The Great Southern Tour: Argao, Cebu (Day 1 of 5)




As promised in my preview summer album.


March 27, 2006. Trek to Bugasok Falls, spelunking in Balay sa Agta cave, rappelling down to Usmad River, skimboarding pictorial at Lawis, visit at church, dinner at Alex Kafe.

Visit www.argaotourism.com for more information on the ecotour.


Some photos from the hundreds i took =P

Comments

  1. Alistair IsraelJune 7, 2006 at 11:28 PM

    Sa dinami-dami mong palagaw-lagaw, wala pa akong nakikitang tabo peechur. =P

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  2. karm zJune 11, 2006 at 12:08 PM


    i enjoy..watching them!

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  3. DK Z MaranionJune 12, 2006 at 2:43 AM

    I plan to go to Argao soon. When do I come across you here, again, Jeneen?

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  4. aaron lee yapJune 12, 2006 at 9:39 PM

    Hi Jeneen. These are really fantastic photos. I hope I'd get to visit all these places you've been to. Anyway, I was hoping you'd permit me... I'm building up a web portal for cebu tourism and if it was ok with you if I could borrow some of your pictures taken here in Cebu and post them. Can I? I'll be acknowledging you with the shots you've taken which I'll be posting on the website. You may visit www.cebutravelsite.com. Its basically in its development & testing stage yet. :)

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  5. Jeneen GarciaJune 25, 2006 at 5:00 PM

    hi aaron and deanna! dunno yet when i'll be back in cebu =( great site, aaron! more informative than a lot of tourism websites i've seen. when did you start it?

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  6. Jeneen GarciaJune 25, 2006 at 5:04 PM

    sorry ha.medyo nagkaroon ako ng dilemma tungkol dito e. naisip ko, ba't di na lang kaya kunan ko ng picture yung mga tabo sa iba't ibang lugar instead of bringing my own? in celebration of diversity ba and the places that care enough to put a tabo in their bathrooms. so di tuloy natuloy =P

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  7. DK Z MaranionJuly 28, 2006 at 3:34 AM

    Hi, Jeneen! I'm off to Argao this Sunday with Vince. We might not be able to do the nature trek yet (V's tuhod), but we'll definitely trek around town. I figure your site is my best source of information! And so it is. Salamat!

    Take care always. - Deanna

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  8. ...CariBBeaN WencH MaLaX SparroW...August 28, 2006 at 10:34 PM

    now this ladies and gents is raymund villanueva.one of argao's finest skimboard riders!
    he's sporting a mohawk nowadays,you can barely recognize him.

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  9. ingrid alferezFebruary 20, 2007 at 5:23 AM

    pwede borrow ng pics...? meron kasi akong report sa school about argao...

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