred picture of a bagoong maker stirring the stinking concoction of fermented fish, salt and water
patis (fish sauce) and bagoong for sale at a roadside stall selling pasalubong on the national highway in Lingayen, PangasinanWith the mixture of fish, salt and water fermenting inside the clay pots (the burnay) for a few months resulting in the exotic aroma loved by many, hated by some, combine it with calamansi for a truly Filipino dip for almost everything or an ulam by itself to underprivileged Filipinos.
Bagoong is loved so much by Filipinos that it's not uncommon to see them at airports trying to "smuggle" bottles hand-carried only to be intercepted at destination airports abroad by customs and quarantine people (e.g. Australia and the US).
Bagoong, the stinking fish sauce of Pangasinan: Smells like hell yet tastes like heaven.
Related Post:
Rufina Patis Factory, Malabon
Labels: Filipino Food, Ilocos Region, Pangasinan, Pasalubong
posted by GingGoy @ 9:43 PM,
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Makati Caracol Festival Schedule: Mardi Gras on Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas
18 January 2010
It's time again for Makati's Mardi Gras-style fiesta called Caracol Festival with street dancing festivities similar to Cebu's Sinulog Festival, Iloilo's Dinagyang, Kalibo's Ati-atihan and Bacolod's Masskara Festival.
(Please click here for Pictures of Makati Caracol 2010)
Makati Caracol 2010 Schedule and parade route (image from Ayala Land)
January 24, 2010 at 2pm
Parade assembly area is at Gabriela Silang Carpark at the corner of Makati Avenue and Ayala Avenue (front of Peninsula Manila and beside Nielson Tower/Filipinas Heritage Library in the area called Ayala triangle)
Activity area is at the corner of Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas (where the Ninoy Aquino Monument stands with corner buildings of BPI, Insular Life, The Enterprise Center and Ayala Tower One (near Makati Stock Exchange)
Map of Makati's Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas where Caracol will be held:
Traffic advisory: Note that Ayala Avenue will be closed to traffic from Makati Avenue up to Salcedo St and Dela Costa while Paseo de Roxas closed from Sedeno st to Dela Rosa St.
Should you happen to go there, you might catch the flightless Tutubi taking pictures for his trip to Dinagyang didn't push through as usual.
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How to get to Ayala Avenue, Makati:
How to commute to Ayala Avenue? It's easy via MRT Buendia Station where you can take a bus with signboard Ayala/LRT going to Baclaran or via LRT Sen. Gil Puyat Station (Buendia) where buses with signboard Ayala/Rustan's directly pass by the busy avenue (note the separate loading and unloading area designation is strictly enforced)
Street parking on Ayala Avenue is non-existent. You can park, however, on side-streets as Makati Parking Authority (MAPA) does not tow parked vehicles on weekends and holidays.
(Please click here for Pictures of Makati Caracol 2010)
Makati Caracol 2010 Schedule and parade route (image from Ayala Land)
January 24, 2010 at 2pm
Parade assembly area is at Gabriela Silang Carpark at the corner of Makati Avenue and Ayala Avenue (front of Peninsula Manila and beside Nielson Tower/Filipinas Heritage Library in the area called Ayala triangle)
Activity area is at the corner of Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas (where the Ninoy Aquino Monument stands with corner buildings of BPI, Insular Life, The Enterprise Center and Ayala Tower One (near Makati Stock Exchange)
Map of Makati's Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas where Caracol will be held:
Traffic advisory: Note that Ayala Avenue will be closed to traffic from Makati Avenue up to Salcedo St and Dela Costa while Paseo de Roxas closed from Sedeno st to Dela Rosa St.
Should you happen to go there, you might catch the flightless Tutubi taking pictures for his trip to Dinagyang didn't push through as usual.
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How to get to Ayala Avenue, Makati:
How to commute to Ayala Avenue? It's easy via MRT Buendia Station where you can take a bus with signboard Ayala/LRT going to Baclaran or via LRT Sen. Gil Puyat Station (Buendia) where buses with signboard Ayala/Rustan's directly pass by the busy avenue (note the separate loading and unloading area designation is strictly enforced)
Street parking on Ayala Avenue is non-existent. You can park, however, on side-streets as Makati Parking Authority (MAPA) does not tow parked vehicles on weekends and holidays.
