May 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on May 31, 2010
Friends: On our fourth day in Pattaya, we decided to tour the city. First, we toured on foot for a while. Unfortunately, we were unable to locate Harry Potter… Then I hired a cab to take us around the city. That was when the real tour began. Our first stop was The Sanctuary of Truth, [...]
May 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on May 31, 2010
Friends: On our third day in Thailand, we decided to visit the Floating Market in Pattaya. It was built to replicate the floating markets in Bangkok and other parts of Thailand. This floating market represented four different regions of Thailand with handicrafts from all of the regions. I love to shop but the Floating Market [...]
May 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on May 31, 2010
Friends: On our second day in Thailand, Nicole, Katrin and I decided to stay close to the hotel and chill out on the beach. There was still a lot of political turmoil in Bangkok and the red shirts were seen in other provinces in Thailand. The weather was perfect for a day at the beach. [...]
May 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on May 31, 2010
Friends: I am “back-blogging” now. While on holiday in Thailand, I chose not to blog because writing is part of my job so I am now catching up with my blog. I did mobile uploads to my Facebook and wrote captions to go with each picture so you could keep up with me on Facebook. [...]
May 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on May 18, 2010
Friends: On Day 3 of my Bohol Tour, Zarah Gagatiga and I visited Chocolate Hills, saw the rare Tarsier Monkeys, ate on a floating restaurant on the Loboc River, and visited the second oldest church in the Philippines. First on the day-long tour, a stop near Baranguay Corella to see the Tarsier Monkeys. They are [...]
May 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on May 18, 2010
Friends: Zarah Gagatiga (my co-author for Tales from the 7,000 Isles: Filipino Folk Stories) and I went island hopping on our second day in Bohol, Philippines. We rented a bangka boat for the day. A bangka is a canoe with a bamboo outrigger. Our bangka was also motorized. We had to leave very early: 6:00 [...]
May 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on May 18, 2010
Friends: On Saturday, May 15, Zarah Gagatiga, my co-author for Tales from the 7,000 Isles: Filipino Folk Stories, traveled to Bohol, an island in the Visayas region of the Philippines. The purpose of the trip was to collect stories for the book and tour parts of the Philippines I had not yet seen. After claiming [...]
May 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on May 16, 2010
Friends: On our third and final day in Sagada, we decided to visit Sumaging Caves. We started early, meeting our guide at 7:30am. We had to leave that day and the last bus for Baguio City leaves at 1:00pm so an early start was necessary. Again, there were steep stone stairs to descend. But that [...]
May 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on May 16, 2010
Friends: On day 2 in Sagada, Zarah booked us a tour guide to take us through the Fidelisan Rice Terraces to Bomod-Oc Falls. First, a hearty breakfast of ham, eggs, and native red rice. This city girl bought tennis shoes. I wore my bathing suit under my dress but it was clear to our guide, [...]
May 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on May 16, 2010
Friends: I am in still in the midst of my Asia tour. From May 10-13, 2010, I visited Sagada, Philippines. Sagada is a good 12 hour bus ride from Manila. I traveled with Zarah Gagatiga, my co-author for Tales from the 7,000 Isles: Filipino Folk Stories, which will be published by ABC-Clio Libraries Unlimited. We [...]
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