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We landed in Puerto Princesa and drove five hours north to El Nido.&amp;nbsp;Bacuit BayThere are four standard tour routes for going island hopping around Bacuit Bay in El Nido, labelled Tour A to D. We took Tour A which visits Big Lagoon, Secret Lagoon, and 7 Commandos Beach, but opted to have lunch at the </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2025/05/elnido-palawan-philippines-island-hopping.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKdjQcM8okrIra3yVqIFxn5NNCBl7HZB89kWGAGWX82lFF27fbWC_uldkXg44vZX5NPuqeKtpI_fnRX_N8hTe19mA3VY2WeZVp5IRQ_r9Uu8YXsTUmNuXn5FrFKBD-7NpO6aYpg729PKUiFF57WvkGl8v2YXr5eW9PY6SAxosQN6jk3W2o8BX/s72-w640-h536-c/elnido1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-398166024649148970</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-04-30T22:12:16.219+08:00</atom:updated><title>Celebrating 20 years of Ivan About Town!</title><atom:summary type="text">Twenty years ago, I wrote the first entry of my travel blog at a hostel in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. I silently remembered that milestone two weeks ago as I flew from Seville back to Paris after witnessing the Semana Santa processions of the city. Looking back, I have so much to be grateful for. And this blog definitely opened a lot of doors.I started my blog while I was an MBA student at the </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2025/04/celebrating-20-years-of-ivan-about-town.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_8s956I7pO90mLuqHv0ukHLdyoo_N3BY68kJEPHNb56h8n6UIx6mesUCmywxUOjZOHaw0L_3WbaTKdMZ3ubkTpvQ7vKQ2V1ntj1FvJRMH_fPgg3LvCu4XA8SnN2ohKo_KUfvl0telOzevIJ-hTCv_ZwdB7AIQ9ROPZGFoXkttODi056O25pb/s72-w640-h536-c/ivanabouttown20.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-1202719185870178439</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-01-20T02:06:51.368+08:00</atom:updated><title>Mercado Central de Atarazanas in Málaga, Spain</title><atom:summary type="text">&amp;nbsp;Mercado Central de Atarazanas is the largest food market in Málaga, the capital of Spain&#39;s Costa del Sol. Freshly caught seafood (so fresh it&#39;s still moving) is the major product at the market at this coastal city. But there&#39;s a lot more than that including olives, spices, cured meats, cheeses, and fruits and vegetables.&amp;nbsp;The current structure was completed in 1879. It was the site of </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2025/01/mercado-central-de-atarazanas-in-malaga.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Csf5n9wVw7wA1ttkp2fvD_OmGp2c_NeLigL9Rx1jRLQNKvpiwRdvquHZ44NPNy_Abmt_kGPYuf4_7O9hgrT1F2KNRpxMl8D8ZCp8CgRTB3W9kFOzByInvqgtHs3V13-C3f5lxVRXsTug_CC7CbMAhoIYk1Z-AXYXJ_Er8Kx2ggNlZIlR_sQB/s72-w640-h536-c/malagaatarazanas1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-6037809818755047639</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2025-01-03T22:29:49.772+08:00</atom:updated><title>Ivan About Town celebrates twenty years in 2025!</title><atom:summary type="text">Happy New Year, everyone! It has been a while since I&#39;ve written anything on my blog. And so much has happened since my last post. Those following me on LinkedIn,&amp;nbsp;Facebook and Instagram should have seen the major updates, including my appointment as Secretary-General of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines and election as Commissioner of the National Commission for Culture and </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2025/01/ivan-about-town-celebrates-twenty-years.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHcg-j51Bbhlf4HVjOIJK15jkfOsJ9jFo97BTXhgUt1kY-6E2Qf0xphXytxAP6U1r781WLc67wFIs-JtSJA1nD9UdNhRJRpPGb5Gtend6u2UKy5h0QOxRAU3ITfSdP0vXYrFcTGgFqlBfV9CDGpPqH8pl8pasRtQg5G5htWldEGf7BBWY5j-p/s72-w640-h536-c/cordobaspain.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-7803891529421515216</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2022-12-02T21:45:45.975+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Aachen</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Berlin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cologne</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Food</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Germany</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hamburg</category><title>Christmas markets (Christkindlmarkt) in Germany </title><atom:summary type="text">Christmas markets are a holiday tradition in the German-speaking part of Europe that date back to the Middle Ages. So the best Christmas markets, known locally as&amp;nbsp;Christkindlmarkt or&amp;nbsp;Weihnachtsmarkt, are definitely in Germany. While the&amp;nbsp;markets originated in Germany, they can now be found in many other regions of Europe and among German communities in North America. I got to visit </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2022/12/christmas-market-germany.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcEafTOQc24qiXhGE1Izat9jcCxJOUSYCCTGLjimlEWy9xz2Bi55n88wu4aL-aOKDMxq9QpAPdYzq07ZJg96233Xh51h1BZav6uFKvwJkm4z8z5U72aC88Q7VROrI-qJZ2d5sZY-rYSSdWJFmevMcZormAxvJgqe1m0_ZXphnhRw8a2CK1Q/s72-w640-h536-c/berlin1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-8635965442299635968</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2022-09-20T00:33:26.828+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Canada</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ottawa</category><title>Afternoon trip to Ottawa, Canada: Parliament Hill and Rideau Canal</title><atom:summary type="text">After a two year hiatus, I&#39;ve decided to start posting again in my blog. I attended the 18th TICCIH International Congress in Montreal, Canada earlier this month where I presented a paper. Right after the conference, I made a quick trip to Canada&#39;s capital city, Ottawa. Because we didn&#39;t have much time, I only got to visit&amp;nbsp;Parliament Hill and the the Ottawa Locks of Rideau Canal.Parliament </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2022/09/afternoon-trip-to-ottawa-canada.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZfPJ-5UMY1Nct1ukLMlV23pCFPitObfVl-j1b3mQUTz0jl4A52oPy0NZAcT2fAZbTX_6Mn30KMUJZg8CYtHrnlibccFPtoKXF8FxU3k051H4JN-u7chesuDv1bqs-CZfz5W2ietC6IkvYZlupclbieV-O8unPzrhEKq7iv9C5zbgwFMmtQ/s72-w640-h537-c/ottawacanada.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Ottawa, ON, Canada</georss:featurename><georss:point>45.4215296 -75.697193099999993</georss:point><georss:box>17.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-3328628638064701865</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2020 07:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-04-19T15:20:32.967+08:00</atom:updated><title>Ivan About Town celebrates fifteen years!</title><atom:summary type="text">