Labels: Festivals, Makati, Metro Manila, National Capital Region
posted by GingGoy @ 9:34 PM,
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Tagaytay: Bulalo at Mahogany Market
13 January 2010
A trip to the cold mountain city of Tagaytay won't be complete without buying the usual Tagaytay pasalubong and partaking of tawilis and steaming hot bulalo: Filipino beef, bone marrow and vegetables soup.
One of the best places to get your fill of hot bulalo is at the famous home of Tagaytay beef i.e. Mahogany Market where various eateries and restaurants offer the comfort food, one of Tutubi's favorites, at a good price.
the row of bulalo eateries, caridenria style in front of Mahogany Market. parking spaces offered to restaurant customers
hot bulalo served in containers heated to protect the hot soup from the cold weather
bulalo served on Tutubi's bowl. Simplicity of the bulalo recipe is evident from the small number of ingredients present
How do you enjoy bulalo? It's sucking the bone for the "utak," actually bone marrow from a huge bone that always comes with a bulalo order. You may use a fork to scoop out the heavenly "evil" goodness.
Usual price of Bulalo is P300/order than can serve 4 persons, quite cheap though the ambiance is nowhere near your favorite Tagaytay restaurant.
For his usual serving of Bulalo in Metro Manila, Tutubi visits Bulakeno's Bulalo on West Avenue, Myrna's Bulalo at the corner of Tomas Morato and Kamuning and Bulaluhan sa Roces (all in Quezon City), Nita's Bulalo on Evangelista St. Pasay City and at the (in)famous Aling Sosing's at the corner of Dian and Zobel Roxas St in Makati (near the boundary of Manila).
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Click the link for details on how to get to Mahogany Market
One of the best places to get your fill of hot bulalo is at the famous home of Tagaytay beef i.e. Mahogany Market where various eateries and restaurants offer the comfort food, one of Tutubi's favorites, at a good price.
the row of bulalo eateries, caridenria style in front of Mahogany Market. parking spaces offered to restaurant customers
hot bulalo served in containers heated to protect the hot soup from the cold weather
bulalo served on Tutubi's bowl. Simplicity of the bulalo recipe is evident from the small number of ingredients presentHow do you enjoy bulalo? It's sucking the bone for the "utak," actually bone marrow from a huge bone that always comes with a bulalo order. You may use a fork to scoop out the heavenly "evil" goodness.
Usual price of Bulalo is P300/order than can serve 4 persons, quite cheap though the ambiance is nowhere near your favorite Tagaytay restaurant.
For his usual serving of Bulalo in Metro Manila, Tutubi visits Bulakeno's Bulalo on West Avenue, Myrna's Bulalo at the corner of Tomas Morato and Kamuning and Bulaluhan sa Roces (all in Quezon City), Nita's Bulalo on Evangelista St. Pasay City and at the (in)famous Aling Sosing's at the corner of Dian and Zobel Roxas St in Makati (near the boundary of Manila).
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Click the link for details on how to get to Mahogany Market
Labels: Tagaytay City, Tagaytay Restaurants
posted by GingGoy @ 9:59 PM,
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The Aborted Tour of Residence Inn, Tagaytay
A last minute decision to leave Picnic Grove ended up as a poor choice to head to Tagaytay zoo decided by a van driver that Tutubi didn't know turned out to be Residence Inn
The planned tour "tagaytay zoo" was canceled though at the last minute due to the rain, limited time (less than 2 hours to explore) made worse by a steep entrance fee of P200 is not cheap with too many kids in tow.
the frontage of Residence Inn on the highway
Tutubi has visited Residence Inn Zoo many moons ago and would love to re-visit some other time.
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How to get to Residence Inn, Tagaytay:
Please click this link on how to get there. It's generally on the national highway going to Nasugbu, Batangas.
Residence Inn Entrance Fee: PhP200.00
The planned tour "tagaytay zoo" was canceled though at the last minute due to the rain, limited time (less than 2 hours to explore) made worse by a steep entrance fee of P200 is not cheap with too many kids in tow.
the frontage of Residence Inn on the highwayTutubi has visited Residence Inn Zoo many moons ago and would love to re-visit some other time.
