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Food and Culture | Philippines

Baguio: Dining at Hillstation Restaurant

By PinayTraveller on February 28, 2013

If you’re headed for Baguio, don’t miss dining at Hillstation Restaurant.  Set in the old ballroom of the newly renovated Casa Vallejo, the fine dining restaurant serves traditional Pinoy comfort food as well as colonial classics. The grand staircase leads down to the old ballroom which was frequented by Baguio socialites back in the day. […]

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A Thousand Reasons to Go to the Philippines!

By PinayTraveller on February 21, 2013

So you’re contemplating on seeing some of the 7, 107 islands in the Philippines, yes? Well, we can’t blame you. There are a thousand reasons why you should come here. For one, we have fiestas. Lots of them! And everyone here… We also love playing with words… Let’s face it. What you really want is […]

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Destinations | Food and Culture | Japan

The Wolfgang Puck Express in Harajuku

By PinayTraveller on January 26, 2013

Celebrity Chef Wolfgang Puck’s business thrives well in Japan.  But my discovery of the Iron Chef’s restaurant in Tokyo was purely accidental.  My friend Arnold and I were going to see Harajuku, that famous street where young Japanese people hang out dressed in their favorite anime characters. I personally wanted to see this: But when […]

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1,000 square meters of Tubbataha Reef Damaged by USS Guardian

By PinayTraveller on January 24, 2013

If you have been following the news lately, you’d know that the US minesweeper USS Guardian has run aground the Tubbataha Reef last January 17. Today, initial assessment by the US Navy and Philippine divers reveal that about 1,000 square meters of the reef has been damaged. The minesweeper has been stuck in the reef […]

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Asia | Philippines | Photography

Guest Post: A Quick Trip to Cebu

By PinayTraveller on January 20, 2013

I’m so excited to introduce to you my guest blogger today, my dear friend Ian Reyno. Ian is the Creative Head of ABS-CBN.  He’s behind some of the top rating shows you see on the network.  We met years ago while he was the Creative Director, and I, the Head Writer, of the now defunct […]

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