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Mermaid Resort and Dive Center Puerto Galera Philippines

September 2nd, 2010

Mermaid Resort and Dive Center Puerto Galera Philippines
Dive Philippines with Mermaid Resort and Dive Center in Sabang, Puerto Galera.
Mermaid Resort
The resort offers world class facilities right in the heart of the diving paradise of Sabang. Mermaid Resort has over 40 rooms with 6 room types: Superior Deluxe, Pool Suites, Junior Suite, Penthouse Suite, Royal Suite, and Royal Family Suite.

Each room has air-conditioning, ceiling fans, 21” Sony Flat Screen, TV DVD player, free internet access (wired/wireless), mini-bar, hot and cold water for toilet and bath, and a safety deposit box.

The suites have each their own special amenities such as bath tub, private terrace, sea views, pool views, sofa sitting area, etc.

Resort facilities include a gourmet restaurant, a bar which is open 24-hours

Mermaid Dive Center

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Mermaid’s Dive Center and the Mermaid Divers Club are your gateways to the most marine life diverse dive spots in the world.

With its state of the art compressor room as well as its brand-new and heavily maintained technical diving facilities, you can never go wrong when you get wet with Mermaid.

Courses offered include Discover Scuba, Open Water and Advanced Open Water, Scuba Diver, Nitrox Course, Emergency First Response, Rescue Diver, and Dive Master.

Dive services include boat and house reef dives with nitrox and night options, as well as a dive safari to the world famous Verde Island Passage.

The dive center also has budget guest rooms available for its divers.

Dive Puerto Galera

Puerto Galera diving is, by far, the best in the Philippines. With at least 45 dive spots to choose from, the area caters to novice, recreational, and advanced/technical divers.

Dive Philippines – http://www.mermaidresort.com
Dive Puerto Galera – http://www.mermaidresort.com/en/diving

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Puerto Galera Scuba Diving

August 20th, 2010

Sandbar Divers/ Elizabeth’s Hideaway Resort

http://www.sandbardivers.com

Elizabeth's Hideaway in Puerto Galera

Puerto Galera is cited as one of The World’s Most Beautiful Bays. Undoubtedly, its underwater world has the widest variety of different dive sites in the Philippines: It’s clear water hosts more than 3000 species of fish and marine animals. A haven for scuba enthusiasts, and is a Mecca for underwater photographers. The water is tropical and warm: Dec. – Feb. 21°C to 24°C, March – Nov. 25°C to 30°C.

Puerto Galera has been a marine reserve since the early 60’s and is one of the leading environmentally aware areas in the Philippines,. Sabang, is 24/7, a bustling shopping town with bancas all along it’s beachfront. Tourist shops, restaurants, dive shops, bars and nightclubs are in abundance. The Sandbar offers a peaceful alternative, with its beautiful resort Elizabeth’s Hideaway and Sandbar Divers, you get the best of both Worlds.
Located on beautiful Boquete Island in Puerto Galera , Philippines , Elizabeth’s Hideaway Resort, is to be found on a natural platform separating two waterways. This sprawling, tranquil resort boasts commanding views of the breathtaking turquoise waters and lush tropical vegetation of Puerto Galera Bay.

Sandbar Divers (formerly Sabangdivers).

Sandbar as a lot more water sports to offer
than any other resorts in all of Puerto Galera Windsurfing, Sailing Boats,
Kayaking, Glass Bottom, Banana Boat, Jet Ski. Also for land lovers we have
a Tennis Court the largest swimming pool in all of Sabang & Puerto Galera,
the one thing that we have that nobody else has is a Chapel for Weddings.
The Sandbar is quiet and very relaxing; we have no venders trying to sell
you things all the time no Disco’s. WE are only 10 min to Puerto, 15 min
to white beach. Sandbar is perfect for Families and for people that just
went to get away from the night life of Sabang. The Sandbar has Ocean on
both sides and beautiful sunsets everyday. The restaurant offers a wide
choice of local and international food. The Ponderosa Golf course is
nearby and we are only a 10 min boat ride to Sabang & nightlife.
As for diving we are a little further from the dive sites in sabang only
10 to 20 min, but in the bay we have 6 dive sites, also when bad weather
and the dive shops in Sabang cannot dive we still can dive.For the serious
diver we can do 4 dives a day.

