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A Trip To The Philippines Through The Eyes Of Malaysians

Find out what it's like venturing into the Philippines as a Malaysian!

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"Similar to Jonker Street in Malaysia, Vigan's Calle Crisologo or Mena Crisologo Street is a must visit and this is perfected when one is riding a kalesa (or calesa); a local horse-drawn carriage."

'The best tips that can be shared is that if you wish to visit Vigan, you must experience it in 2 ambience or mood that is during day time and at night.'

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"Heritage homes owned by Filipino-Chinese traders are now the main attratcions on Calle Crisologo Street, a subject matter loved by pthotographers. Some of these homes have turned into a mini museum, souvenir shops, resturants, some even converted into hostels or inns."

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"Anilao really has quite a lot to offer - on the surface it is quite an unassuming peninsula, there isn’t any great beach nor excellent landscape; but underwater it’s a very different story altogether."

A nudibranch – Nembrotha kubaryana - taken by Kyspeaks during a diving trip to Anilao.

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"Anilao is a pretty popular diving destination in the Philippines due to its proximity from Manila, as well as the myriad of underwater creatures the various dive sites has to offer. If you love macro (those small stuff like nudibranch, crabs, shrimps, etc), you will love Anilao."

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"Camiguin Island is one of the few real gems in the Southern Philippines; the island's name 'island born of fire' is well deserved, and is quite interesting."

Camiguin is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) off the northern coast of Mindanao.

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"Easter Holidays – Camiguin Island is a popular destination during this time. With many people taking a walk of devotion around the whole island, which takes 16-18 hours or more depending on your fitness level. Many people do this walk at night to avoid the heat. Christians also embark on a hill top walk to visit the 'stations of the cross'."

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"The first glimpse of the windmills at Bangui Wind Farm, we all went 'Ahhh...Ohhhhh...Look, look! Sunset! At one point, I almost felt like Optimus Prime was going to jump down and take the blade to fight some sea monster or something."

The first power generating windmill farm in Southeast Asia, commonly known as Bangui Wind Farm, is found in the municipality of Bangui.

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"We took a bus from Batac City to Bangui enroute to Pagudpud. As usual, the plan was simple, stop in Bangui to check-out the wind farm at sunset."

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"Nothing much happened after that, we ran everywhere and at every direction to take some perasan-lovely shots. Memang agak jakun lah jugak, besar kot kan. Sekarang tengah cuaca El Nino nih, I patut angkut a few balik pasang kat KL kan!?! Hahhahhah... ada setuju?"

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"Even with the long and tiring travel from KL to Boracay, seeing the beautiful white sandy beach and blue seas, it’s all worth it…"

' The biggest draw to this beach destination, has got to be White Beach, the bustling tourist spot, over 4 km of hotels, resorts, restaurants, street vendors and stalls.'

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"Boracay is named 2012 No.1 World’s Best Island featured on NBC’s Today Show and Travel + Leisure’s No. 1 island destinations in 2012, and still continued to be my favourite beach holiday destinations in the world. Love the place, the food, the people."

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"Philippines might sound like there's nothing to shop for but you will be shocked at how there are plenty of shopping malls in Manila city itself."

A photo of Greenbelt 5 in Manila - Greenbelt is a shopping mall located at Ayala Center, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines which is just near Glorietta and SM Makati.

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"The dried mangoes were so delicious and yummy! Regret for buying so little. Bought most of my food and snack from supermarket of SM Mall of Asia."

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