Kawayan Cove is a private seaside residential community of 61 hectares completely surrounding Bamboo Beach in Nasugbu, Batangas. It is the only beach property in the area with an entire white sand beach of 650 meters exclusively its own, with no neighboring developments within the cove.
Developed by the original owners, the Puyat and Razon families, [...]

A lovely little Philippine blog I came across.  Unlike so many this lady actually goes places, sleeps on the ground and gives cogent reports.  Recommended.
http://pinas-et-al.blogspot.com/

here’s the terminal at Cebu (Mactan) Airport.  You can see why many people prefer flying directly into Cebu … it’s a small, seldom busy very laid-back airport.

Been meaning to post a link to this tool for ages.  It’s not exactly state of the art as far as mapping goes but it’s an excellent tool to start finding one’s way around.  Recommended:
 
Link here:  http://www.investph.com/rpmap.asp?city=Makati

One of the neatest trends I’ve seen over the past year is the big push to wireless (802.11) connectivity in the Philippines.  Here in the US you can usually go on line at a Starbucks, but there aren’t many other businesses who are really taking advantage of wireless.
In the Philippines … in the metro areas, [...]

Davao City International Airport: Ready for more passengers and bigger aircraftBy Rita FestinThe Philippine STAR 09/18/2006DAVAO CITY — With air transportation crucial to economic and social connectivity in the Philippine archipelago, the new $128 million state-of-the-art international airport in this city is a welcome development. It is now fully operational and is raring to take [...]

 
 
 
 
It’s a bright, sunny and _frosty_ Saturday morning here in Colorado.  I can’t stand the feeling of winter coming on, I’m ready for my full-time move to the Philippines and it won’t be long now.
Michael, a member of one of the many Yahoo Groups on the Philippines sent me a note with a link [...]

Gawad Kalinga communities to be ‘tourist-ready villages’
By Tessa SalazarInquirerLast updated 00:02am (Mla time) 09/23/2006
WITH THE first grand event of Gawad Kalinga communities to happen from October 6 to 8 at the Mall of Asia, the emerging challenge for township and property developments using the GK format is how to make GK shelters tourist-ready villages as [...]

By Atty. Rita Linda V. Jimeno
The story of Rosanne in my column last week triggered numerous reactions from readers that merit discussion. As a jump-off point, we shall encapsulate Rosanne’s case. Her Filipino husband who used to be loving and conscious of his familial obligations, abandoned all his duties toward her and their children when, [...]

Take a look and let your imagination free:
After years and years of being shoved into “Cattle Car” accommodations at the back of the boat, I really enjoyed this link from my lovely wife, the Unofficial Cook.
The years I worked for the Air Force I flew the Pacific at least 21 times, and if you’re [...]

There are many, many places in the Philippines I haven’t yet had time to visit, but one at the top of the list is Baguio (bag-e-o) and the former US military installation there, Camp John Hay.  I found some excellent posts on the area from a fellow blogger, here, so I’ll direct you to read [...]

Great way to get there.  As you know, I highly recommend Cathay Pacific Airlines.  They fly great equipment with great people US to Asia and leave from both US coasts.  They partner with American Airlines in the US so you can book a flight from nearly any city via New York, Dan Francisco or Los [...]