Elizabeth's Hideaway Resort

Elizabeth’s Hideaway in Puerto Galera is Located on beautiful Boquete Island in Puerto Galera , Philippines , Elizabeth’s Hideaway Resort, is to be found on a natural platform separating two waterways. This sprawling, tranquil resort boasts commanding views of the breathtaking turquoise waters and lush tropical vegetation of Puerto Galera Bay.

The freestyle swimming pool and bar a tennis court is available for our guests. This idyllic location also offers the opportunity for all types of water sports and recreation, Snorkeling, Kayaking, Windsurfing, Sailing, Jet-ski, Island hopping, Trekking. Sandbar Divers offers a multitude of certified diving courses from within the resort, making us a must visit stop on any Philippine diving excursion. Our neighbor, Puerto Galera Yacht Club offers sailing lessons daily. The Pondoroasa Gulf club is nearby, whilst the Puerto Galera Shooting Range is near the scenic town of Sabang, only a ten-minute boat ride away from Elizabeth’s Hideaway Resort.
Resort Accommodation

The guesthouse is oriented toward the sea, typically Philippine in décor. Rooms are air-conditioned, equipped with refrigerator, TV and have en suite shower and toilet with hot/cold water. Rooms are serviced daily and include complimentary breakfast, making it ideally suited for corporate conferences and seminars as well as truly romantic wedding ceremonies performed in our beach side wedding chapel .
Beachfront Restaurant

Our rustically designed full service restaurant overlooks the sea and offers the best pizza’s on the island, along with a diverse menu of International and Local foods . Hot and cold beverages are always available.

Sandbar Divers/ Elizabeth’s Hideaway Resort

http://www.sandbardivers.com

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Eco-friendly travel tips! Plus great GO NATURAL! deals not to miss

April 22nd, 2010

tree-house ecolodge to stay for artists, travelers, environmentalists, nature lovers…

http://www.camiguinecolodge.com/

GO NATURAL! A GLOBAL CRISIS CALLS FOR LIFESTYLE CHANGE!

Enigmata Tree-house Eco-lodge has private natural spaces for travelers to stay. Also get a chance to meet new people with Backpackers’ dormitory for an experience of shared communal living.

We welcome you to our newly transformed wide open space Balay Kalipay Peace Library Cafe with support from Imagine Peace. The ground floor is Enigmata Galeri. The second level is an open space platform perfect for workshops and functions.

Balay Kalipay library cafe is born out of the map of hope project with Imagine Peace. This open space is a quiet retreat made of bamboo floors and weaves, coconut wood, hard wood, nipa roof, wire art, water bottle eco design with okil art. Books were donated by friends and guests of Enigmata.

Experience the energy of a century old Mother Acacia (MaA) which is built in the heart of the three-story multi-layered Enigmata Treehouse Ecolodge.

ART + POSITIVE ACTION – 50% CO₂ EMISSION X LIFESTYLE CHANGE / TREES PLANTED = ECOLOGICAL FUTURE

Enigmata Vision

Nurturing creative ecological space for cultural and spiritual refreshment that can create happy memories and bring positive change to the self, community, travellers and the environment.

Enigmata Mission

Learn by experience, teach by example

Art Education as Community Project

Open your eyes to see your full potential. There are no useless things, only useless minds.

Objectives of Art Education

Create public space for culture of peace
Facilitate people to people fair travel experience
Open healing space for creative spiritual experiential dialogues
Play and imagine with the children
Facilitate multi-cultural interaction between artists, local community, visitors and travelers
Strengthen volunteerism of the global community

Photo by Ivan Sarenas

An artcamp and resource center, Enigmata documents life as our greatest work of art. In Camiguin a sacred playground was given birth as the TREE of LIFE where more than a hundred year old Acacia tree “MaA” gracefully stands in the center of the treehouse. The volunteer resident artist and creative director, Maria Rosalie “Ros” Zerrudo shares the joy with the children of Camiguin in this magic sound art playground, Peace Library (with assistance from Imagine Peace) as we welcome visitors from all over the world.