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How to get to Residence Inn, Tagaytay:
Please click this link on how to get there. It's generally on the national highway going to Nasugbu, Batangas.
Residence Inn Entrance Fee: PhP200.00
Labels: Tagaytay City
posted by GingGoy @ 8:11 PM,
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Salibanda: Water-rific Sto. Nino Festival of Paete, Laguna
11 January 2010
For people with no time and budget to witness the upcoming Sinulog Festival in Cebu; Ati-atihan festival in Kalibo, Aklan; Dinagyang festival in Iloilo, or other similar colorful street-dancing festivals scattered all over the archipelago, there's another festival in Tutubi's hometown of Paete, Laguna celebrated on the 3rd and 4th Sundays of January: the Salibanda.
Salibanda 2010 is scheduled on January 17 and 31 of this year, the third and fifth Sundays of the month (January 2010 has five Sundays). It's a devotion to the Sto. Nino by the people of Paete where the image of the child Jesus is paraded around town, with water splashed on the Sto. Nino, dancing revelers and sometimes on curious onlookers.
A mass schedule at 10am in Barangay Quinale, followed by watery parade around 1pm at Paete Church (San Santiago Apostol/St. James the Apostle Parish).
It's been years since Tutubi witnessed/participated in the Salibanda that's why you can't find any post on this blog about it, but this time he will be in Paete hopefully with some bloggers (including Sidney Snoeck of My Sarisari Store) in tow.
If you can make it to Paete on the 31st, please leave a comment. Tutubi may be able to show you around his hometown or at least point you in the right direction. You may also email your cellphone number to tutubi AT backpackingphilippines DOT com
last notes: protect your cameras and cellphones from water damage and bring extra clothes wrapped in plastic or ziplock bags. Do NOT wear red clothing to avoid getting wet (though it's not a guarantee so be prepared). Tutubi intends to use just his waterproof Olympus point-and-shoot camera to take photos of the fiesta.
Links:
Salibanda History
Salibanda Schedule
Salibanda 2010 is scheduled on January 17 and 31 of this year, the third and fifth Sundays of the month (January 2010 has five Sundays). It's a devotion to the Sto. Nino by the people of Paete where the image of the child Jesus is paraded around town, with water splashed on the Sto. Nino, dancing revelers and sometimes on curious onlookers.
A mass schedule at 10am in Barangay Quinale, followed by watery parade around 1pm at Paete Church (San Santiago Apostol/St. James the Apostle Parish).
It's been years since Tutubi witnessed/participated in the Salibanda that's why you can't find any post on this blog about it, but this time he will be in Paete hopefully with some bloggers (including Sidney Snoeck of My Sarisari Store) in tow.
If you can make it to Paete on the 31st, please leave a comment. Tutubi may be able to show you around his hometown or at least point you in the right direction. You may also email your cellphone number to tutubi AT backpackingphilippines DOT com
last notes: protect your cameras and cellphones from water damage and bring extra clothes wrapped in plastic or ziplock bags. Do NOT wear red clothing to avoid getting wet (though it's not a guarantee so be prepared). Tutubi intends to use just his waterproof Olympus point-and-shoot camera to take photos of the fiesta.
Links:
Salibanda History
Salibanda Schedule
Labels: Fiestas, Laguna, Paete, Southern Tagalog
posted by GingGoy @ 9:38 PM,
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Tagaytay Zipline & Cable Car at Picnic Grove (Entrance Fee and Rates)
06 January 2010
During pre-Christmas family field trip to Picnic Grove in Tagaytay, it's actually the Tagaytay Zipline and Cable Car that really got the curiosity of Tutubi though he knows it's a shorter version of the dizzying flying foxes of Mindanao particularly in Davao.
UPDATED: June 2015
The zipline cuts across a portion of Tagaytay ridge with lush vegetation below and the shimmering Taal Lake and Taal Volcano as backdrop. One souvenir photo is free to brave souls who tried to cross over. Mugs with photos of your adrenaline rush moment for sale at PhP200.