Time indeed flies. And I can&#39;t believe it&#39;s been fifteen years today since I made my first blog entry in a hostel in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. This adventure brought me to every province of the Philippines, and close to a hundred countries, including forty-nine US states.

While the blog has taken a back seat as I&#39;ve transitioned into the academe, I express my gratitude to you all for traveling</atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2020/04/ivan-about-town-celebrates-fifteen-years.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nBa9ygYBXV2d7NK7JXDnYaqZJ2f7281rvFfD3zfH_vy2IVwUnvjBpZxxXGXAola8S1fHymEFBcGuHFHq-XPcEvo1fO8aahthfj0kTZudRc1xisU8iQzszb4CnbxhTmCBVaPp/s72-c/IAT15.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-7511241655011615255</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-06-19T01:15:28.057+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kentucky</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Louisville</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">North America</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">United States</category><title>Visiting the Kentucky Bourbon Trail</title><atom:summary type="text">


The US is proud of its whiskey: Bourbon, Tennessee Whiskey and American Rye. But only Bourbon has been declared as a native spirit of America by the US Congress in 1964. Kentucky is the birthplace of Bourbon and creates 95 percent of the world’s supply. And today, you can visit eleven signature and fourteen craft distilleries as part of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, plus several more </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2018/06/visiting-kentucky-bourbon-trail.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85tdIwgvmGLGgSW13hiP-MWRzZ-nbWPfNuiGOmawqN_QnHQ48_OtcFS1PNuoHhyphenhyphenvLKLG5YZP57Q3h-vp085P0D-8hckvtwrBBHI_nwwmArIBo8LDFgjWjARmj9XbyaofQsPxc/s72-c/kentuckybourbon01.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-3433579235696332137</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2017 18:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-23T20:51:47.419+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Indiana</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lafayette</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">United States</category><title>Northwest Indiana&#39;s largest corn maze in Lafayette</title><atom:summary type="text">


