The Rough Guide to the Philippines (Rough Guide to...)
Language: English
Pages: 480
ISBN: B00NBEYB48
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steer-dogging held every May (usually May 6–9). A number of activities and sights around Masbate City together make a good day-trip by bangka. The tourist office should be able to help with arrangements for bangka rental, or you could bargain directly with a fisherman at the pier close to the main transport terminal. Expect to pay around P1000 for a small boat, or P2500 for a medium-sized one. Pawa boardwalk 4km southwest of the city centre • Jeepney P15; tricycle P75 (15min) The Pawa
Island There are several morning bangkas from Surigao to San José (4hr), from where bangkas (about P1000 for half a day) can take you virtually anywhere along the coast of Dinagat Just a short bangka hop from Surigao, wild and undeveloped Dinagat Island, around 60km from tip to toe, is an adventure paradise-in-waiting. Its rugged coastline has tantalizing islets, beautiful sugary-sand beaches and sheer cliffs that are attracting an increasing number of rock climbers. The main drawback is
to P20,000 for a genuine figurine of modest size; they’re much cheaper if you haggle for them in Banaue or Sagada. At markets in the Cordilleras, look out also for wooden bowls, various wooden wall carvings and fabric wall hangings. The best place to look for Catholic religious art is in Manila (see Handicrafts and souvenirs), though antique shops in other towns also have a selection. Wooden Catholic statues called santos and large wooden crucifixes are common. Cheaper religious souvenirs
details of movies, concerts and arts events in Manila. Online, ClickTheCity ( clickthecity.com) has an events calendar, movie and gig guides and listings of restaurants and hotels. < Back to Information TOURS AND ACTIVITIES Tours Filipino Travel Center, G/F Palm Plaza Hotel, 524 Pedro Gil St at M. Adriatico St, Ermita 02 528 4507, filipinotravel.com.ph (Manila day-trips from P1700). Also Walk This Way and Old Manila Walks. Dive operators Adventure Bound G/F, GBI Building, 2282 Pasong Tamo
facade, weathered bell tower and a beautifully sculpted altar finished in gold leaf. Check out also the wonderfully vivid mural paintings near the main entrance, dating from the 1850s. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE: PAETE By jeepney Paete is 10km north of Pagsanjan, just off the main highway that hugs the east coast of Laguna de Bay. It’s best approached by jeepney (around P25) from Pagsanjan or Santa Cruz (take any one going to Siniloan). EATING Exotik National Hwy, Longos (around 2km south of