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PADI Women’s Dive Day 2025 at Casalay Boutique Villas & Dive Resort
Each year, divers around the world come together to celebrate a movement that goes beyond just exploring the ocean depths, PADI Women’s Dive Day. Launched in 2015, this global initiative began as a way to encourage more women to try diving and create a more inclusive community underwater. Over the years, it has transformed into a powerful day of action, awareness, and celebration of women divers who are actively contributing to ocean conservation. In 2025, this spirit was proudly brought to life in the Philippines through PADI Women’s Dive Day at Casalay Boutique Villas & Dive Resort. Pushing Through with Purpose at Casalay Boutique Villas Set against the lush, tropical…
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How to Apply for a Chinese Visa for Filipinos: Complete Guide, Rates & Requirements
China has always been on my bucket list, but I never really thought about visiting it sooner—until an opportunity to visit Shenzhen came up. Excited yet slightly anxious (as a Philippine passport holder), I braced myself for what I expected to be a tedious visa application process. But to my surprise, it was way easier than I imagined! If you’re planning to visit China soon, here’s how to apply for a Chinese visa for Filipinos—step by step. From requirements to processing times, I’ve got you covered so you can get that visa hassle-free and focus on the fun part: planning your trip! Types of Chinese Visa for Filipinos The type…
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Sailing to Shenzhen from Hong Kong International Airport
I first discovered the sailing route from Hong Kong International Airport to Shenzhen when my flight from Shenzhen to Manila was unexpectedly canceled. Stranded and scrambling for options, I learned about the ferry service that connects the airport directly to Shenzhen. Instead of dealing with long border queues and multiple transfers, I took a comfortable ferry ride that turned a stressful situation into an unexpected adventure by the sea! If you also wish to explore this route between these two cities, here’s everything that you need to know. Why Travel to Shenzhen by Ferry? Choosing to sail to Shenzhen from Hong Kong International Airport offers several advantages over traditional travel…
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What to Do After an Open Water Course?
Before the holidays, I decided to visit Siquijor and further my diving skills and knowledge through certification in both freediving and scuba diving. After years of exploring the ocean, I’ve finally decided to take a certification on scuba diving. The PADI Open Water course had several skills sets that made it both challenging and fun for me. This full entry level certification allowed me to safely dive down to 18 meters without an instructor’s supervision, learn more and set up my own diving kit or equipment, plan and log my dives, perform basic self and buddy rescue drills, navigation, use the dive computer and more. After coming home fresh from…
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Coron Palawan Budget Travel Guide 2025
Pristine beaches with fine white sand, glistening turquoise waters, ginormous fascinating limestone formations, harmonious play of aqua and verdant, rich marine life, historical ship wrecks, postcard-perfect view of landscape and seascape, golden rolling hills under a canopy of a pastel sky during the sunset, lovely welcoming people – a pure beauty over and above. This Coron Palawan travel guide will help you plan your trip to experience all these and see the beauty of this paradise! About Palawan Palawan is among the provinces belonging to Region IV-B MIMAROPA (Mindoro Occidental and Oriental, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) situated at Southern Luzon. It has effortlessly astounded tourists from all over the globe with…
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Top Ilocos Norte Tourist Spots in 2025
Whether you’re a thrill seeker craving for some adrenaline pumping activities, an art enthusiast, gastronomic traveler, culture and history geek or a solivagant, Ilocos Norte surely has a place for you. You’ll be surprised with how much wonders this province in the northernmost part of the Philippines holds – be it a natural attraction or a man-made one. If you don’t know where to start with it and you’re planning to visit soon, here’s a list of the top Ilocos Norte tourist spots to frolic in! Ilocos Norte Tourist Spots Solsona-Apayao Road Solsona-Apayao road is one of the Ilocos Norte tourist spots that has been recently introduced. It is a…
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NEGROS OCCIDENTAL TRAVEL GUIDE 2025
Negros Occidental is a wide palette of great wonders of the land and the seas. It is more than just that sough-after flamboyant dance and parade at the streets of Bacolod City held annually or an architecture that tells a story of an undying love. The province lets you take a walk down the rustic and dainty streets of a city, sip a cup of its native coffee in a cafe nestled on a mountain side, chase waterfalls, dive into ship wrecks or protected marine sanctuary, explore its terrestrial natural resources, bask in the sun in its pristine beaches and god knows what other wonders Negros Occidental has that I…
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2025 Puerto Galera DIY Travel Guide (Itinerary + Budget)
Puerto Galera is not dead. While a lot and other provinces in the Philippines make its way into the list of top tourist destination in the country and in the world, this doesn’t make the other places seem less as people speak less of it. One of those in the latter sadly, is Puerto Galera. Consequently, people are missing out a lot on the wonders this town lowkey holds. If you wish to see and be amazed by these in flesh, here’s an updated Puerto Galera DIY travel guide to help you with! At the edge of the grotto in Virgin beach About Puerto Galera Puerto Galera is a Spanish…
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CAMIGUIN DIY TRAVEL GUIDE 2025 (Itinerary + Budget)
The white water kissed the shore as it washes away the grains of sand off my feet. The sound of the waves was resounding; the only sound I’ve been craving for to hear. The air was thick and salty on my skin but it felt good. I took a few steps and felt the brine up to my knees, making my heart beat faster as I take one or two more until my body is finally one with the ocean again. It is the only thing that my senses could perceive in the moment. I closed my eyes and realized that this is just one of the many things that…
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Puerto Princesa Underground River DIY Travel Guide 2025
I am a true sucker for the world’s greatest explained and unexplained events and things. I love the feeling of fascination, being curious and learning something new. This eagerness has driven me to explore one of my dream travel destinations in the Philippines, the province of Palawan. After diving into the lagoons and shipwrecks in Coron, admiring the spectacular rock formations, hidden beaches and lagoons of El Nido and basking under the sun in the impossibly perfect beaches of Balabac, I decided to do something new in my return to Puerto Princesa, the fourth leg and the last destination in my Palawan Backpacking. I visited the spot as to what the city…
