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Philippines: The Land of the Greatest Filipino Artists in the World - Part 1

On this week’s blog, I will bring you to an art gallery you’ve most likely never seen before. This gallery exhibits the Philippines as a nation of great sculptors, painters, and designers. I will give each photo my own title and a bit of description but then let the arts speak for themselves.  Just relax and enjoy. Let me walk you through to the gallery now. "Dining Set Up Above" The wooden chair is a perfect seat to eat. This is a restaurant on the 5th floor of a building where you can experience a great view of the city. "Romantic Dining Hall" The light shines just right on this dining place made of wood, bamboo and recycled crafts. Have you noticed the old drum? "Painted Sculptures of a Tribe" A tribe is on its way to a big hunting adventure. Native houses are in a community nearby green mountains. Guava and an eggplant-like curving looks amazing. "Unknown Bamboo Craft"  Quite hard to figure out what this

Cool Things You Need to Know (and Experience Now) About the Philippines – Part 2

As promised, there will part 2 of this post. For those of you who haven’t yet read part 1, here is the link. http://www.projectpilipinas.com/2017/07/cool-things-you-need-to-know-about.html Now to continue with, here’s another batch of cool things the Philippines have for you. Whether you’re a local or a tourist, this post is something worth to bookmark and shared about. Let’s continue. Jeepneys and Tricycles You’ve probably seen those crazy guys sitting on the top load of a running jeepney somewhere in the mountainous areas here in the Philippines. Well, it’s their happiness to experience that adventure once on their lifetime. But it’s cool, isn’t it? Jeeps or jeepneys are everywhere in the country and it is in fact the cheapest means of transport here. If you’ve been into Manila or any city in the country, there is no way you cannot see these colorful and overly-decorated vehicles. Needless to mention the features, but the face-to-face 10-12-seater benches, the eye-catch

“I Love Baguio City” - My Travel Story in the Summer Capital of the Philippines

The Strawberry Farm, Burnham Park, Mines View Park, the Mansion, Wright Park, Lourdes Grotto, and Session Road; these are among of the popular landmarks in the more commonly known “Summer Capital of the Philippines” – Baguio City. Why so? Well, the temperature here seldom exceeds 26 degree centigrade. During the cold season of December to February, the temperature falls down to even below 10 degree centigrade. The record low temperature was 6.3 degree and that was on January 18, 1961. How to Travel to Baguio City? Going to this cold city in the mountainous province of Benguet, Philippines is a six to seven hours travel by passenger utility bus from Manila. Starting from EDSA, traversing the NLEX, entering SCTEX, exiting the province of Tarlac and going through the neighbouring provinces of Pangasinan and La Union, and then exploring the zigzag road of either the Marcos Highway, the Kennon Road or the Naguilian Road, the coldest place in the Philippines will be reached. Baguio is a