There are many places in the Philippines that are good destinations due to their great beauty and scenic wonders. The Philippines is actually made up of thousands of separate islands that dot the ocean, but cumulatively the islands are known as the Philippines. The official language spoken in the Philippine islands is Tagalog and the Tagalog language is also commonly known as Filipino.
Four of my friends and I plan to visit numerous places in the Philippines. We think it would be a good experience to see the country and experience it first hand. Since we are already in the Philippines, we have decided to get together and go over our plan to see the rest of the country.
My friends and I plan to meet for breakfast this bright Sunday morning to discuss our trip. I had asked room service to wake me up at 8 am Someone did so with a cheerful “Maganda Umaga” (Good morning) and I responded with the same greeting and expressed my hope that it was a beautiful day (Maganda Araw). The word for good in Filipino is magagandang.
My friends were already in the restaurant when I got there. We greet each other, then we order a “nilaga kape” which is prepared coffee and we begin to discuss the plans to make this trip.
We also needed directions to get to our destination. One of my friends took it upon himself to get directions and plan the entire trip. We were grateful for that, so I thanked him for all of us and said, “Nakagawa ka ng maayos na trabaho!” which means “you did a good job”. There were many things we were planning to do once we got to the next city. We heard that we could dive from sites that had natural deep steel walls and see the amazing marine life in the crystal blue waters. We also plan to make a stop in Bohol. The term “Boho” means “hole” and Bohol, I imagine, got its name because of the many caves of all sizes.
We then started talking about good Filipino food (masarap na pagkaing Pilipino) and what we were going to eat. I love calamari (posit) and oysters (talaba). One of my friends said that he would only eat lechón (roasted pig), as it is called. Another colleague of mine said that he wanted to try mussels (tahong) and crab (alimango). We also like the different types of fish (isda) and prawns (hipon).
We are so glad we decided to let our friend make all the arrangements as he is very organized and did a great job planning our trip. The next time we plan a trip, it will most likely be my turn to make the plans.
At the moment we are not very far from the next city but we have been traveling for a long time. We will stop at a small restaurant and order breakfast and two servings of coffee. We are very excited and can’t wait to get to our destination. We have brought cameras and video equipment to document our trip. So far everything is going according to plan. But for now it’s time to find the street the restaurant is on, so we can order breakfast.