“Enzemus” sculpture (facade of Treehouse front shot above) portrays the five elements of nature sprouting from the ground reaching for the sky. A banyan tree has now resided and embraced the sculpture as a living masterpiece.

Ros’ eco-design of recycled wine bottles surrounds the community space that creates a magical stained glass effect on sunrise.

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Why Scuba Dive in the Philippines?

April 22nd, 2010

The Philippines has more or less everything, and it’s all in warm waters. There are over 7,100 islands surrounded by clear seas and we have hundreds of coral species and even more species of fish.

Best of all, the Philippines offers incredibly good value diving in a series of high quality comfortable resorts.

For beginners, the Philippines provides the highest levels of Instructor care with teaching available in all the major global languages. Just imagine doing your first dives on pristine coral reefs and seeing turtles, rays and a whole host of beautiful marine life. The majority of all the resorts we feature even have swimming pools so much of your initial training will take place in a comfortable and easy environment.

We would always recommend continuing education therefore most of our featured resorts are 5 Star Centres allowing you to continue training up to Instructor level and beyond. For those already Nitrox certified you will find it available virtually everywhere. If you are not certified then take the course whilst you are here! Please look at the separate section on all the courses available for more information.

We have muck and macro diving here which offers wonderful photographic opportunities, the house reefs around Negros and Panglao are perfect for this.
A beach in the Philippines

Apo Island, Apo Reef and Tubbataha Reefs are synonymous with pelagics and here you can see Tuna, Sharks and schools of Jacks and Barracuda.

There are steep walls at Pescador Island, Balicasag Island and Cabilao full of sea life and excitement. At Malapascua you will find one of the few dive sites in the world where you have a good chance to see Thresher Sharks.

Siquijor and Boracay have gentle slopes and very pretty reefs. Boracay also has the famed Yapak wall where big Pelagics will glide past you at 30m deep.

Coron is justifiably famous for its World War 2 wrecks, over 10 Japanese boats lie in waters shallow enough for recreational divers to explore them – all set in a backdrop of astonishingly beautiful scenery.

On the north side of Busuanga Island, at Dimakya island, not only can you reach Apo Reef but you can also take the opportunity to dive with dugongs.

Puerto Galera has dozens of dive sites within a very short distance of the resorts. Perhaps the best known being Canyons where strong currents will give you an exhilarating ride and Verde Island home to great numbers of fish.

Anilao which is just a short dive from Manila is home to great reefs and makes for the perfect weekend or short dive break.

Of course there’s more still…. Most of the resorts offer longer day or overnight trips to little known atolls or islands which are teeming with life and the diving is full of adventure.

There’s night diving, technical diving, re-breather diving, diving in lakes and so much more that you just have to keep coming back time after time.

And all this set in a tropical bliss with warm seas, sandy beaches, green palm trees, fantastic food and drink and friendly people. Your holiday here can be as lively or as quiet as you want it to be, you don’t ever have to travel far to find a deserted cove, beach or tranquil space and yet the impromptu party is always just around the corner!

Lastly, our location means that we are just a short jump to Truk, Palau and Borneo which opens the door to more famous diving locations and the opportunity to combine diving in two countries.

