You must get up early to see the beauty
Mayon is magic. Frequent readers of this blog do know my preference for volcanoes. But Mayon is not a volcano as others, Mayon is the most beautiful volcano on earth. But to see the...
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World Wakeboard Association – World Series Championship
World Wakeboard Association – World Series Championship July 1 to 6 in Naga (Bicol) Pili, Camarines Sur, near Naga City is hosting WWA’s World Series Championship at the WWC Wake Park World. Over 300...
Cebu Pacific price increase
Cebu Pacific Air informs that since July 1, 2008 the excess baggage fee has doubled from PHP 50 to PHP 100 per kilogram. We do not yet have information about the other airlines.
Gasoline prices make the poor still poorer
This morning I had to take a taxi from Cagayan de Oro to the airport. The taxi driver did not want to put on the meter and asked for PHP 150. I refused because...
Two new pages
We added two new pages: – Golf: a list of all golf clubs and courses in the Philippines islands – Fiestas and Festivals Calendar By the way, today we celebrate St. Peter’s fiesta...
New Office
Silent Gardens has a new office. We moved to Bolok-Bolok (Mambajao) on the island of Camiguin. The new office is on the beach and from the desk we can see Bohol island. [GARD]
MTV shooting on Camiguin Island
Due to the turbulences of typhoon Fengshen the MTV did arrive one day late on Camiguin island. Today MTV did take sequences with 2 crews in different spots of our island. The final movie...
Ferry Link Bohol – Camiguin
One picture says more than 1000 words: Unfortunately the fare has already been adjusted to PHP 350.00 The trip takes 4 hours or more because the rather slow ferry.
Fengshen: Only Signal 2, but killing
Only three survivors have been found after a ferry with more than 700 people onboard capsized near the central Philippine island of Sibuyan, according to a Philippines Coast Guard official on Sunday. Four bodies...
Typhoon Fengshen closing in
The Philippines placed army units on alert on Friday as Typhoon Fengshen swept into the center of the archipelago with gusts of up to 140 kph (87 mph). Fengshen, the sixth typhoon to hit...
Mayon is definitely a “she”!
Volcanoes do have a sex. Grumbling Mount Hibok-Hibok is rather male. Looking always with his white and gray beard over Camiguin Island. But Mayon is definitely a female. She is nearly always hiding her...
Interview with MTV at Pasig City
Today I was invited for an interview by MTV Philippines at Pasig City. I’ll inform you when the clip will be on air, so you can watch your blogger at your telly . We...
MTV on Hibok-Hibok Volcano
MTV will produce a clip on Mount Hibok-Hibok and the PHIVOLCS observatory on Camiguin Island on Saturday June 21.
Very High Tide – 2.10 meters
Today we had an extreme high tide. In Mambajao on Camiguin Island the water rose so high, that a part of the market and the main street were flooded. 1 or 2 centimeters more...
Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake hits the Philippines
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale hit off the island of Luzon, the Philippines at 01:57 UTC, 08:57 AM local time on Sunday, according to a bulletin released by the Hong...
SEAIR has published their new flight schedules
SEAIR (South East Asian Airlines) has published their flight schedules and tariffs. You can download the schedules from here or from here The rates are available here and here.
NEW: on-line Ferry Schedules
One of the most difficult tasks when traveling in the Philippines is to find the ferry schedules and timetables. We did look around for you and collected all schedules or the links to the...
Iloilo has the oldest golf course of the Philippines
The Iloilo Golf Club & Country Club was founded in 1907. Over 100 years of sport, leisure and friendship. The Sta. Barbara Golf Course started as a 9 hole golf course carved from...
Escaped from super typhoon Rammasun
Typhoon RAMMASUN has passed by! On May 10 it even had been classified as Super-Typhoon. Remember “Loleng” (Babs) in October 1998. It first had been classified as “Signal 3” and then transformed into a...
Fast changing visa regulations for overstaying
On March 11 the Bureau of Immigration closed its counter at Manila NAIA. “The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has advised departing foreign tourists that they can update their stay only at the bureau’s main...
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