Recently I did a bit of sight-seeing. There were a couple of unscheduled stops I wanted to make, but I made time. Just to see the place. France is beautiful. No need for residents here to have to come to the Philippines. We’ll come to you.
Back when I was in college I took off every Summer and went hitch-hiking to Canada. This is no small feat for a boy from Florida as Canada is at least a couple of thousand miles from where I lived. However, Canada was then a lot more hospitable to Americans than America was, and I [...]
After Meir advised me he was seriously considering extending his stay in The Philippines for a few more days, I knew it was time to take him to Camiguin Island. You have to drive about 1.5 hours to the RORO (Roll On Roll Off) ferry port at Balingoan from Cagayan de Oro. It cost me [...]
Date.com is expanding into The Philippines with the intention of offering free access for Filipinos, at some time in the not too distant future.. No trip to Cagayan de Oro would be complete without taking on the many rapids of the Cagayan de Oro River. We went on May 14, 2008, and had a great [...]
After visiting Makahambus Cave, our next stop was just 50 meters up the road and across the street at Makahambus Adventure Park. This place is sometimes called “Makahambus Gorge”, but it is really a sinkhole. There is no such thing as ciruclar gorge. What happened, a long, long time ago, was that the ground above [...]
Total Cave Length: 57 meters This is the most popular and most frequently visited cave in Cagayan de Oro City. Macahambus Cave is a “thru” cave, which means it can be entered at one end and exited at the other. It has three chambers, the hide-out and exit of Kagay-anon soldiers and their families in [...]
I normally ask for an aisle seat in an emergency row so that I can get up and move around and have a little extra leg room. So I usually do not get a very good view out the window of any aircraft. That’s the official story. The other side of the coin is that [...]
I thought this sign was funny: VIP Escorts with high powered firearms are not allowed beyond this point “Thank You” This appears to be a sign sponsored by Colt 45 beer. Is a Colt 45 (Browning pistol patent 1911) a high powered firearm? Not here in The Philippines, but a full auto M16 (caliber .223 [...]
SEMCON (Search Engine Marketing Conference) Philippines 2007, came out well. Marc Macalua, the founder of SEO Philippines is now like the Danny Sullivan or the Brett Tabke of The Philippines. Marc told me that three weeks prior to the event, only about 40 people had signed up, and they were really only expecting about 120 [...]
I am excited about leaving in the morning for Manila to attend SEMCON, the first Philippines, International SEO-SEM conference, and I was proud to be invited to be one of the speakers. It doesn’t look like Danny Sullivan or Brett Tabke will be there, there are some notable other speakers such as Aaron Wall, Benj [...]