The streets in Manila are crowded with vendors selling all sorts of wares. First picture shows a boy selling bubble toys and demonstrating it in the process by throwing bubbles in the air :) The second one is making her living telling fortunes of people. There are lots of fortunetellers like her just outside a church in Quiapo, a crowded district in our city. It seems an irony that you profess your faith and then outside, there are lots of old women claiming to tell the future, and more. ... Continue Reading...
Penang hawker food
What made my short stay in Penang so worth it is that I didn't taste anything that wasn't to my liking. Meaning, everything was delicious to my curious tastebuds. I didn't even eat in a restaurant labelled as "fine dining." Because to have an inkling of Penang cuisine, you'd have to be there on the streets, where the cooking mamas chop onions as fast as those chefs on TV in their little stalls and serve food on makeshift tables. Outsiders would have the impression that whipping up good hawker food was a way of life there, and the practice was passed on through ... Continue Reading...
A short journey to Georgetown, Penang
We stayed in Georgetown, Penang at about the same amount of time it took us to get there - a total of 10 hours from Kuala Lumpur, and back. It wasn't really much of a bother as the ride was smooth and it afforded views of the Malaysian countryside I haven't seen. Add to this my determination to go to Penang because of all the things I've read about it in publications like 1000 Places to See Before You Die and more recently New York Times' 44 Places to Go in 2009. Curious old me wanted to see what the hype was all about. And glad to say I wasn't disappointed. ... Continue Reading...
Fuego Hotels unveil 7Stones Boracay Suites
Just when you think Boracay is the overcrowded paradise it is, high-end developers refute that by saying "the best is yet to come." Proof is the forthcoming unveiling soon of a Shang-ri la resort in the island and the soft-opening this March of 7Stones Boracay Suites, to be managed by the same people behind Punta Fuego in Batangas, Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay, Hotel Vida in Clark and Pearl Farm in Davao. I guess it all depends on which part of Boracay you're in. While Station 2 is just about cramped, the new Fuego Hotels property is located in Bulabog Beach, a ... Continue Reading...
Boracay, Penang & 44 Places to Go in 2009
This piece of news is a tad too old, but am retelling it here because I don't think too many local bloggers made mention of the fact that Boracay Island made it to the New York Times list of "44 Places to Go in 2009." (January 11 issue, ugh.) In fact, I just stumbled upon this a few weeks ago while researching about Penang, Malaysia - the other Asian country in the list, along with Phuket, Thailand and India. It does make we wonder if they made the list before the security situation in the latter two countries. Not to be a killjoy about it, but don't you think ... Continue Reading...
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