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Marites' Travel Tales

Marites' Travel Tales

Marites ― http://maritestravels.blogspot.com

This blog contains my travels, pictures, places and people i've met, the experiences i've had on my travels.

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Skywatch#126

Marites' Travel Tales ― Photo taken at Hyde Park, London, UK. ∙ We communicate to God through prayers (sometimes they become solicitation of favor/s) but one way of giving back what is due Him and appreciating of what He did for us is to appreciate nature. To ...

Tags: Skywatch, Photography, Travel, England, Europe, Picture

Marites ― 22 weeks ago

Skywatch#125 It's More Fun In Davao

Skywatch#125 It's More Fun In Davao

Marites' Travel Tales ― Department of Tourism's present slogan is "It's More Fun In the Philippines!". For me, Davao's got a lot of share of that fun. Surrounded by mountains and facing the sea, we got the best of both worlds. Ziplining, scuba diving and mountain ...

Tags: Skywatch, Photography, Davao, Mindanao, Pictures

Marites ― 29 weeks ago

Skywatch#124 Sunset At Airport

Skywatch#124 Sunset At Airport

Marites' Travel Tales ― Fly in, fly out. That's what we did this week in Manila. While on the way to the airport (NAIA 3), I saw the sunset peeping thru the trees and just had to take a photo. Thankfully, the traffic lightened for a second for me to steal this one.

Marites ― 31 weeks ago

Skywatch#123 Sta. Ana Wharf..For Now

Skywatch#123 Sta. Ana Wharf..For Now

Marites' Travel Tales ― Plans are underfoot for the improvement of the old Sta. Ana Wharf. It used to be teeming with people, commercial, fishing and passenger ships when I was just a child. But things changed, the old port looks dilapidated and only a few small ships ...

Tags: Philippines, Davao City, Skywatch, Photography, Mindanao

Marites ― 36 weeks ago

Kadayawan Backdrops

Kadayawan Backdrops

Marites' Travel Tales ― They were used as backdrops and fence/cover for the participants. They are commonly colorful, with intricate designs, made of light materials mostly wood, cartoon, sometimes foam, plastic, or even cloth.

Tags: Festival, Davao City, Photography, Mindanao

Marites ― 36 weeks ago

Skywatch#122 Kadayawan Floral Float Part 2

Skywatch#122 Kadayawan Floral Float Part 2

Marites' Travel Tales ― With the sky blue background and some green colors from the tree leaves, this floral float participant for the Kadayawan Festival floral float parade was one of my favorites. ∙ Its most prominent feature is the Child Jesus and the ...

Tags: Davao City, Mindanao, Kadayawan

Marites ― 37 weeks ago

Skywatch#121 Kadayawan Floral Float Sky

Marites' Travel Tales ― The rains kept coming in the afternoons and in the evenings consistently for weeks now. Heavy and sudden, they flooded the streets almost immediately. So, the blue skies during the Kadayawan Float festival (Pamulak sa Kadalanan) last August 19, ...

Tags: Festival, Davao City, Skywatch, Philippine Culture, Mindanao, Kadayawan

Marites ― 38 weeks ago

Explaining the allure of last minute cruises

Marites' Travel Tales ― You would be forgiven for thinking that the phenomena of the last minute holiday bargain are only to be found in the world of sun-drenched seaside getaways but you would be mistaken and it is time you knew the truth. Yes indeed, you can pick ...

Tags: Travel, Vacation, Holiday

Marites ― 40 weeks ago

Skywatch#120 View From The Plane

Skywatch#120 View From The Plane

Marites' Travel Tales ― The plan was to take photos of San Pablo City's seven lakes from the plane. So, with fingers crossed that I could get some clear view of Laguna Province I held on to my camera waiting for the opportunity. ∙ It seemed though that the clouds...

Tags: Skywatch, Photography, Travel, Luzon, Pictures, Laguna

Marites ― 43 weeks ago

Skywatch#119 Entrance To the Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery

Skywatch#119 Entrance To the Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery

Marites' Travel Tales ― This is the entrance to the Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery, Nagcarlan, Laguna. Both the church and the cemetery are now considered part of the national historical sites of the Philippines.

Tags: Skywatch, Photography, Travel, Luzon, Laguna, Picture

Marites ― 44 weeks ago

A Visitor’s Guide to Florence

Marites' Travel Tales ― Florence is considered as one of the most important cities of Europe. The city is the birthplace of the opera, the Italian renaissance and also the neo-classical architecture. Florence was also a major cultural and political hotbed in its time and...

Tags: Italy, Travel, Europe

Marites ― 44 weeks ago

Skywatch#118 Quezon Memorial Circle

Skywatch#118 Quezon Memorial Circle

Marites' Travel Tales ― I took a chance to explore Quezon Memorial Circle on my first weekend of my study-training. We had rainy days previous to that weekend and it was just such a relief when Saturday promised to be a sunny day. While my roommates were busy lounging...

Tags: Skywatch, Photography, Luzon, Pictures, Quezon City

Marites ― 45 weeks ago

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