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FOREIGN EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES LIST PHILIPPINES

April 17th, 2010

FOREIGN EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES
IN THE PHILIPPINES

Embassy of the Argentine Republic
6th Floor, A.C.T. Tower Condominium
135 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue,
Salcedo Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 893-6091; 810-8301

Embassy of Australia
1st-5th Floors
Dona Salustiana Dee Ty Tower
104 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 750-2850; 750-2840
Embassy of the Republic of Austria
4th Floor, Prince Building
117 Rada Street, Legaspi Village
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 817-9191; 817-4992; 817-4993
Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
2nd Floor, Universal-Re Building
106 Paseo de Roxas corner Perea Street
Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 817-5001; 817-5010
Royal Belgian Embassy
Multinational Bancorporation Centre
9th Floor, 6805 Ayala Avenue
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 845-1869; 845-1874
Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil
6th Floor, RCI Building
105 Rada Street, Legaspi Village
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 892-8181; 892-8182
Embassy of Brunei Darussalam
11th Floor, Ayala Wing
Bank of the Philippine Islands Building
Ayala Avenue corner Paseo de Roxas, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 816-2836 to 38
Royal Embassy of Cambodia
Unit 7-A, 7th Floor
Country Space One Building,
Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue
Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 818-9981; 810-1896

Canadian Embassy
9th and 11th Floors, Allied Bank Centre
6754 Ayala Avenue, Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 867-0001; 867-0002
Fax: +63 (2) 810-4659 (Immigration/Visa)

Embassy of Chile
6th Floor, Dona Salustiana D.T. Tower
104 Paseo de Roxas, Legaspi Village
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 816-0395; 810-3149
Fax: +63 (2) 815-0795

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
4896 Pasay Road, Dasmarinas Village
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 844-3148; 843-7715
Fax: +63 (2) 845-2465

Embassy of the Republic of Colombia
18th Floor, Aurora Tower
Araneta Center, Quezon City
Tel. +63 (2) 911-3101
Fax: +63 (2) 911-2846

Embassy of the Republic of Cuba
101 Aguirre cor. Trasierra Streets
Cacho Gonzales Building, Penthouse
Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 817-1192
Fax: +63 (2) 816-4094

Embassy of the Czech Republic
30th Floor, Rufino Pacific Tower
Ayala Avenue, Makati City
Tel. +63 (02) 811-1155; 811-1160
Fax: +63 (02) 811-1020

Royal Danish Embassy
6th Floor, Salustiana D. Ty Tower
104 Paseo de Roxas corner Perea Street
Legaspi Village, 1226 Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 894-0086
Fax: +63 (2) 817-5729; 893-8075

Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
2229 Paraiso corner Banyan Streets
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 843-9220; 843-9232
Fax: +63 (2) 843-9239

Embassy of Finland
21st Floor, Far East Bank Center
Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 891-5011 to 17
Fax: +63 (2) 891-4107

Embassy of the Republic of France
The Pacific Star Building, 16th Floor
Makati Avenue corner Sen. Gil Puyat Extension
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 810-1981 to 88
Fax: +63 (2) 817-5047

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
6th Floor, Solid Bank Building
777 Paseo de Roxas, Makati, Metro Manila
Tel. +63 (2) 892-4906 to 10; 892-1001 to 02
Fax: +63 (2) 810-4703; 892-9365 (Visa Section)

Apostolic Nunciature
Embassy of the Holy See
2140 Taft Avenue, Manila
Tel. +63 (2) 521-0306; 521-0307
Fax: +63 (2) 521-1235

Embassy of the Republic of India
2190 Paraiso Street, Dasmarinas Village
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 843-0101; 843-0102
Fax: +63 (2) 815-8151

Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
185 Salcedo Street, Legaspi Village
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 892-5061 to 68
Fax: +63 (2) 892-5878; 818-4441

Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
2224 Paraiso St. cor.Pasay Road,
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 888-4757 to 59
Fax: +63 (2) 888-4777

Embassy of the Republic of Iraq
2261 Avocado Street,
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 843-9838; 843-9835
Fax: +63 (2) 843-9839

Embassy of the State of Israel
23rd Floor, Trafalgar Plaza
H.V. dela Costa Street,
Salcedo Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 892-5329 to 32
Fax: +63 (2) 894-1027

Embassy of the Republic of Italy
6th Floor, Zeta Building
191 Salcedo Street,
Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 892-4531 TO 34 ;
19091012200 (Visa Appointment)
Fax: +63 (2) 817-1436

