Beautiful Philippines

I’ve been to many provinces in the Philippines from Luzon to Mindanao and I encourage other Filipinos to tour our country first before going outside the archipelago. I’ve talked to some foreigners who are now permanent residents in the Philippines and most of them just love this place, our people, and to them this is the most beautiful country in the world. How come it isn’t the same thing with the real habitants of this country? Oh, before we get serious, I’d like to enumerate the places that I have fortunately visited in the past:

1. Tagaytay
2. Nasugbu, Batangas
3. Lian, Batangas
4. Matabungcay, Batangas
5. Laguna
6. Caliraya (just last month, it’s cold there similar to Tagaytay and is four hours drive from Manila)
7. Baguio City, the summer capital of the Philippines
8. Cebu, you should see Plantation Bay in Mactan
9. Dumaguete City
10. Bacolod City
11. Tanjay, Negros Oriental
12. Victorias and La Carlota, Negros Occidental
13. Ormoc, Leyte
14. Samar
15. Bohol
16. Cagayan de Oro, I can’t forget the airport located atop the mountain where SM Cagayan de Oro was also built.
17. Malaybalay, Bukidnon, how could I forget this place, I planned to live there for about six months which was reduced to 15 days, it’s the “Baguio” of Mindanao. People here are already on their bed by 7:00 p.m. and I still remember how bored I was then, hahaha. I have plenty of friends in this wonderful place. I even had the chance to be with Governor Zubiri.
18. Valencia and Musuan, Bukidnon, where the famous Mindanao State University is located. But a person told me that MSU has many branches in Mindanao already.
19. Davao City
20. Sultan Kudarat
21. Surigao
22. Butuan
23. Pagadian
24. Albay
25. Iriga
26. Naga
27. Pampanga
28. Antipolo
29. Taytay
30. Pangasinan
31. Cagayan Valley
32. Isabela, where I travelled with my mom and a friend in 2000.
33. Boracay
34. Jaro, Iloilo
35. Zamboanga
36. Siquijor Island, it’s beautiful
37. Olongapo
38. Subic
39. Bataan
40. Nueva Ecija
41. Nueva Vizcaya
42. La Union
43. Ilocos Norte
44. Ilocos Sur

I still have yet to visit Mindoro, Palawan, Camiguin Island, Marinduque, Romblon, General Santos, Amanpulo and Batanes Island.

In Mega Manila alone, your week is not enough to visit all the giant malls and tourist spots like the Manila Ocean Park, the Luneta Park, the SM Mall of Asia, Mega Mall, SM City North Mall, Trinoma, Greenbelt, Glorieta, the Enchanted Kingdom and Villa Escudero in Laguna and the Puerto Azul, Island Cove and the Circle Island Resort, and the Tagaytay Islands in Cavite.