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Masasa Beach in Tingloy, Batangas: A Quick & Cheap Weekend Beach Getaway
Masasa Beach in Tingloy, Batangas: A Quick & Cheap Weekend Beach Getaway
Listen, we get it: sometimes, life in the city just becomes too hectic and you need to get away for the weekend. The awesome thing about living in Metro Manila is that there are plenty of hideaway spots not too far away from the city: and Masasa Beach in Tingloy, Batangas is quickly becoming one of the secret favorites among weekend warriors, especially for those who love to camp.
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Published at 2018-03-20 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Travel
Tags: Batangas City, Beach
Straightforward, Simple Batangas Cuisine
Straightforward, Simple Batangas Cuisine
Whenever Batangas is mentioned, several things easily come to mind. One is the balisong,the fan knife that craftsmen have been making for generations, known for its durability and equated with the reputed bravery of the Batangueño males. Another is the barako, coffee from Liberica beans from the hills of Lipa.
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Published at 2018-03-15 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Documentary
Tags: Batangas City, Cuisine
Unveiling the Hidden Part of Batangas
Unveiling the Hidden Part of Batangas
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear about Batangas? We, Filipinos can answer it even without thinking. And yes, BEAUTIFUL BEACHES it is. Batangas is endowed with destinations encompassing various terrain — from natural to man-made, to preserved greatness of the long-gone era to modernistic structures, from places where you can seek refuge, to sites where one can be lavished with paramount Epicurean treats.
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Published at 2018-03-10 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Travel
Tags: Batangas City
Basilica of San Martin De Torres (Taal Basilica)
Basilica of San Martin De Torres (Taal Basilica)
Basilica de San Martin de Tours, is a Minor Basilica located in Taal, Batangas. It is claimed as the largest church in the Philippines and in South East Asia. This church is 96 meters long and 45 meters wide. Local people celebrate the day of their patron saint, San Martin de Tours, every November 11. It is the time that the townspeople honor and acknowledge their patron saint.
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Published at 2018-03-09 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Documentary, History, Religion
Tags: Batangas City, Taal
Taal Heritage Town
Taal Heritage Town
Looking to visit a place a little bit further from Tagaytay, we decided to head out to Taal town, a place we’ve sometimes passed by on our way to some of the beaches in Batangas but never really got to explore. Our primary interest in visiting Taal was the collection of Spanish colonial era-ancestral houses – something of a smaller-scale version of Vigan in the Southern Tagalog region.
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Published at 2018-03-07 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Culture, Documentary, History
Tags: Batangas City, Landmark, Taal, heritage
Eight Churches in Batangas for Visita Iglesia
Eight Churches in Batangas for Visita Iglesia
In the Philippines, where more than 86% are Christians, it has been a tradition for devotees to do Visita Iglesia during Maundy Thursday. The practice is to visit at least seven churches and recite the Stations of the Cross in the churches to be visited. Others would visit fourteen churches to complete the fourteen stations.
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Published at 2018-03-04 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Culture, Religion, Travel
Tags: Batangas City, Church
Mount Tibig: the Hidden Beauty of Batangas
Mount Tibig: the Hidden Beauty of Batangas
Mount Tibig is totally off the path. She is rarely on any hiker’s list. While its neighbouring mountains are suffering from way too many footprints beating their trails, she, on the other hand enjoys the serenity and unperturbed silence of her land. Not that she is less stunning than the others. In fact, she has quite a few tricks up her sleeves.
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Published at 2018-03-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Travel
Tags: Batangas City, Flowers, Tourism
Calumpang River
Calumpang River
The Calumpang River (Filipino: Ilog Calumpang) is a major river in eastern Batangas, Philippines. Known as the "Nile of Batangas," the river itself forms the southeastern boundary of Poblacion, Batangas City as it continues to flow southward to Batangas Bay at an approximately point of 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) east of Batangas Port.
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Published at 2018-02-17 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Documentary, Fauna and flora
Tags: Batangas City