One of the biggest holidays in the Philippines is All Saints Day. Like Christmas, Holy Week and New Year, the first day of November is widely celebrated across the archipelago. Expect exodus of people specially to …
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A Glimpse of Manila Metropolitan Theater

A landmark on her own right, the Manila Metropolitan Theater or simply the MET was designed by the great Filipino architect Juan Arellano, the same man who designed the Manila Central Post Office Building and Jones Bridge.
Continue readingLeyte Landing Memorial: A Memorial for a Fulfilled Promise

The province of Leyte will forever be remembered in history as the site where General Douglas MacArthur of United States Armed Forces fulfilled his promise to return after the Japanese forces occupied the Philippines in …
Continue readingKuala Terengganu Attractions

Museum Negara / Terengganu State Museum Situated in a three hectare complex in Losong, Museum Negara or the Terengganu State Museum is considered as the biggest museum complex in South East Asia. It is the …
Continue readingLuzon Datum of 1911: The Center of the Philippines in Marinduque

Known as Luzon Datum of 1911 or Station Balanacan, this piece of stone marker is located on top of a hill that locals call Mataas na Bundok or Mt. Mataas in Barangay Hinanggayon, town of Mogpog.
Continue readingPalaui Lighthouse: Faro de Cabo Engaño (Cape Engaño Lighthouse)

The northeastern most tip of the main island of Luzon harbors a lonely yet beautiful sentinel of the sea – Palaui Lighthouse, officially named Cape Engaño Lighthouse or Farol de Cabo Engaño by the Spaniards.
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