Embassy of Japan
2627 Roxas Boulevard
(beside Hyatt Regency Hotel)
Pasay City 1300
Tel. +63 (2) 551-5710
Fax: +63 (2) 551-5780

Embassy of the Republic of Korea
10th Floor, The Pacific Star Building
Makati Avenue, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 811-6139 to 46
Fax: +63 (2) 811-6148

Embassy of the State of Kuwait
1230 Acacia Road, Dasmarinas Village,
Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 887-6880 to 84
Fax +63 (2) 887-6666

Embassy of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
34 Lapu-Lapu Street
Magallanes Village
Makati City
Telefax +63 (2) 852-5759

The People’s Bureau of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
1644 Dasmarinas St. cor. Mabolo St.
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 817-7331 to 32
Fax: +63 (2) 817-7337

Embassy of Malaysia
107 Tordesillas Street, Salcedo Village
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 817-4581 to 85
Fax: +63 (2) 816-3158

Embassy of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
6th Floor, Cattleya Condominium
235 Salcedo Street, Legaspi Village
Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 817-1095 to 96
Fax: +63 (2) 817-1089; 817-1724

Embassy of the United Mexican States
18th Floor, Ramon Magsaysay Center
1680 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City
Tel. +63 (2) 526-7461/62/64; 526-7463
Fax: +63 (2) 526-7425

Embassy of the Union of Myanmar
4th Floor, XANLAND Centre
152 Amorsolo Street,
Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 817-2373; 812-9587
Fax: +63 (2) 817-5895

Royal Netherlands Embassy
9th Floor, King’s Court Building
2129 Don Chino Roces Avenue,Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 812-5981 to 83
Fax: +63 (2) 815-4579

Embassy of New Zealand
23rd Floor, Far East Bank Centre
Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue (near Makati Avenue), Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 891-5358
Fax: +63 (2) 891-5353

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
2211 Paraiso Street,
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 843-9866; 843-9868;
843-9870; 843-9873
Fax: +63 (2) 843-9867

Royal Norwegian Embassy
21st Floor, Petron Mega Plaza Building
358 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue,
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 886-3245 to 49
Fax: +63 (2) 886-3244

Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
6th Floor, Alexander House
132 Amorsolo Street,
Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 817-2776; 817-2772
Fax: +63 (2) 840-0229

Embassy of the Republic of Panama
Room 501, Victoria Building
429 United Nations Avenue
Ermita, Manila
Tels. +63 (2) 521-2790; 521-1233
Fax: +63 (2) 521-5755

Embassy of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
3rd Floor, Corinthian Plaza Condominium Bldg.
Paseo de Roxas corner Gamboa St. Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 811-3465; 811-3466

Embassy of the Republic of Peru
Antel Corporate Center, Unit 1604 No. 139 Valero St., Salcedo Village, Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 813-8731
Fax: +63 (2) 818-8191

Embassy of Portugal
14th Floor, Unit D Trafalgar Plaza
105 H.V. dela Costa Street
Salcedo Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 848-3789 to 90
Fax: +63 (2) 848-3791

Embassy of the State of Qatar
1601 Cypress Street,
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 887-4944; 887-4945;
843-0727; 843-0740
Fax: +63 (2) 887-6406

Embassy of Romania
1216 Acacia Road,
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 843-9014; 892-7682
Fax: +63 (2) 843-9063

Embassy of the Russian Federation
1245 Acacia Road,
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 810-9614; 893-0190
Fax: +63 (2) 810-9614

Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Embassy Building
389 Senator Gil J. Puyat Avenue Extension, Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 890-9735
Fax: +63 (2) 895-3493

Embassy of the Republic of Singapore
35th Floor, Tower I, The Enterprise Center
6766 Ayala Avenue corner Paseo de Roxas, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 751-2345

Embassy of Spain
5th Floor, ACT Tower
135 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 818-3561; 818-5526
Fax: +63 (2) 810-2885

Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
2260 Avocado Avenue,
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 843-9813; 812-0335

