Top 15 Philippine Destinations
I Have Yet to Visit (Part 2)

at last! may napuntahan na din ako sa list mo. hehe

One is Taal and the other one is Zambales though the latter was due to my internship days. hehe

we can go to taal. like now? hahaha

and look at those pictures of Pagudpud and Tawi-tawi! Enchanting!

I promise i’ll do well in school makapunta lang ako this vacation dyan sa 2 lugar na yan kahit for 3 days lang. hahaha. nagmamakaawa na daw ako.

wow!!!! ganda naman lahat! i support you! sana eh mapuntahan mo na lahat yan! pasalubong!!!!!

Taal is like there but yet, getting to the top of that little mountain seems not occur until well into your 20s. I don’t know why that is! be careful of the horsemen, they are very clever! Pagudpud is nice if you go there, I’ll express again to go the 45 minutes north to the Patapat viaduct. Totally worth it.

Ayan me part 2 ka na. Nakapunta na din ako Zambales. (Capones Island)

ang hula ko sa top 3 mo ay:

Palawan, Bohol at Batanes

di nako manghuhula sa top 3 mo… pero sigurado ako maganda yan.. ang ganda talaga ng Pilipinas…

Gusto ko na rin tuloy mag Cam Sur!!!

Maganda rin daw yung Putipot sa Zambales… hay

try to visit guimaras on the 2nd or 3rd week of april…manggahan festival kasi yun…eat all the mangoes you want…

@ GUIMARAS MANGOES

—sa kakasakay mo ng MRT. hahahahaha.

mukhang ang ganda dun sa pagudpod ah…hays…

Wow! I want to go to Pagudpud.

wow! ang ganda naman nung mga lugar! hehe.. meron ding island sa zambales, yung putipot. na-solo namin once. ang ganda ng beach! hehe

gusto ko rin ng pagudpud and caramoan! niresearch ko na dati pano pumunta ng caramoan, di naman natuloy.hehe.:)

Pasalubong? Haha, sure sure.

hi, I’m from Zambales.

pwede mo ako maging tour guide and/or host, and who knows, maybe even more.

wink*wink

Caramoan is our next stop by next year. The Caramoan picture is actually the Gota Village, the place where we will be staying. :p

sana nasa listahan mo rin ang Sarangani. Hehe. Meron kaming Gumasa white sand beaches at South Point Diving Spot.

You might also want to visit our place. View pictures here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=94741&id=717488890&ref=mf

misleading yung pics ng pagudpud, that beach surrounded by limestone is in krabi, thailand

try calaguas island in camarines norte its a paradise indeed!

zambales try the camara island in july there’s a sandbar
pagudpud go for the extra 20+ km you’ll find the blue lagoon so much better

I don’t think number 5 photo is Pagudpud. I’m pretty sure it’s Maya Bay in Thailand. I’ve been there and I’ve seen it. I’ve been to Pagudpud too and it’s also beautiful. I’m just wondering why the photo is different.

Hay! Sarap talaga byumahe d2 sa Pinas. Among the destinations mentioned, I only got to visit two: Caramoan & Vigan!

Caramoan – i went there with my workmates in Mister Donut, long before it was discovered by local & foreign tourist. I am proud to say that Im from CamSur, I actually spent my childhood in an Island (Quinalasag Group of Islands) in Garchitorena, Cam Sur. It is just a 2-3 hour boatride to Caramoan.

Vigan is so wonderful place to visit, its heritage and culture is exceptional! Namimiss ko tuloy adventure ko sa Vigan, Paoay at Laoag!

Iba pang napuntahan ko (di nabangit) ay ang Bagasbas Beach in Daet, Cam Norte, Calaguas Group of Islands, also in Camarines Norte.

I really love to travel but for now, my time wouldnt permit, hehe. Ingat po kayo and have fun!

Try to visit also Laiya Aplaya Beach in San Juan Batangas. According to my friends, it is better than Puerto Galera (pls see Casa Remo Apartelle, don’t be mislead by its name, hehe, We stayed there at sulit ang experience) Eto pla contact nos ng Casa Remo (02-631-0475/0920-9326077)

ur one of the top 3’s coron?

