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Best Hotel for Caraga – how about sprouting world-class amenities?

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When you are in Caraga, you can choose the best hotel and dine in with the sumptuous food that it can offer. Aside from that, Filipino hospitality can never be compared by any other means outside the realm of our beloved Philippines, a character that was molded by our forefathers centuries ago and was drawn in the life of every Filipino. You can also sense that when you are away it feels like home today. Sweet and cool atmosphere, yes, somewhat a combination of them all is the best hotel to show that kind of qualities that it will makes you go back… and back again.

almont inland resort

When I attended the convention, of course, there is no other place like Balanghai or Almont Inland Resort in Butuan City, and the Gateway in Surigao City. You’ve got to pull you out from the world-weariness in Caraga. If these hotels are not here, If you can’t find the best hotel in Caraga, then I will jump myself to no other than Mayflower hotel in London, 10 minute walk from Hyde Park. Gee, that’s it, far away from home.

almont inland resort

almont inland resort

But thanks, since I was born and live in Caraga, a lot of beautiful things happen, the rise of tourism industries such as increase visiting domestic and international tourists, which in turn, hotel booking increases. The result, hotel number increases too, to feed up the increasing demand. Well, I dreamed the rise of world-class hotel like the one in Mayflower Hotel in central London. Sometimes I have to admit that I admire the already established Londoner heritage – preserving the cultures and arts in a hotel vicinities.

Getting the best of historical background as the same here with Caraga, you can find it in Balanghai featuring the history and culture of Butuanons in Butuan City. This kind of hotel shows the face of Butuanon in early times as 400 AD. Anyone will try to visit Balanghai, well, when you go home you know already how Butuan started in the pre-Spanish times.

Hotels are not only a place for living and dining but a place for learning as well. Yes, knowing the place where you go is an example of well success travel and adds your world in an uncharted place. Like it will add me if ever I go to a place like Mayflower Earls Court, that is a far away from me.

It is a beauty and money in a place when you have a break of yourself and retire in one of the best hotel in Caraga. I really love going to these places, of course, you have to prepare the savings in your pocket but the value of experience in a hotel like this one in Caraga cannot be measured by any circumstances since it is your second home. You feel secured and empty, peace of mind, and the flexibility are limitless.

Photos of Almont Inland Resort courtesy of butuanon.org

Sleepless in Caraga

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It happened 2 months ago until now it shocked me all the way. It stopped me from hemorrhagic days of blogging for Caraga. The trauma has never been gone easily. It always reminds me the fear and sadness when I look at my baby who suffers from dengue hemorrhagic fever. When you are a father, you have to exert so much effort for the sake of you baby to survive, but nevertheless your being a father it makes go to the weakest part of your life, and all you have to do is cry.

doreen at the hospital

The Pain Has Started

My 6-month old baby girl has been in fever for 5 days, I thought it as a simple illness normal for an infant. But during the sixth days, her temperature drops, and she is weak and always sleeps. I always cradle her till she relax and sleep, but when she awake, she vomited that drops all over my shirt. She is so frail and uneasy that I decided to send her to a nearby hospital in the afternoon.

doreen at the hospital

doreen at the hospital

At night, I was able to look the blood results at the Nurses Station, I found out that her platelets drops from the regular 150-300 to 90, I was so shocked because it alarmed me so much of the result. My wife, I see her started to cry in the ward. When our doctor came informed us that our daughter is suffering of dengue hemorrhagic fever. This time her platelet drops from 90 to 60 in just for two hours.

When I heard this, I approached our doctor and talk to her like a little man, with shaky voice and ask her will our baby survive this time. The doctor answer us slowly with a straight words that she is okay as long as we have to cope-up the falling platelets count up to 40, then prepare for two blood donors.

After hearing the words two blood donors, I felt cold and nervous since in my entire life I don’t have any donor of blood replacing my own blood, and this gonna happen of my very own baby of six months.

We have to monitor her platelet count every two hours. The tense and sadness overtakes us whenever the results of platelet count delivered to us. Sometimes I felt hopeless and being a father is losing some part of me. I thought of myself being the lowest father of all times. It seems I am losing the battle against the enemy that horrified my family.

Time flying so fast, we have to hurry-up catching for the remedy but the viruses ate her platelets so fast. She is weak and tired, and her eyes are bulging. The pain and suffering that we felt as parents so much there to hold as we look into the eyes of our baby. But I see in my baby’s eye that she is fighting for the major battle of her life. The next day her platelet drops to the lowest 35, and so I and my wife prepare for the worst. We have to get in the two blood donors to sustain the life of my baby.

Blood donors were sometimes difficult to find in a rush situation especially at the middle of the night. Even the same type of blood, you have to find the right person for cross-matching, and interview him for any background activities.

Light At The End Of The Tunnel

In the morning, new platelets were added in my baby’s bloodstream, and so, it is just a matter of relief for a couple like us. But her platelets continue to drops every five hours of monitoring. It seems the dropping is still there, and we always uneasy of the result until it reach the platelet count to 67. But our doctor assure us that our baby is now in the safe period since she now reach 3 days of the critical period. Our doctor assurance renewed our strength and our hope for our baby to be with us forever.

You can really feel how important this little angel in your life. For six months she was with us, and it is so difficult for us when she is back where she came from. We almost lost her. This time we are hoping for the best of her, and back her new form of life to us.

doreen at the hospital

I really found out that the best place to make your heart happy, not in the beautiful place that your eyes can see, not even in paradise Caraga, but the real tourist destination is a place that we call it home.

But most of all we thanks God for His help and guidance during those times of trials and sufferings that happened in my family.

