by Connie Veneracion on February 11, 2008
The plan was to sleep very early on Saturday evening and leave the house at 2.00 a.m. on Sunday to avoid rushing and to get to the site of the 12th Philippine Hotair Balloon Festival ahead of the Manila crowd. It turned out to be a sleepless night for Sam and I. Sam couldn’t sleep [...]
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by Connie Veneracion on November 2, 2007
Last weekend, driving along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) on the way to Mimosa Leisure Estates in Pampanga, I was taking photos through the open car window. It wasn’t a particularly sunny day but I did manage to get a good photo of Mount Arayat, a volcano visible miles away from every direction because it [...]
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by Connie Veneracion on April 1, 2006
Fontana Resort is located inside the old Clark Air Base in Angeles City, province of Pampanga. Angeles City is popularly known as the “entertainment capital” of Central Luzon.
Located just north of what used to be Clark Air Base, Angeles City’s economy was largely dependent on the air base. Until 1991, that is, when the eruption [...]
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