Fall in Indiana means, among many things, that it&#39;s corn maze season! Farm tourism is a big thing in the United States. Many farms around the US create cornfield mazes as an added attraction. And they sure are fun! As they all say, there&#39;s more than corn in Indiana. But seriously, there is a lot of corn!





Purdue Fulbrighters at Exploration Acres, Lafayette, Indiana



We drove 14 miles </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2017/10/northwest-indiana-largest-corn-maze-lafayette.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevq4GUFUVSa3SJW2qi5_56Rsiq0w6HWApSW0WU9Jmssefy8zATPtwS27e26u71s8H6lgmjvl7NdsYmpeeoEu-thLq0bOLERBUFCxFQ6Ftoz4hn_47n6fjebbt2OL26V5B0qPg/s72-c/indianacornmaze01.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Lafayette, IN, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.4167022 -86.875286899999992</georss:point><georss:box>40.3199717 -87.03664839999999 40.5134327 -86.7139254</georss:box></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-2632076892944173715</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2017 08:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-22T17:12:42.922+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Indiana</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Purdue University</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">United States</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">West Lafayette</category><title>Hello from Purdue University!</title><atom:summary type="text">



This is definitely long overdue. I&#39;ve been putting off further studies for the longest time. But I finally made that giant leap, dropped everything in the Philippines, and left to pursue my PhD in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Hello from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA!

I have been here for a little over two months now, which makes it the longest period I&#39;ve ever </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2017/10/hello-from-purdue-university.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6fsCJO3BqlNOByU1YgHIsVlhJSWnTVd9cqfRmR3v0BiakNaAmISSXQ6q4wwKZ6-QC3k-IvlErSpVRmCdpej_xEE0-XXEU0P9900v-1LODHSSFT0e2nkmWnSoE83Rf3FOLxzx/s72-c/purdue01.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-4259922526728422329</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 09:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-09-21T07:10:58.252+08:00</atom:updated><title>National Cultural Treasures and Important Cultural Properties declared by the National Museum in 2016</title><atom:summary type="text">


The National Museum recently released its list of declared National Cultural Treasures and Important Cultural Properties for 2016. A feature of the 2016 declarations is that the NM also included contents of the buildings, related structures, and buffer zones that are included in the declarations. These properties become part of the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property.

National Cultural </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2017/07/national-cultural-treasures-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SSgq3NlhdsaR6IHZsiFj-AogjBaS5VynZmQU_PwC2jbSMayvoS4wQWM5ThKLgcZ0knfuorLgzMOZ6QPQhjX9jOAh7cQtigm8P-67_IXw4fsA9ZyssSHtkpbz7WSARqX2igB6/s72-c/national-cultural-treasure.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-5061092238718023417</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2016 14:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-07-16T23:49:29.846+08:00</atom:updated><title>Thank you, 2016! My favorite travel photos to remember the year!</title><atom:summary type="text">



This is my year, summed up in 35 Instagram photos. I finally decided to teach full-time at the University of the Philippines. But thanks to the many conference and study mission invitations, I still got to travel somehow. Thank you, 2016! I&#39;m so looking forward to 2017 as a major, major (yes major) change is in the offing.

