Philippines travel experience - The Philippines is considered the tourist paradise

The Philippines is a beautiful island in Southeast Asia, for many years now, the Philippines is considered the tourist paradise with the characteristic elements of culture, nature and the bold mark on history.

         After learning about the country and the Filipino people, I decided to come to this country, over the fact I feel Philippines: very diverse in culture, convenient transportation, rich cuisine diverse, charming scenery along the bustling city development, if you come here you will feel this is a fun trip. Here are some of the experiences I want to share with you, hope after reading my article, you will have the necessary preparation to travel Philippines.

Agustin church 

 You should travel Philippines when ?

- The best time for tourists in the Philippines is from December to May when the weather is cool and dry and is less likely to occur these unusual storms.

Transportation in the Philippines.

- To move inland in the Philippines you can go inland by plane, rail, taxi, bus or tricycle, jeep ... traffic cost is quite cheap.

selection of hotels in Philippines

- Depending on the location you want to visit from the Philippines which choose the hotel in suitable areas. Cheapest Hotel in the Philippines around 700-1200 pesos ( ~ $ 20-30 ), which average about 1400 pesos (35 dollars).

- Malate ( Old city, neighborhood West ) : Here you can visit the most famous tourist attractions in Philippines ( churches, forts, colonial architecture ... ).

- Makati (new city) : This is a new area , the economic center of the Philippines, and there are many shopping malls. Mall Of Asia 's largest with Imax cinemas, supermarkets, shopping stores in Asia 's second wide. The center has areas : baggage claim, luggage claim for tourists but quite crowded during peak hours in the morning or afternoon, you may have to queue for long.

- Quezon : This are a bus stop, so appropriate if you still want to move forward to other cities.

- Baclarang Night Market with shopping and eateries.

Filipino cuisine

- In the daily diet of the people of the Philippines include : soup, savory, dishes often sour and often eat fish.

- At the shopping mall in the Philippines also have separate floors for fast food list as : KFC, Jolibee, McDonald's, Wendy's ...

- The Philippines is known for variety and year-round mango and mango are processed into wine, green mango.

- Tourism Philippines should not ignore the well-known dishes such as pinakbet including, wheat Mami, tsitsaron, Creating Universal Taho, Isaw grilled chicken, grilled bananas, adobo, arroz caldo, kamaro, tuna ..

The famous tourist destination in the Philippines

Capital Manila

- Is located in the east coast of Luzon island , famous for beautiful landscapes such as San Agustin Church, Manila Cathedral, the old Spain, Rizal Park, exhibitors Malvila ...

- To stroll around the capital Manila and you can hire a jeep to experience the fun or start speedboat to visit the bay, visiting Boulevard Bay Walk and enjoy the famous seafood dishes in Malate roads, drinking coffee at the bar, discotheque live music ...

Boracay island

- Go to Boracay island with famous beaches as hundreds of kilometers long beaches : white sand, Puka Beach, Sunset Beach ... to come here, you will experience the exciting wire -minute walk the sandy beach, green palm trees and watch the wild animals. Or participate in the games entertainment on the beach and enjoying the good food famous.

Boracay island

Tourism on the island of El Nido Palawan

- This is a cruise destinations ranked No. 2 behind Boracay. El Nido is a coastal town in Palawan ( Palawan ), including 45 large islands and islets. Here also the limestone cliffs based Karst, the mountains have the shape and characteristics similar to the Mountain in Halong Bay, Krabi ( Thailand ) and Guilin ( China ).

Visit Mount Pinatubo

- Mount Pinatubo is a dead volcano in central Luzon, northwest of Manila. Pinatubo is an interesting destination for those who love trekking, and learn about the Volcano.

Bacolod City

- Bacolod City in the province of Negros Occidential, with beautiful old houses exhibits valuable artifacts, and the unique festival which is the most prominent festivals MassKara.

Cebu City

- Cebu City in the Philippines oldest was dubbed the " Queen City " with sandy beaches and coconut trees. Is the ideal place for scuba diving expeditions, Sinulog festival and the old center of the famous clothing.

Subic Bay

- Subic Bay to visit with beautiful beaches, unspoiled and spectacular. A place in the point of the ideal sport tourism in Asia - Pacific.

Legaspi city

- Legaspi city was dubbed the "capital of the world's whale sharks," here you will be watching sharks on the boat or diving with sharks and exciting experience.

China Town

- China Town is also interesting shopping places attract many tourists. sold here meet all types of goods, from electronic equipment, office furniture, household items, jewelry, clothing, fashion. It also includes a dining area with specialties Manila, Chinese dishes. However, this is where the famous high prices. You should pay the price if you want to purchase. China town, the sales season is always busy and bustling. China Town is always discounted items throughout the year , but you should pay close attention to the quality rather than price.

Note when traveling in Philippines

- Monitor weather forecasts truth should closely follow each day and canceled flights if you believe storm, because the Philippines is located between the Pacific Ocean and often suffered severe consequences due to typhoons, tsunami caused.

- Always carry your passport and hotel card every time out and never wander alone in deserted areas after dark.

- The place is less secure and prone to pickpockets, robbery in the Philippines is the most busy tourist spots, shopping centers and even in the hotel lobby !

- When traveling by tour,  you  should not leave valuables in the car seat and move elsewhere. Even on the seemingly secure means of this, crooks can still hack and take away your important items.

- Should not only visit each of Manila, because here there are not many interesting tourist attractions. Instead, go to tourist spots like Boracay south, Bohol or Vigan ... to feel the beauty and unique culture of the people here.

- Do not miss the colorful Jeepny vehicles when traveling in the Philippines because this is the glamorous culture own Southeast Asian country that hardly any other place. In particular, by means of this move is also inexpensive.

- When you arrive at the airport you should take one of maps in " tourist information desk ." Often they will give you the tourist map, but you should also get more traffic map again.

- In Manila condition quite common congestion, more traffic lights to wait until 100 seconds, a taxi to the airport takes about  to 1 hour  45 minutes, so you should note, to the airport early to avoid late because of a traffic jam.

- In the Philippines the public transport often turn on very low temperature cold, very cold whether it is bus or taxi, hotel or cinema. All are cold so you remember to bring long sleeves warm towel if you go away and Cebu night bus.

- Do not buy things in the bus station so easy to be fooled even if you have to ask the price and bargain .

- Like many other airports, when you have a flight to late at night ( going cheap tickets ), you can stay at the airport, noting bring a sweater or blanket, because the cold night. In addition, you should note carefully storage, security bad Philippines.

- Customs in the Philippines checked luggage very carefully, they will ask you to take off the shoes and hats, to check that you keep your money in there?. passengers buying tickets from any flight departing from Manila airport are not included airport taxes. As to the airport and have to pay 550 pesos.

- Therefore, you should not use up the money, you let excess of 550 pesos to pay taxes.

 - You should buy one sim phone to be able to communicate with people, I use the network " Smart ", because the "smart " variety package with 3G.

This is one of my experiences while traveling in Philippines, there are many shortcomings, hope you can comment and make suggestions so that I can acquire different experience