Today we went chasing waterfalls near Manila. We had been told of waterfalls, that were supposed to rival the famous Pagsanhan Falls, at a place called Majayjay (ma-high-high) and were determined to find them and compare.

We took the South Superhighway from Manila to Calamba thence along the highway towards Lucena. That was the easy bit; the problem is that many of the signposts that indicate changes of direction are obscured by new vegetation. Once we found ourselves in San Pablo City the fun started . . . the trick was to look for the roadsigns to Rizal, to get out of San Pablo City, only then to expect directions to Majayjay. Some of the prettiest Philippine roads and villages are along this route; the town of Rizal, for example, is not dissimilar to any number of quaint, European tourist towns. The town of Majayjay is about 25 kilometers from San Pablo City along a well paved road that twists and turns around the northern perimeter of Mount Banahaw (also spelt Mount Banahao) -- the...

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So You travel to the philippines and need ideas of things to do in Metro Manila.

There are some very large shopping centers, which can take a while to walk around, Perfect to waste some time.

There are some trips around China Town which i have not done, Remember don't look too much like a tourist.

If you want you can head over to the American Cemetery in Fort Bonifacio that is a sight in it self.

They keep it up and it really is worth a walk around. If you cannot walk that far or getting a little old like my parents they have a shuttle to take you from the car park to memorial.

What else? There is the Manila Zoo, they have made some improvements but it is not up Australian Standards. You will get to see some of their animals which is nice.

There is Intramuros, this is the old City, they have some horse rides, it is a good day out walking about and there is an area setup which changes every month or earlier to show off different provinces and their products.

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I am taking every Saturday to do trips to different places I went to Intramorous last week.

It was a nice sunny day and the wife and i have not been there for a long time.

So we all jumped into a taxi an headed off to Intramorous.

The driver took the scenic route, I looked really like a tourist.. But actually the cost from Makati was only 110 Peso, So no real compaints there.

Once there we were dropped off at the church, which has done some work on the front and added a glass door inside the old wooden doors, Some people have no ideas how to keep a place historical..

Anyway it is a beautiful church and very nice inside and out.

From there we walked up to the clam shell, you can find it on our maps..

They had a show about the south of the philippines and we wasted at least 1 Hour walking around the stands looking at their wares, They had some beautiful wood carvings and some scarves and the wife and daughter picked one up each.

After that we went down to the Memorial for the Fallen...

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Sat in Howzat Sports Bar in Makati City the other day, my good friend John Smart asked if I would like to take a day trip to Subic Bay. The following morning, at 6.30am (still sleepy), we left Makati City and proceeded to almost zoom along EDSA (this is really the only time of day that it is enjoyable to travel EDSA - before 7.00am) - first objective: reach North Luzon Expressway before 'colour coding' (= crazy traffic reduction scheme designed to sell more cars, where you can't drive your car one day a week, depending on the last digit of your car number plate) starts at 7.00am; we make it to the expressway with time to spare.

The North Luzon Expressway (“NLEx”) is experiencing light traffic going North at this time of the morning and we glide effortlessly out of Metro Manila, towards the strung-out Angeles City / Dau / Clark Field interchange with the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway (“SCTEx”). I find the relatively slow moving vista, of suburbia giving way to rurality, mixed with the mel...

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Tagaytay is a nice trip for anyone wanting to get out of Metro Manila for a day.

Being stressed and knowing that the school year is about to start i decided to take my family away during the week.

We headed off on a Tuesday morning about 9:30-10:00.

Picking up two other people for the trip we headed off down, to Tagaytay.

To get there is a real easy drive. It is from Metro Manila onto the South Super Highway down to the Santa Rosa exit.

Once you are there just turn off and after passing Coca Cola on the right next to the Toll gate turn Right.

Now just drive...

It will take a while to get there, so take some snacks for the kids and some drinks.

If you forget you can pull off the highway and get some at the service stations.

You will arrive in Tagaytay at a T intersection. To get to the town turn right or if you want the Picnic area turn left.

At the Picnic area there are lots of tables and places where you can set up a little barbque. They have a really nice walk where you can...

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