I added Pakistan and Hawaii, USA to my travel list. This year </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2016/12/thank-you-2016-my-favorite-travel.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7414OQ7W8U4YJTvkr3pchKXunH-z0m6l9Ih1qcOLro2XA0Eq407uDYQsEDtKtvhvQ1gk_7g2NW5sFb_tvGwKvNA5cecwCDkywtwzyNOZ7096gOj26d-i5FwQv9cNeBbFfItKE/s72-c/thankyou2016.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-7678943250743300996</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-07-16T23:48:08.096+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Asia</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Familiarization Tour</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kyoto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sponsored Post</category><title>Japan adventure from Osaka to Kyoto! Ohayo!</title><atom:summary type="text">


There is a temple for everyone in Kyoto, Japan. There is a golden pavilion, and a silver one too. Many temples have beautiful Zen gardens. There are picturesque mountain temples, that become even more stunning with the colors of fall. And there is an iconic temple with thousands of vermillion gates. In fact, there are more than 1600 temples in Kyoto.



A visit to Osaka will not be complete if</atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2016/11/kyoto-fushimi-inari-karaksa-hotel.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Jd7wGh5uHn9ezqI8cID7MTf-thbQSjZS9afu1b77vh1gBe710t2kQuL0e5r0SI47hPw9TIa8HlT7iwNWNT9t2tPxmY9T13PFPITtp_3IDv7PFK4aMRCSm_RnwvIoJr69SGa6/s72-c/kyoto01.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-2007572690263355850</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2016 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-07-16T23:50:07.983+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Familiarization Tour</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Japan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kyoto</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Osaka</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sponsored Post</category><title>Here’s why your next trip to Japan should be to Osaka</title><atom:summary type="text">


Osaka has become a popular destination for Filipinos, especially for second time visitors to Japan who have already been to Tokyo. Universal Studios is a major draw, especially for families. Plus the city is also the gateway to the historic capitals of Kyoto and Nara.

For my recent trip, I was hosted by Karaksa Hotels, a new hotel chain, and a partner of GoHotels.ph, where you can book </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2016/11/osaka-attractions-karaksa-hotel.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjQQwd9BnnWo3IM4Q3yAhOI4_oqJqQDUdyr29bxZVlW3VsrRlx6Zh2ifCYo9vdBfbCKivw-uv05lte-oreqIwuUNnRd-IZWDnQv_RgmktxRQnel87nlbKRTOgqyGIGI5xW_6-/s72-c/osaka01.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-6967509488946202500</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 06:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-07-16T23:50:42.802+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Aklan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Boracay</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Philippines</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Visayas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Western Visayas</category><title>Experience Boracay with Tides Hotel</title><atom:summary type="text">


Tides Hotel is one of the best located hotels in Boracay, if you want to be close to all the action. In my previous trips, I always notice the entrance to Tides in D&#39;Mall. There&#39;s no need to take public transport to get to Boracay&#39;s commercial center. As soon as you exit the hotel, you&#39;re there. So when I got invited by Tides Hotel to stay with them, I didn&#39;t think twice.




My Tides </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2016/09/tides-hotel-boracay-experience.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD99ggsNwxN4MvT5E_og7dUVPe6TlKggFy2bKmd17cg8VoR20xlDPHlnc3_pjaKOo0s_X-NERlO_1Trqb70lw0zU73X_2u8UI8hZXGRGGK7b762Yv4tLmVqxz0FvsNMV0jMf8o/s72-c/tides01.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-3675526838796422140</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-08-19T01:01:45.940+08:00</atom:updated><title>Philippine holidays and long-weekend schedule for 2017 (Proclamation No. 50, s. 2016)</title><atom:summary type="text">


Hunyo 12&amp;nbsp;by Claude Tayag (1989 Fiestas Serigraph Series)


Malacanang issued Proclamation No. 50, s. 2016 declaring the regular holidays, special non-working days, and a special school holiday for 2017. Instead of just giving you the same list of holidays of the Republic of the Philippines for 2017, this list will help you plan your trips with confirmed and expected long-weekends. And </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2016/08/philippine-holidays-and-long-weekend.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BQvhyCKH0u7VR8s_HsfY4HxS31TGuyab0DO4NABPhyYS7k22kfLY4NhPpDHKVfeLcBuxKAYaVPZOBLm3ZFx3Qf7cfHcbE5Q3Eje163qhTlMDxKHpcFRQ2YZ_FouySMNNtB3s/s72-c/claudehunyo12.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-5821236625137331249</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 05:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-05-26T13:43:01.925+08:00</atom:updated><title>Chef Claude Tayag wins People&#39;s Choice Award at Embassy Chef Challenge 2016</title><atom:summary type="text">


