Cebu Pacific Wandering Juan online photo contest: the winners

Our warmest congratulations to the winners of the Cebu Pacific Wandering Juan online photo contest which we wrote about here before. Competition must have been tight among the travel aficionados who joined the contest, and finally here are the winners:

Resty Uy bagged the top prize in the popular sights category plus a free trip to Singapore. He submitted a dramatic shot of a tsinelas (slippers) being illuminated by the setting sun in Coron, Palawan.
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This Cebu Pacific Wandering Juan went to …… Coron, Palawan

Our trip to Coron, Palawan last September would prove to be one of the most memorable ever, especially for this blogger who is Little Miss Afraid of Plane Rides I really should know better than ride a propeller plane on bad weather, but there was simply the inescapable lure of Coron beckoning me and the hubby on our planned second honeymoon.

Our plane wasn’t even half-full when we left NAIA Terminal 2 that morning. I felt comforted by a group of giggling college students who were having the time of their lives taking group pictures before the flight. Like us, they were excited because this was their first trip to Coron too. I would see the same college students holding the motion discomfort bags 30 minutes later, when it became evident that the plane ride was far from being pleasant.

On the other hand, Mr. Z – who’s used to riding helicopters- considered it normal, even though at one point he commented: “I don’t know why they’re flying into the clouds, when they should be over the clouds.”

I distract myself by talking to the stewardess:

Me: Miss, have you been in a flight this,ehrmm, turbulent?
FA: Yes ma’am.
Me: Oh well, what flight was it?
FA: In an Airbus.
Me: Oh. So why hasn’t the pilot spoken since the flight started?
(and before Miss FA can answer me, the pilot is finally overheard on the PA system)

Pilot: Ladies and gentlemen, we are now approaching Busuanga Airport. Please expect light to moderate turbulence before we land…..

WAAAHHH!
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Cebu Pacific Wandering Juan online photo contest

Just got this from the mail a few hours ago. Just goes to prove how top budget airline Cebu Pacific knows their marketing, despite the flight delays, LOL. They have launched the Wandering Juan Photo Contest in time for the lean travelling months of July to October. Get your pics taken in your location of choice, and have a chance to win free round trip tickets for two to Cebu Pacific international destinations, namely Singapore, Bangkok and Kota Kinabalu.

Highlights of the contest mechanics are the following:

1. Local (Filipino) and foreign travellers are eligible to join, for as long as they bought their CebuPac tickets from July 1 to Oct. 31, 2009.

2. Entries should fall under any of these categories:

- Photos of landmarks and other sceneries, with a caption of no more than six sentences.

- Photos of local residents, with a description of the person (including name and occupation) or a memorable quote from the person not exceeding six sentences.

- Travelogue with a series of five photographs that tell a story. It must come with a one-sentence caption.
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