http://vincentvanderveken.com Just Another Travel Photo Blog Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:46:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en View from on one of the islands of Pagdanan Bay Port Barton is located midway between Puerto Princesa and El Nido on Palawan's Northwest coast. This lovely little coastal beach town's activities are mostly geared towards island hopping, swimming, diving and snorkeling around Pagdanan Bay while the mainland offers some walking ... http://vincentvanderveken.com/2008/11/08/port-barton-and-the-pagdanan-bay/ The view from the beach on a moody afternoon at Coco Loco island The Coco Loco island and resort was certainly one of the highlights of my last trip to the Philippines. The seven hectares spec of land that make up this microscopic sized island consists but of two things. Flat ... http://vincentvanderveken.com/2008/10/09/coco-loco-island-and-resort/ A view of Malapascua's northern part of the island near Langob Malapascua with its small proportions of 2½ KM long by 1KM wide is a tiny but beautiful tropical island lost 8KM into the Visayan sea just off Cebu's port of Maya. Often compared to what Boracay looked like 20 years ... http://vincentvanderveken.com/2008/07/11/malapascua-island/ IF you just happen to be around Manila around Good Friday and have a stomach for a very realistic reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ you should definitely consider the short 65 KM trip up to the San Fernando, Pampanga and experience this very unusual Filipino spiritual journey. Named cristos ... http://vincentvanderveken.com/2008/05/31/san-fernando-crucifixions-2008/ Somewhat more seasoned this time and after a long five months wait I am finally back in Asia for my 2nd trip to the region with a totally different starting point this time: HONG KONG. Hong Kong should be a smooth transition for anyone coming for the first time to Asia ... http://vincentvanderveken.com/2008/04/30/arriving-in-hong-kong/ Madrid being the capital and biggest city of Spain with around 3.5 Million inhabitants you might feel overwhelmed at 1st by the amount of things to see and do on a short week-end trip. You sure won't be able to visit all of the museums, galleries, palaces, parks, architectural sights, ... http://vincentvanderveken.com/2008/03/15/week-end-in-madrid/ Marseille or spelled Marseilles in English is the second most populated city of France. It is located in the Southern part just by the Mediterranean sea on what is commonly called the French Riviera. I was blessed at my arrival with a warm sun, blue skies and early to mid ... http://vincentvanderveken.com/2007/12/30/marseille/ Alona beach, Panglao Island     Connected by a short bridge and located right at the southwest tip of Bohol is where you will find the small island of Panglao. A very short distance from the port of Tagbilaran it is home to some lovely white sand beaches but Panglao is mostly ... http://vincentvanderveken.com/2007/12/23/panglao/ The island of Bohol here on the Loboc river cruise Bohol the tenth biggest island of the Philippines (out of ± 7107) is situated just south of Cebu city has a wide array of possible attractions. The thing I loved about it is that you can start (and end) your days ... http://vincentvanderveken.com/2007/11/25/bohol/ Cebu city also nicknamed ‘Queen of the South’ is the second largest city of the Philippines. It has few attractions compared to it's big sister Manila and most of the ones it has have to do with Ferdinand Magellan’s arrival here and consequently the birth of Catholicism in the Philippines, the ... http://vincentvanderveken.com/2007/11/19/cebu-city/