The zipline system uses a harness that can carry three persons as big as sumo wrestlers and two orange-colored tires as dampers to soften the landing on the platform
Flying like Superman with Taal Volcano on the background
Across the same valley and along the "flying fox" is Tagaytay cable car though the better can be found at Tagaytay Highlands.
Tagaytay Zipline and Cable Car is a separate company and not under the management of Tagaytay Picnic Grove.
Tagaytay Zipline specifications:
Height: 300 feet
Length: 250 meters
Speed: 60 kilometers per hour
UPDATED: March 2014
Picnic Grove Entrance Fee: PhP50.00
Tagaytay Zipline Rates and Souvenir Prices:
Weekday rate: PhP200.00/person one-way, PhP300.00/person round trip
Weekend and Holiday rate: PhP300.00/person one-way, PhP400.00/person round trip
Tip: parking can be a challenge in weekends but the area has large parking area but not much restaurants for a Tagaytay food trip
rates come with 1 free souvenir photo
Operating Hours:
Open Daily: 9am to 6pm
Open during Holidays (Christmas, Holy Week (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Black Saturday, Easter Sunday), New Years Day, Labor Day, my Birthday :)
Picnic Grove Foot spa:
(tip: try it on a weekday if you're a big group if you can to save on total zipline cost.)
Nope, this zipline is not the nearest to Metro Manila for in Quezon City Memorial Circle and at La Mesa Ecopark there are now ziplines in operation. The latest seems to be the new 200 meter long and 20 ft. high Rocket Zipline in Corregidor. Subic Tree Top Adventure Park also has what they call Superman zipline and all the others are in Mindanao.
Related Posts:
How to get to Tagaytay
Tagaytay Picnic Grove
Davao Zipline
La Mesa Ecopark
UPDATED: June 2015
The zipline cuts across a portion of Tagaytay ridge with lush vegetation below and the shimmering Taal Lake and Taal Volcano as backdrop. One souvenir photo is free to brave souls who tried to cross over. Mugs with photos of your adrenaline rush moment for sale at PhP200.
The zipline system uses a harness that can carry three persons as big as sumo wrestlers and two orange-colored tires as dampers to soften the landing on the platform
Flying like Superman with Taal Volcano on the background
Across the same valley and along the "flying fox" is Tagaytay cable car though the better can be found at Tagaytay Highlands.
Tagaytay Zipline and Cable Car is a separate company and not under the management of Tagaytay Picnic Grove.
Tagaytay Zipline specifications:
Height: 300 feet
Length: 250 meters
Speed: 60 kilometers per hour
UPDATED: March 2014
Picnic Grove Entrance Fee: PhP50.00
Tagaytay Zipline Rates and Souvenir Prices:
Weekday rate: PhP200.00/person one-way, PhP300.00/person round trip
Weekend and Holiday rate: PhP300.00/person one-way, PhP400.00/person round trip
Tip: parking can be a challenge in weekends but the area has large parking area but not much restaurants for a Tagaytay food trip
rates come with 1 free souvenir photo
Operating Hours:
Open Daily: 9am to 6pm
Open during Holidays (Christmas, Holy Week (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Black Saturday, Easter Sunday), New Years Day, Labor Day, my Birthday :)
Picnic Grove Foot spa:
(tip: try it on a weekday if you're a big group if you can to save on total zipline cost.)
Nope, this zipline is not the nearest to Metro Manila for in Quezon City Memorial Circle and at La Mesa Ecopark there are now ziplines in operation. The latest seems to be the new 200 meter long and 20 ft. high Rocket Zipline in Corregidor. Subic Tree Top Adventure Park also has what they call Superman zipline and all the others are in Mindanao.
Related Posts:
How to get to Tagaytay
Tagaytay Picnic Grove
Davao Zipline
La Mesa Ecopark
Labels: Adventure Tourism, Metro Tagaytay, Tagaytay City
posted by GingGoy @ 9:51 PM,
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Quiapo Black Nazarene Procession Route and Mass Schedule
04 January 2010
For the information of people going to Quiapo and Luneta on January 9 for the annual Black Nazarene procession or people figuring out how to avoid horrendous traffic on that day.
