This gorgeous building is in the walled-city of Intramuros, a section of Manila, Philippines. The city, built by the Spaniards on the southern bank of the Pasig River in the 16th century is Manila's oldest district. I love the tone and the way the angle that wetboxer chose ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo of the Day (5-27-09)
This gorgeous building is in the walled-city of Intramuros, a section of Manila, Philippines. The city, built by the Spaniards on the southern bank of the Pasig River in the 16th century is Manila's oldest district. I love the tone and the way the angle that wetboxer chose ...Photo of the Day 5.11.09
These days, I'm SERIOUSLY missing scuba diving -- it's been a year since I've been at a decent beach, and about 3 years since I strapped a can of air on my back. This fun shot captured by wetboxers of his divemaster in the Philippines has just about put me over the edge. ...Photo of the Day: 5.4.09
There are just some photographs that when you first see them, you involuntarily exhale deeply, and, however fleeting, a sense of relaxation comes over you. The photograph above of this floating bar in the Philippines, shared by wetboxers in our Gadling Flickr pool, is one ...Photo of the Day (4.10.09)
Here at Gadling, we believe strongly in the separation of church and blog. But as today is Good Friday, I'm attempting to make myself feel better for not going to church by posting this photo of a re-enactment of the crucifixion taken earlier today by Gadling fave ...Photo of the Day (4.3.09)
Gadling fave StrudelMonkey gave us this great shot of a sunset taken from White Beach on the Philippine island of Boracay. The island is one of the Philippines' top tourist destinations, and gorgeous sunsets like these must be part of the reason why.
Want your photo ...Photo of the Day (3.20.09)
In honor of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, which began in earnest yesterday, here's a photo by flickr user wetboxers of a seaside basketball court in the Ilocos Sur province in the Philippines.
While this court isn't the site of any March Madness games ...Here's a tip: teaching your girlfriend to drive on an airport runway is a bad idea
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the Philippines' top aviation official, Frisco Santo Domingo, has been suspended because of the hijinks of his son, which resulted in a near collision with a commercial plane. According to the story, the pilot of the airplane, ...Gadling + BootsnAll - Picks of the Week (3.13.09)
Welcome back to Gadling's weekly "Picks of the Week" from our friends over at travel site, BootsnAll. Every Friday we'll be bringing you some of our favorite stories this week from the site. Take a look below and click on through if you find something that catches your ...Photo of the Day (2.1.09)
It looks like Flickr user wetboxers is having a lot more fun than any of us at the moment. This image of him jumping into the crater lake of Mount Pinatubo is actually a composite of several different time-lapsed shots, which I assume have been stitched together in ...Strange New Year's traditions around the world
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Unlike many holidays, where celebrants are bound by tradition or religion, New Year's is a holiday that allows each individual to choose his own method of celebration. Some revelers will soak themselves in alcohol, boozing it up with copious bottles of champagne. Others ...Jet circles Zamboanga airport waiting for missing air traffic controllers
Unlike our very own Kent Wien, I never trained to be a pilot, but even without those years of training, I can't imagine it is very comforting to get close to your destination airport and find an unstaffed air traffic control tower. This is exactly what happened when a jet ...Photo of the Day (12.23.08)
Having nice weather this Christmas? Yeah, me neither. If you've ventured even close to an airport or a newscast in the last week you probably know that 3/4 of the country is buried under snow right now and that flights and passengers are in chaos. In case you happen to be ...Photo of the Day (10/22/08)
The blues and the clouds first attracted me this shot. Or was it the angle of the structure that draws one up and up? Or perhaps it was the dock that leads outwards.
The combination of the simplicity of each element compels me to keep looking. There's the froth from the ...Photo of the Day (10.10.08)
With this photo, Flickr user wetboxers (interesting name) really makes me miss Ecuador, the only place I've ever surfed-- if you can call getting thrown off a longboard all day "surfing." This shot was taken in the Philippines, but similar scenes can be found all over the ...When is it stupid to step on a ferry or climb in a large wooden boat?
The news of the recent ferry accident in the Philippines reminded me of the many ferries I've taken in my travels. The journey across the wide mouth of the Gambia River between Banjul, the capital, and Barra, on the side of The Gambia where I lived, comes to mind the most. ...Abandoned hotels past their days of glory: Which will rise again?
Over at ProTraveler, there is a read worth noting about eight abandoned hotels in various parts of the world. They once had glory days, but didn't hold onto it for financial woes or pestilence.
These are the places that chronicle shifts of time. Hot destinations that don't ...Vitamin beer, aka responsible drinking Filipino-style
You have to hand it to the Filipino inventor Virgilio "Billy" L. Malang for creating an invention that has a widespread appeal. He has created a type of beer, which is Vitamin B complex-fortified and makes a promise to "take some of the guilt out of drinking" by replacing ...Living with the Flintstones
Looks like something straight out of The Flintstones, eh? My question is, well, aren't they going to be kinda screwed going uphills? The shot was taken in the village of Banaue, the Philippines, during a festival (here's more information). What's more, the setting is ...Americans advised not to fly Philippine Airlines
I didn't realize the FAA officially rates airlines based on their security standards. Well, they do.
Just this week, Philippine Airlines got downgraded to a Category 2 airline requiring "heightened FAA surveillance." They join countries likes Ghana, Bangladesh, Indonesia ...
