Here is a video of  our rafting in Davao river last year. The video features Xty almost falling out of our raft. Also, in this video are Dennis (our river guide), japanesecake, catnap, xty, and L. The person taking the video is Jimmy from the Davao's Wild water rafting .
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Soda Swimming pool was one of the things we were looking forward to in our trip to Camiguin, the name itself is very intriguing, a soda-tasting swimming pool? Camiguin has lots of hot and cold springs, and we chose to go this one, out of the many springs in the area to save time. Plus the rumor that the water here tastes like soda, made us want to visit it more. We were anxious to get in and find out for ourselves the taste of this so-called Soda pool. Upon entering the place, you'd insta
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Philippine Airlines offers all-in domestic fares for as low as P888, for the following route: Luzon Manila - Laoag (Ilocos) Legazpi- Puerto Princesa Visayas Manila - Bacolod Manila - Cebu Manila - Dumaguete Manila - Iloilo Manila - Kalibo Manila - Roxas Manila - Tacloban Manila - Tagbilaran and  all-in domestic fares for as low as  P1888, on the following routes: Mindanao Manila - Butuan Manila - Cagayan De Oro Manila - Cotabato Mani
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I didn't realize that kathangisip is now eight months today. I checked my email of when I got this site, and what do you know, today is her monthsary!!! Awww eight months and I'm still like at the bottom of every site ranks, haha. But I'm quite satisfied with what the site has become,though we're not as popular as most travel sites, what's important for us is we're able to present our travel experiences and provide all the possible information you'd probably need in your travels. :) So tha
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3D1Q.XOXO Kathangisip travel blog will never came to be if not for our tour group, and super friends: 3D1Q. A lame ass name we concucted for our little gang, after our very successful trip to Davao. This coming June 21st is the anniversary of our group. Kampay!!!! 3D1Q means Three Devs and 1 QA. We all work in the IT industry, and three of us in the group are all java developer: me(japanesecake), catnap(J), and L. And of course, we have the outcast QA analyst, Xty. haha. It was in Davao,
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(This is part 2, of Davao White Water rafting post. Link to part 1: Davao White water rafting) The Practice At the beginning of the actual rafting, we were tested on how well we listened to both Jimmy and Dennis' lecture. The first demo was defensive swimming. After that was how to pick up a team mate from the waters, using just your paddles. Next was how to bring your team mate back  up, on the raft, without making your raft capsize. :D And then , the actual rafting part comes...During
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White Water Rafting, was our last activity on our 4 Days, 3 nights tour in Davao. Prior to the trip, we have already reserved with Davao's WWR, and luckily for us, we were the only group to do the activity that day. :D How to go there Since this was our last day in Davao, we carried our stuff (including pasalubong), and took a taxi to take us to Davao Crocodile park where the white water rafting facility can be found. White water rafting in Davao Tuesday, we arrived at the Davao's white
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Here is the general information on our actual itinerary going to Davao last June 2008, featuring the best tourist spots in Davao. We're currently on the process of finding the actual itinerary, haha. We'll update this post with the total breakdown of expenses, once we get all the info. Going to Davao Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines has regular flights going to Davao. Fares ranges from P1500 to P3000 (One-way, non-promo flights). Check out our Travel Promos category for the lates
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Cebu Pacific air's latest promo fare offers international fares for as low as P988 one-way 'Go-Lite' fare, travelling from: Clark-Hongkong? Clark-Singapore Clark-Macau Manila-Kota Kinabalu Promo fare of P1,388 one-way, travelling from the following locations(below) are also available: Manila-Singapore Manila-Hongkong Manila-Macau Manila-Kuala Lumpur Manila-Guangzhou Manila-Shanghai Cebu-Singapore Cebu-Hongkong Selling period is from June 17, 2009 to June 19,
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Part of our tour in Dakak-Dipolog-Dumaguete-Siquijor was finding the best souvenirs in the area. ese two giant brands of bottled goods popular in Dipolog. We met some policemen in the bus terminal of Dipolog, who advised us what to buy on each store. We were tipped with this info: Sardines==Montano, Bagoong==Zaragoza. We were also informed that the sardines are cheaper on the main branch of Montano's unlike those sold in malls. So our next stop was the  subdivision where the owner has a s
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