This year's theme: "Tunay na deboto, matuwid at masunuring katiwala ng Poong Hesus Nazareno (The true devotee is honest and an obedient trustee of the Lord, Jesus the Nazarene)."
The grand procession of the Black Nazarene on January 9 would start at 7:30 am from the Quirino Grandstand after the 6 a.m. concelebrated mass by Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales.
Quiapo Black Nazarene Mass Schedule:
0600HRS celebrated by Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta (Rizal Park)
Quiapo Black Nazarene Procession Route:
From Quirino Grandstand, the Black Nazarene would turn left to Katigbak Drive through Padre Burgos St., left to Taft Avenue through McArthur Bridge, right to Palanca St., left to Estero Cegado, right to Carriedo, left to Evangelista St., right to Puyat St./Raon, right to Quezon Blvd. thru Quezon Brdge, left to Palanca St., left to Globo De Oro St., left to Gunao St.
From Gunao St., the image would turn right to Arlegui St., right to Fraternal St., right to Vergara St., left to Duque de Alba St., left to Castillejos St., left to Farnecio St., right to Arlegui St., left to Nepomuceno St., left to Aguila St., right to Carcer St., right to Hidalgo St. through Plaza del Carmen then left to Bilibid Viejo through Puyat St.
From Bilibid Viejo, the image will be brought to left of Guzman St., right to Hidalgo St., left to Barbosa St., right to Globo De Oro through Quezon Bridge under, right to Palanca St., then right to Villalobos St., through Plaza Miranda.
Quiapo Church Mass Schedules:
Hourly masses on January 9 begin at 3 a.m. to 12 noon and from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m
Traffic Advisory:
At 5 a.m. onwards, southbound of Quezon Blvd from Andalucia/Fugoso to Plaza Miranda, stretch of Lerma from P. Campa to westbound Quezon Blvd and the route of the procession will be closed to all vehicles.
On January 8, the Pahalik will start at 1 p.m. followed by a band parade at 3:30 p.m., and mass and healing service at 5 p.m.
Source: Inquirer.net
This year's theme: "Tunay na deboto, matuwid at masunuring katiwala ng Poong Hesus Nazareno (The true devotee is honest and an obedient trustee of the Lord, Jesus the Nazarene)."
The grand procession of the Black Nazarene on January 9 would start at 7:30 am from the Quirino Grandstand after the 6 a.m. concelebrated mass by Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales.
Quiapo Black Nazarene Mass Schedule:
0600HRS celebrated by Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta (Rizal Park)
Quiapo Black Nazarene Procession Route:
From Quirino Grandstand, the Black Nazarene would turn left to Katigbak Drive through Padre Burgos St., left to Taft Avenue through McArthur Bridge, right to Palanca St., left to Estero Cegado, right to Carriedo, left to Evangelista St., right to Puyat St./Raon, right to Quezon Blvd. thru Quezon Brdge, left to Palanca St., left to Globo De Oro St., left to Gunao St.
From Gunao St., the image would turn right to Arlegui St., right to Fraternal St., right to Vergara St., left to Duque de Alba St., left to Castillejos St., left to Farnecio St., right to Arlegui St., left to Nepomuceno St., left to Aguila St., right to Carcer St., right to Hidalgo St. through Plaza del Carmen then left to Bilibid Viejo through Puyat St.
From Bilibid Viejo, the image will be brought to left of Guzman St., right to Hidalgo St., left to Barbosa St., right to Globo De Oro through Quezon Bridge under, right to Palanca St., then right to Villalobos St., through Plaza Miranda.
Quiapo Church Mass Schedules:
Hourly masses on January 9 begin at 3 a.m. to 12 noon and from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m
Traffic Advisory:
At 5 a.m. onwards, southbound of Quezon Blvd from Andalucia/Fugoso to Plaza Miranda, stretch of Lerma from P. Campa to westbound Quezon Blvd and the route of the procession will be closed to all vehicles.
On January 8, the Pahalik will start at 1 p.m. followed by a band parade at 3:30 p.m., and mass and healing service at 5 p.m.
Source: Inquirer.net
Labels: Fiestas
posted by GingGoy @ 10:25 PM,
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PAGASA: Partial Solar Eclipse on January 15, 2010
For explorers and sun-worshippers, there will be another partial solar eclipse visible in the Philippines on January 15, 2010.