Embassy of Sweden
16th Floor, PCI Bank Tower II Building
Makati Avenue corner
dela Costa Street, Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 819-1951
Fax: +63 (2) 815-3002

Embassy of the Swiss Confederation
18th Floor, Solidbank Building
777 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City
Tel. +63 (2) 892-2051
Fax: +63 (2) 815-0381

Royal Thai Embassy
Royal Thai Embassy Building
107 Rada Street, Legaspi Village
Makati City
Tels. +63 (2) 815-4220; 816-0697
Fax: +63 (2) 815-4221; 894-0404

Embassy of the Republic of Turkey
2268 Paraiso Street,
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Tels. 63(2) 843-9705; 843-9707
Fax: 63(2) 843-9702

Embassy of the United Arab Emirates
2nd Floor, Renaissance Building
215 Salcedo Street,
Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tel. 63(2) 817-3906
Fax: 63(2) 818-3577

British Embassy
15th-17th Floors, L.V. Locsin Building
6752 Ayala Avenue corner
Makati Avenue, Makati City
Tels. 63(2) 816-7116; 816-7271 to 72
Fax: 63(2) 819-7206; 810-2745

Embassy of the United States of America
Chancery Building
1201 Roxas Boulevard, Manila
Tel. +63 (2) 523-1001
Fax: +63 (2) 522-4361

Embassy of the Republic of Venezuela
Unit 17-A, Multinational Bancorporation Centre
6805 Ayala Ave., Makati City
Metro Manila
Tel. 63(2) 8452841 / 42
Fax (632) 8452866

Office Hrs: Mon to Fri 9 am. to 5 pm.
Consular Section: Mon, Wed & Fri 9 am. to 1 pm.

Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
554 Vito Cruz, Malate, Manila
Tels. 63(2) 524-0364; 521-6843
Fax: 63(2) 526-0472

Delegation of the European Commission
7th Floor, Salustiana D. Ty Tower
104 Paseo de Roxas cor. Perea Street
Legaspi Village, Makati, Metro Manila
Tel. 63(2) 812-6421
Fax: 63(2) 812-6687

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Eco lodge in Camiguin Island, Philippines

April 2nd, 2010

Eco lodge in Camiguin Island, Philippines

treehouse eco lodge to stay for artists, travelers, environmentalists, nature lovers…

Enigmata TreeHouse Eco-Lodge

GO NATURAL! A GLOBAL CRISIS CALLS FOR LIFESTYLE CHANGE!

Enigmata Treehouse Ecolodge has private natural spaces for travellers to stay. Also get a chance to meet new people with Backpackers’ dormitory for an experience of shared communal living.

Experience the energy of a century old Mother Acacia (MaA) which is built in the heart of the three-story multi-layered Enigmata Treehouse Ecolodge.

ART + POSITIVE ACTION – 50% CO2 EMISSION X LIFESTYLE CHANGE / TREES PLANTED = ECOLOGICAL FUTURE

Enigmata Vision

Nurturing creative ecological space for cultural and spiritual refreshment that can create happy memories and bring positive change to the self, community, travellers and the environment.

Enigmata Mission

Learn by experience, teach by example

Art Education as Community Project

Open your eyes to see your full potential. There are no useless things, only useless minds.

Objectives of Art Education

* Create public space for culture of peace
* Facilitate people to people fair travel experience
* Open healing space for creative spiritual experiential dialogues
* Play and imagine with the children
* Facilitate multi-cultural interaction between artists, local community, visitors and travelers
* Strengthen volunteerism of the global community

Ros’ eco-design of recycled wine bottles surrounds the community space that creates a magical stained glass effect on sunrise.

Nature’s Architect… Built by the benefactor, a doctor of mathematics, mechanical engineer and musician Ben Aicha, the treehouse is now home to a group of vibrant Mindanao artists called the Enigmata Creative Circle, a collective of volunteer artists. Enigmata artists assumes the creative process of extending this personal expression into a bigger community vision. The name Enigmata which means “open your eyes” was born out of friendship.