The 8th Annual Embassy Chef Challenge was held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC on May 25, 2016. This is the first time that the Philippine Embassy participated in the Embassy Chef Challenge in Washington, DC. Representing us was Chef Claude Tayag who created his own version of bringhe using Philippine products that are exported to the United </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2016/05/embassy-chef-challenge-2016.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnKL7ecE3g1jMJ0B1ysS_JMcKNQEeT9f7WWHlVbVnVP6YrKudYwHz4vmkACbdT36vqoA84Sl-Z40kABjJV0uf9F90_elcYjAvSzL3xokJDOUeAWlE0InHCqr-gRJ6Cg3lewlvx/s72-c/ecc01.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-5121293290258720166</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-03-23T01:43:39.722+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cordillera Administrative Region</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mountain Province</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Philippines</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sagada</category><title>Pupunta ka ba ng Sagada? Basahin muna ito!</title><atom:summary type="text">


Ito ay mga gabay para sa mga nais bumisita sa Sagada. Basahin at intindihin ang mga sumusunod bago tumungo doon:

1. Igalang ang lokal na kultura at pamumuhay ng komunidad. Panatilihin ang distansya mula sa mga ritwal o ano mang mga lugar na tinutukoy na sagrado. Huwag hawakan o buksan ang mga kabaong sa kuweba ng libingan. Huwag tatangkaing sumali o kunan ng litrato o bidyo ang ano mang </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2016/03/pupunta-ka-ba-ng-sagada-basahin-muna-ito.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDZjxOORgFUULgBuUnSNwjwYCyica5UBhEiZcPZh4n6W1d1_6_2Q96YuTBfXxH2nnwe8V7ARQyla7t6Q8AS4oah1NdFaDLU_5swdjwa2FODBNxSzvJMAmgufFZdmVZ6BtfqGR/s72-c/sagada.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-7806261150731194106</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-01-02T04:39:15.015+08:00</atom:updated><title>2015 in review – 25 best Instagram photos from around the Philippines</title><atom:summary type="text">


I hope we all agree, 2015 was not bad at all! Thank you for another great year! I haven&#39;t been blogging as much. But my&amp;nbsp;Instagram account&amp;nbsp;@ivanhenares&amp;nbsp;is alive and kicking. In April,&amp;nbsp;Ivan About Town turned ten! I can&#39;t believe I&#39;ve been blogging for a decade now.

In 2010, I became one of the first, if not the first blogger, to visit all provinces of the Philippines. This </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2015/12/25-best-instagram-photos-philippines.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-5560634351921222415</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-01-02T04:55:33.560+08:00</atom:updated><title>2015 in review – 25 best Instagram photos from around the world</title><atom:summary type="text">



I hope we all agree, 2015 was not bad at all! Thank you for another great year! I haven&#39;t been blogging as much. But my&amp;nbsp;Instagram account&amp;nbsp;@ivanhenares&amp;nbsp;is alive and kicking. In April,&amp;nbsp;Ivan About Town turned ten! I can&#39;t believe I&#39;ve been blogging for a decade now.

This year, my international travel included trips to Malaysia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Sharjah</atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2015/12/2015-in-review-25-best-instagram-photos.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-3949397732094240064</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 15:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-12-25T01:34:19.636+08:00</atom:updated><title>National Museum declares National Cultural Treasures and Important Cultural Properties for 2015</title><atom:summary type="text">




Several National Cultural Treasures and Important Cultural Properties were declared by the National Museum in May, August and November this year. The Philippine Registry of Cultural Property (PRECUP) has been updated.

