Kirk, the photo masking king of The Philippines recommended Lost Horizon Beach Resort in Bohol, on Panglao Island, good advice I’m happy to share. Lost Horizon is a small hotel on Panglao Island, Alona Beach, and they offer free WiFi to their guest, scoring beaucoup bonus points with me. The room cost was about P2500 [...]
I have a WeRoam card that gives me Internet access from anywhere in The Philippines where my Smart cell phone works, as the WeRoam card works off the Smart cell phone network, but it’s really not much better than dial-up access. So, every now and then I get the urge for broadband. I decided today, [...]
Marissa and I took the SuperFerry from Cagayan de Oro to Cebu on September 4th, 2006, departing at 10:15 PM and arriving at about 10:00 AM the next morning. We stayed in a State Room for a cost of about P3400 (~$68). It was well worth the cost and I much prefer the ferry to [...]
One of the better hotels/pension houses I’ve stayed in. The atmosphere/ambience is refined but rustic. The rooms are a bit small, but well appointed. They do have a full range of rooms, from dorm-style to full-fledged suites. Rates vary from P300 for a single dorm bed, to P1980 for the Ambassador Suite. The room we [...]
The rooms are clean but spartan bare. There was no blanket on the bed, only a sheet. Extra towels will cost you P5 ($0.20) each. I called down for a blanket and was told that would also be P5 extra. They brought a sheet instead of a towel. The did have a well-stocked little store [...]
Two of my biggest pet-peeves of The Philippes have to do with taxis. One is the pervasive concept they have of fuel efficient driving. On a five-speed manual transmission, taxi drivers here routinely shift to 4th gear at 30 kph (18.5 mph), and into 5th gear at 40 kph (24.5 mph). They always stay below [...]
Nature’s is in the heart of CdO, in Divisoria. It shares a parking lot with Grand City Hotel, uses Grand City resaurant/kitchen for its room service, and has the same owner. The extension I stayed in is new, and while the rooms are pretty small, they are clean and loaded. There were three large mirrors [...]
Lauremar is outside the city, in Opol, next to Roan Beach. The rooms are nice and the food is good in the beachside resteraunt. I spent my wedding night here, after the reception. This place also has a pool, a nice one. The lack of internet would be a bother to some, but with my [...]