The captivating bronze-colored sculpture “Enigman” created by prol ific sculptor Kublai Millan leads the way to the treehouse sculpture garden. Enigman is the expression of the Filipino culture bearer rooted from the roots, carrying the culture of remembrance that represents heritage and traditions.

The bio-glass wall remained to be a popular photography subject as a home-made recycled stained windows which brightens up with daylight from the inside. Bottles donated by Goldie the Swiss chef.

In one stop, Enigmata Treehouse, a cultural bank, is an art camp backpacker’s ecolodge and art gallery. Around it is a sculpture garden featuring some of the gravity defying outdoor sculpture works of Davao-based artist Kublai Millan.

A gallery of okil art carved on wood welcomes the visitors with a visual feast of Camiguin local functional house imbelishment decorative vernacular architecture found in ancestral houses. This replication is a post product of pre-world war II architectural research with Lawig Diwa experts.

Atop the treehouse ecolodge is the eagle’s nest suites, spiraling to the shell garden suites and descends to the backpacker’s dorm. Next to it is a sound playground converted-pool garden with a green canopy view deck that opens to a swing garden bamboo platform and peace library cafe area we baptized as “Balay Kalipay.”

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Salima labyrinth walk welcomes the pilgrims to a sacred walk to the core of the “hand.” A sculpture of a dancer and a musician “the union” is like earth and sky, the duality that gives us back our wholeness and oneness. The walk inside the “Salima” or hands as the symbol of creativity, is a celebration of life. We express our thanks in this labyrinth walk as we bring people back to the “center”. It is a living vortex of dreams and visions. A basket of blessings within each one waiting to be unfolded and discovered.

The mouth of the moon garden leads you through concrete sculptures “taong tuko” gecko man and “taong bao” turtle man. The gecko known for its reverence to the earth is likened to a tribal man rooted in his culture. The turtle man is the voice of the sea. We make sculptures as living statements of our visions.

We are the change we want to see happen in the universe.

libraryA mosaic of bottle caps turns out to be the most photographed area. The peace library cafe started with books donated by International School Manila through the efforts of Bec Gilman, Imagine Peace of South Korea, Peace Voyagers through Lei’Ohu Ryder, Enigmata Guests and artists.

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Pink dolphins that live in the Amazon

March 31st, 2010

Pink dolphins live in the Amazon. They look like regular dolphins but with longer noses and smaller fin on the back.

You can see big groups of them swimming together.

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Island Hopping In Cebu Philippines

March 23rd, 2010

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Enjoy Island Hopping in Cebu Philippines

Cebu Island Hopping Adventures take you to islands made for every mood. From luxury accommodations to a backpackers delight. We will show you Cebu like you have never seen it before, nature tours, tropical beaches, colorful fish of all species and sizes, shopping, the best cuisines and more. Great for a romantic getaway, with snorkeling, scuba diving and much more.

The cost of the tours range from 2,500 PHP (65$) to 5,000 php (130$) for a full or half day of adventure.

below are some photos of the Island Hopping Tours Of Cebu.

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Scuba Diving In The Philippines

March 19th, 2010

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Diving The Philippines

You can Scuba Dive in the Philippines all year round however the best time is generally December to April. July to September is the monsoon season. The hottest months are April, May and June with temperatures over 85 F. The wind swings from NE to SW for June, July, August and September and this opens up some places that are not so accessible for diving in the drier months. Water temperatures are 27-31 oC all the year round

Using credit cards often costs a surcharge of around 7% – 10%.

When Diving in the Philippines you will Dive into crystal clear waters with underwater visibility of up to 40 meters. Discover shipwrecks, cliffs covered with sponges, colorful corals, gorgonians, turtles, sharks, rays, and even the very rarely seen exotic fishes like Spanish dancer, harlequin ghost-pipefish, camouflaged frogfish and fire gobies. Thanks to the convergence of the nutrient rich waters of the Pacific Ocean, South China Sea and Celebes Sea, you will be a spectator to an aquatic symphony of over 2,000 species of marine fish as well as more than 800 out of the 1000 known coral species in the world.