The Culprit

Aedes aegypti mosquitoAccording to the study, I found out that dengue hemorrhagic fever is caused by a dengue virus which is carried by Aedes aegypti mosquito that feeds during the day. To control the spread of dengue hemorrhagic fever, no stagnant clear water inside and outside your house that has an opening. Even a clear glass of water that is stayed for one week is dangerous because Aedes mosquitos lives and reproduce in clean water. In our house there were some bromeliads, a plant that forms receptacle when rain water comes. We should be careful anything that holds clean water, even those in our surroundings that we can see clean water exist. Well, these are just simple precautionary measures.

Travel Facilities for Caraga – dream of the future!

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I have been in love with travel sites going places around the globe, the services, and the magnitude of access to different tourist destinations. This could be my latest haunt across the internet in searching for the best deals to anyone that loves traveling. I have been dreaming that Caraga will be listed in one of their destination sites, unfortunately, nothing you can search, and it seems it is a hidden paradise in the eastern part of the globe – untouched and unexploited. Yes, Caraga is a rising paradise that you love to exploit in the near future.


photo of NAIA 2 Terminal – courtesy from skyscraperlife.com

In order to reach Caraga, three main important facilities are needed such as airport, seaport, and land travel. Airport is the most convenient of them all because it will carry you to the fastest of time. Besides it is the most demanded if it has the cheap flights than traveling in the water.

Although we have some marine boats to transfer passengers into an inter island escapade. Then, how about a world class cruise to suit the needs of the visiting tourists in Caraga? Come on, let me see it in the future. Land trip is one of the easiest things in going to a place that is in your mind. But when the road cut right away for another island, you have to take some boat ride. And there you can choose the best cruise facilities in your niche. How I wish for a cruise facilities in Caraga.

Flights direct from Manila posed significant value in reaching Caraga with now a total of 4 domestic flights in Butuan City which is the center of Caraga. The airport needs to be expanded in terms of infrastructure and modern technologies just to accommodate the needs of every tourist or visitors coming to the region. The Department of Tourism already reported last year the 5% increased of tourist arrival. By the way, do we need to have international flights here in Caraga? Yes, it is my dreamed someday that this thing will becomes a reality.

How I love seeing large and international aircraft started to operate in Caraga. Getting the best of Qantas and United airlines in the future. Nevertheless, it is appropriate to say that Caraga is an international tourist destination.

International Airfare for Caraga? – how I wish!

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international airfareI woke-up this morning and browse the internet when I was stumbled with this site. I just take a look the cheapest airfare when go travelling globally, the services they offer, and the easiest to go booking online. And here it was, the best offer fall into one, the International Airfare – your one stop guide for the latest and lowest international air tickets online.

I love travelling just in my own very place Caraga. But going to other places, I may humbly say you need the best flight you go through all the way, specially going globally. Although, I’m not a regular traveler outside Caraga, and even outside the country Philippines, it is my dreamed someday I will be a globally certified traveler. How I wish that someday Caraga will be listed by International Airfare as one of its online resources so that traveler has an easy access dropping by in a hidden paradise that is found in the far east of the world.

International Airfare provides the cheap domestics and international tickets by giving you a free hand to choose which the best and the cheapest tickets in their online resources.

Just click on ‘Search Now’ button in the homepage…

international airfare

Then enter the place in the search criteria ‘Leaving From’ and ‘Going To’, the ‘Departure Date’ and ‘Return Date’…then click ‘Search’ button,

international airfare

And there you go…a lot of choices to be made, and find the best deals of ticket prices.

international airfare

Or you can manage for a phone call that can deal with you for anytime for any top destination deals in your list.

Destinations are limitless either in domestic and international travel, an access that you can go from east to west of the globe. Have the best pick of the cities, and there you can fly of the place you have dreamed and became a certified traveler. Just click on the “Destinations” tab in the homepage, and you can find everything at the tip of you finger. It is a complete list of different places and destinations outside the world you are in.

One thing that caught my attention is the International Airfare group bookings online which easy as writing with your finger. Just fill-in the forms for a minimum of 10 persons going on-board, and there you can go to the places you want to go without hassle in getting the air tickets. Just as simple as this…

international airfare

Places like Caraga have something to do with the destinations I mentioned. When problems arise, I will explore International Airfare, and hope Caraga will be listed in the future as one of their online resources.

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Caraga against Los Cabos – mexicans pride

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los cabosI really love viewing travel sites across the internet until I found myself surfing Los Cabos located in Mexico. The place has complete natural and man-made facilities from beautiful white sand beaches mixed with shining turquoise waters to shopping spree destinations. The nature haven is the same with Caraga – both faces the great Pacific Ocean.

I remember in my history the Galleon Trade between the Philippines and Mexico going back in 16th century. Sharing our cultures, and exchange of products between these two countries was main focus of the trading being under by the Spanish authorities. Spain who colonized these two countries, in my own point of view, love these two countries so much, not only for its peoples but the beautiful spots scattered from mountains to beaches. Well, I am blessed for having Caraga in my life, and the Mexicans for having Los Cabos.

Los Cabos is not just a hotspot destination but a complete and well-rounded place to go through. It has its own busiest location, the Cabo San Lucas where you can dine in with affordable and mouth-watering delicacies in a fast sprouting hotels and restaurants, shopping, and party-goers at night. While at the opposite side, the San Jose del Cabo where you can retreat in a calm and romantic atmosphere with narrow streets and charming colonial architecture. Aside of the two, it has the best location of famous golf courses and high-end resorts. No wonder many well known celebrities are keeping coming back and have the best pick of their lives here.

That is an inborn gift of a place like this one. Well, one of my commenter told me that I’m so blessed because I was born in Caraga. Yes, not just born but a destiny as well!