For Metro Manila, any place with a good view of the sun is the best vantage point to witness the solar event. According to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Metro Manila people will witness about 39.1 percent of the sun’s diameter blacked out by the moon. The partial solar eclipse will start at 3:49 pm with the maximum eclipse at 4:53 pm and ending at 5:51 pm.
The best vantage poitn/viewing area for the annular solar eclipse (no total eclipse this time) would be in the middle of the Indian Ocean but also visible across central Africa, and eastern Asia.
Hope this phenomenon will be more visible, unlike the partial solar eclipse last year obscured by clouds of the rainy season.
Tutubi expects to also gain another power, similar to Hiro Nakamura, to be the master of space and time, for him to explore places and to actually watch past events for an accurate report of historical past.
Lastly, do not look directly at the sun during the eclipse to avoid eye damage. Use a suitable filter or better look at it's reflection on surface of water.
For Metro Manila, any place with a good view of the sun is the best vantage point to witness the solar event. According to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Metro Manila people will witness about 39.1 percent of the sun’s diameter blacked out by the moon. The partial solar eclipse will start at 3:49 pm with the maximum eclipse at 4:53 pm and ending at 5:51 pm.
The best vantage poitn/viewing area for the annular solar eclipse (no total eclipse this time) would be in the middle of the Indian Ocean but also visible across central Africa, and eastern Asia.
Hope this phenomenon will be more visible, unlike the partial solar eclipse last year obscured by clouds of the rainy season.
Tutubi expects to also gain another power, similar to Hiro Nakamura, to be the master of space and time, for him to explore places and to actually watch past events for an accurate report of historical past.
Lastly, do not look directly at the sun during the eclipse to avoid eye damage. Use a suitable filter or better look at it's reflection on surface of water.
Labels: To Infinity and Beyond
posted by GingGoy @ 9:05 PM,
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PAGASA: Quadrantid Meteor Shower January 1-7
01 January 2010
And you thought Tutubi just wanted to explore this earth and not beyond? Tutubi has has always been a stargazer and frustrated space explorer. He can still identify major constellations in the sky on a clear night but this time he's intent on catching the ongoing passing of the Quandrantid meteors.
(this is just an FYI post, no pictures of meteor showers here as Tutubi's not equipped for such phenomenon. He can only used his still unused 10x binoculars for stargazing and meteor showers like this one)
Quandrantid meteor is active from January 1 to 7.
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), skywatchers can train their eyes on the northeastern skies south of the Big Dipper (Big Dipper is an easy to spot seven stars shaped like a kite with tail or a laddle and part of the constellation Ursa Major) and expect about 40 meteors per hour to pass by.
Too many falling stars on a single night? Have many wishes? :P
(this is just an FYI post, no pictures of meteor showers here as Tutubi's not equipped for such phenomenon. He can only used his still unused 10x binoculars for stargazing and meteor showers like this one)
Quandrantid meteor is active from January 1 to 7.
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), skywatchers can train their eyes on the northeastern skies south of the Big Dipper (Big Dipper is an easy to spot seven stars shaped like a kite with tail or a laddle and part of the constellation Ursa Major) and expect about 40 meteors per hour to pass by.
Too many falling stars on a single night? Have many wishes? :P
Labels: To Infinity and Beyond
posted by GingGoy @ 9:14 PM,
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Follow Tutubi on Twitter/ Contact Email Address
Due to insistent demand from friends and numerous email invites from people that Tutubi doesn't even know, he began exploring Twitter for them to follow his wanderings and explorations in quite near real time.
Please click and visit Tutubi's Twitter page for short messages that most of the time won't find their way on this blog.
For your information too, Tutubi can be contacted through his email address:
tutubi AT backpackingphilippines DOT com
Happy New Year, everybody!
Please click and visit Tutubi's Twitter page for short messages that most of the time won't find their way on this blog.
For your information too, Tutubi can be contacted through his email address:
tutubi AT backpackingphilippines DOT com
Happy New Year, everybody!
Labels: Floobydust
posted by GingGoy @ 7:42 PM,
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