Excuse me, but are you sure na nagpaalam ka sa mga photographer before you used their photos?

philippines is soooo beautiful..there’s so much of it i still have to discover!

Caramoan is nice but overrated. Almost no infrastructure and vandalism on the rock formations in Matukad. Been there last weekend. Guimaras is okay. Often overlooked, but not really a must go ifyou can help it. Mount Pinatubo is gorgeous,Anawangin,Capones, Camara is not.Pundaquit is a major rip off. Trash everywhere even on the beach and hotels are unreasonably priced- will never go back there ever again. Pagudpud is beautiful,but comparing it to Boracay is a misnomer- it has issues of garbage as well, almost no infrastructure at Maira-ira and Pansian, and the waters have steep drops and a bit dangerous for kids at Saud which can also have big waves during the rainy season. Sand quality wise, Boracay still wins, but Pagudpud has the upper hand when it comes to lesser tourists- not until Holy Week when there is bad traffic going to Maira-ira. Taal Volcano is beautiful as well and accessible, but getting cheap but well-appointed accommodations in Tagaytay are still a problem. Tawi-tawi is apparently really beautiful- if one has the chance to go to the 7 islands of the Turtles Islands on the Philippineside (Malaysia has 3), grab it. You fly into either Sandakan or Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia, from Sandakan you can catch a speedboat to Taganak the entry point to the more beautiful Philippine side of the Turtle islands – plenty of island hopping,stunning beaches, mud volcanoes and of course turtles! The cost is expensive, if you go the route Manila/Clark-KK-Sandakan-Taganak route – it can really burn a hole in your pockets. Other routes – Manila-Zamboanga-Sandakan-Taganak or Manila-Zamboanga-Bongao-Taganak.

I think Camarines Norte has a lot of really good islands – check out the Mercedes Group of Islands and Calaguas. The islands in Mercedes has pine trees as well, but with white sand beaches not unlike Anawangin which turns into a dump during long weekends.

Agoho is Queensland swamp oak – but they are similar to conifers as well- and they are pine-like in appearance and is found all over the Philippines not just in Anawangin. I beg to disagree, with Anonymous above me. I went to Anawangin, Capones and Camara last weekend of May. People dig holes on the beach on Pundaquit and dump their trash in them. It is not safe to walk barefoot as we saw a lot of broken glass. In Capones and Camara, trash are washed up the shore, and at the middle of the island in Capones, we did a short hike through an abandoned building (which we think is a major hazard because it looks like it is going to collapse anytime). We encountered more trash along the trail – candy wrappers, flip-flops, cigarette butts, broken glass- and this is everywhere on those places. We thought Anawangin was great- until we got there. Too many campers around with blaring music, plastic bags of trash everywhere, waters too murky and unswimmable. The boat ride was too expensive for a small boat and 3 places. PhP 1500 for 2 people – for PhP 1400, we were able to go to 15 islands in the Hundred Islands on a much bigger boat. Our hotel, supposedly the better one in Pundaquit (Canoe Beach Resort) – the pool area was very noisy, kids running amok on wet tiles with no lifeguards, our A/C wasn’t working, the shower wasn’t working and the check in took ages, the food was bad, expensive and there was hair on my sinigang. I think the only saving grace of that area was those waterfalls nearby.

The lighthouse on Capones was nice, but I think Cape Bojeador Lighthouse was heaps better- plus it is way older, and the area cleaner (I was in Ilocos in June). The cliffs of Capones was nice, until you look down and see a lot of trash down at the bottom. Unlike most travel photos, Anawangin’s sand is NOT white. We will not be back there again and we have told a lot of people now not to ever go to that big freaking ripoff of a place. Unless people starts cleaning up Pundaquit, Capones, Camara and Anawangin, and treating their visitors right, that area would be a major letdown for first time visitors. And it is very important too that travelers to the area should be able to dispose their trash properly.

Just telling the truth. As a frequent traveler, I do not want to be led to believe something nice but in reality wasn’t.

May be we should also place Puerto Princesa’s subterranean river in the top 3 must-visit list. It’s really a wonder! My family is planning to visit there, if finances permits…