The National Museum announces that the following cultural properties have been declared in the course of 2015 as National Cultural Treasures and Important Cultural Properties:</atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2015/12/national-cultural-treasure-2015.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_dnK86SNb-n5SKCyLdgk4KiUdDffHNjeLE1zIVFINfifzGrEnRBjt5eb_tbSXZjBHmDwiPp-YWA5j1Xy-KZQOByml4Nx0l8lPiVyT2pFO-RNplQnTYHZqYLTdfo-83xrSxQB/s72-c/precup.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-8984013051598229745</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2015 08:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-10-14T16:49:26.853+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Africa</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kenya</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Narok</category><title>Game drive at Kenya&#39;s Maasai Mara National Reserve</title><atom:summary type="text">


Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya is a fantastic place to see African wildlife, being the center of the Great Migration, the annual migration of millions of animals to and from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. In fact, it is estimated that 1,300,000 wildebeest, 500,000 Thomson&#39;s gazelles, 97,000 topis, 18,000 elands, and 200,000 zebras undertake this annual journey between </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2015/10/kenya-safari-tour-maasai-mara.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02BYP-OGk1vQvyS4ZJ7NCq-Ly5cCSTWw2jxv5hLn2kSMzq14maE7FyjxqCBSLcx_Z2W5pgPRk5U7OwRVZGE8H0iRFJMt2g7A_snbH1_x7aFWuxByFI8gRiMiR-2wweYOvs1un/s72-c/kenya01.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-8368933359319213329</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-10-14T03:28:12.460+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Africa</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kenya</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Narok</category><title>Safari trip to Kenya&#39;s Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli</title><atom:summary type="text">


Images of highland savannas and wild animals roaming around were vivid in my mind as we landed in Nairobi, Kenya. Many have asked me what destinations I have not been to. And my ready answer always is, &quot;A lot!&quot; And one of the places I was about to tick off my bucket list was Kenya!



I was about to venture on an African safari in a fantastic country at the center of Africa&#39;s great migration. </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2015/10/kenya-africa-safari.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ldmTCv3m66K1mc_D_NdRSnahyphenhyphenPnDL_0iMfhoqxtJRu2dfg8Xk-fME_ciCpZ0pbV3IdSox0TV2OseUkHpA7gT_EHqidtGjxH6fx9dTXYv10NKWl8ygBDS3CNpeUWC4DshY2pK/s72-c/kenya01.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-2699419535455834271</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-08-27T02:35:21.129+08:00</atom:updated><title>Philippine holidays and long-weekend schedule for 2016 (Proclamation No. 1105, s. 2015)</title><atom:summary type="text">


Hunyo 12&amp;nbsp;by Claude Tayag (1989 Fiestas Serigraph Series)


Next year is one of those years when many holidays fall on a Sunday. Malacanang issued Proclamation No. 1105, s. 2015&amp;nbsp;declaring the regular holidays, special non-working days, and a special school holiday for 2016. Instead of just giving you the same list of holidays of the Republic of the Philippines for 2015, this list will</atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2015/08/philippine-holidays-and-long-weekend.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BQvhyCKH0u7VR8s_HsfY4HxS31TGuyab0DO4NABPhyYS7k22kfLY4NhPpDHKVfeLcBuxKAYaVPZOBLm3ZFx3Qf7cfHcbE5Q3Eje163qhTlMDxKHpcFRQ2YZ_FouySMNNtB3s/s72-c/claudehunyo12.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647147.post-8071328841703746997</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2015 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-07-07T21:43:15.964+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Advertorial</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Nuffnang</category><title>BPI Credit Card is my travel card!</title><atom:summary type="text">


Travel is a very important part of my lifestyle. That must be the understatement of the year! I always have to plan my trip properly to make sure I make the most of my limited budget. An essential part of my travel is my credit card. Actually, I’ve had only one credit card since I got my own card nearly a decade ago, the BPI SkyMiles MasterCard, which is one of the many BPI Credit Cards </atom:summary><link>https://www.ivanhenares.com/2015/07/bpi-credit-card-is-my-travel-card.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ivan Henares)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRKvB5ctSlhrpVwYUYAC-IK5D0r-3QYeosEXMBGjDqkaZnlPFMPBmLJHtTvZPGCFVhvO9tCcSybN7sXdtGRdiU8FzArI2DtZN4wpm7CgjxAWsOvPltw0EZuRM6LfgYQ9Y1UTe/s72-c/HK.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>