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photo by carworld
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Bangkok is beautiful! It’s a shame that I only got one full day to tour this huge metropolis. I was able to take photos of the Grand Palace, former residence of the Thai Royal Family, and a few of Bangkok’s major temples like Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn), Wat Pho (Temple of the Giant Reclining Buddha), and Wat Indrawihan (Temple of the Giant Standing Buddha). I also encountered a large Red Shirts Demonstration in Lumphini Park and a lot of Thai Government Army Men stationed behind barbed wire barricades in Silom area.
Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn) just after sunset
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Ifugao Province is best known for the Banaue Rice Terraces, one of the most recognizable landmarks of the Philippines. Though, many seasoned travelers can attest that the best view of the ampitheatre-like rice terraces isn’t actually in Banaue town but in nearby Batad. It would be great to explore both areas to see which has a better view for yourself and also go on a hunt to find out the exact view where the Banaue Rice Terraces in the backside of the PHP1,000 bill was painted. Here’s a helpful list of links when planning on visiting Batad town in Ifugao, Philippines.
Photo by asteegabo
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I spent an entire week in Boracay last October 2009. While my friends attended the Philippine Nurses Association Convention held in Boracay Eco Village, I was enjoying and going around Boracay Island. One of the highlights of my recent trip to Boracay was renting a bike for a day and a half and venturing outside of White Beach. Here’s what I came up with:
We stayed in a resort in Station 3, which was very very cheap. If you’re going to Boracay anytime soon or just planning, check out this list of where to stay in Boracay.
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It’s day 2 of our Hong Kong and Macau Tour, we planned to visit many of Hong Kong’s top tourist spots. First up was the classic Star Ferry Ride across Victoria Harbor from Tsim Sha Tsui to Central in Hong Kong Island.
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My Vote for the 2009 Bloggers’ Choice Award (Visayas)
I vote for Explore Iloilo! for the Bloggers’ Choice Award in the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards.
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These people in the traditional media will stop at nothing! First they feed off and make money out of pictures painstakingly taken by us bloggers, now they are also starting to copy/pasting content from blogs. You can read how a writer for local newspaper in Cebu has copy/pasted from Byahilo.com, a travel blog run by my friend Eric D. here: http://www.byahilo.com/2009/05/31/philippine-stars-the-freeman-newspaper-in-cebu-used-my-blog-content-without-permission/
They can juice us for now if they must but there will come a time that these newspaper will become extinct and blogs will replace their outdated and unethical methods. We’ll be on top of search engine results when that happens.
I’m at Guisi Point in Brgy. Dolores, Guimaras again! It’s weird why I get to visit this place ever so often, even too often for my liking. The last time I was in Guisi, I was with my college friends. Now, I’m with a different set of people I’ve known over the internet (mainly because of skyscrapercity.com).
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Finally, after reading and hearing so much about the world famous Mangoes of Guimaras, I got to eat and savor its sinful sweetness. Our first stop in Guimaras was in a market called “Alibhon” in Nueva Valencia town in Guimaras.
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This photo series is inspired from simplicity and symmetry. Notice the mono chrome motif and frontal perspective:
Balay Negrense
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Ambot-ah is a blog about my life as a travel blogger, nurse, and freelance photographer. After my college graduation, I decided to make a living out of blogging and live out my many passions. Join me on my travels around the Philippines and South East Asia. Read my helpful backpacking journals, budget travel trips, do-it-yourself itineraries, blogging pursuits (making money online), and photography tips. 
