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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

One of my sister’s friends wrote the following:

While foreign tourists would most likely put the Philippines way down their list of places to go to, I think it’s about time we locals help out and explore our own country.

I love it! Now is the time for us to see how beautiful the Philippines is, how postcard-perfect the places are [most beaches are worthy of being shown in holiday cards!], and how warm and hospitable our kababayans are. Let us help boost our own tourism and start exploring Batanes to Tawi-Tawi!

Let us learn to love the Philippines more!

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US diary: part 4: Las Vegas, NV

After our short but fun stay in San Francisco and Los Angeles [as well as Glendale and Pasadena], it was time to say goodbye to California and say hello to Nevada.

We took the bus from LA to Las Vegas. Our first choice was to drive, but I think my mother wanted to try every mode of transportation there is in the US! He he! I booked our trip via GotoBus, which offers really low fares! Imagine, our bus ride cost only $30 per person!

Going from LA to Las Vegas was like going from one end of the pole to another. One minute, all we saw were buildings. Then after a while, all we saw were deserts!

The bus ride took approximately 5 hours, with one stop. It was like 2 hours of buildings and people and then 3 hours of desert and cactuses. The desert seemed to go on and on and on and on! Ang lawak ng US!

Finally, after what seemed like endless desert, we saw some indication of buildings and finally arrived in Las Vegas. My first thought was, how could a place like this exist in the middle of the desert? Well, I guess that the fact that it was located in the center of nowhere makes it a more attractive destination. Here are some facts proving that Las Vegas is one of the favorite spots of tourists [customer service jobs anyone?]:

Hotel room occupancy rates average 91% annually.
Southern Nevada (including Primm, Mesquite, and Laughlin, Nevada) has over 142,000 hotel rooms and is growing almost daily. Vegas accounts for 124,000 alone, with nine of the ten largest hotels in the world.
851 flights a day deliver over 2.4 million city visitors each month through McCarran Airport, making it the eighth busiest airport in the world.
Vegas is the fifth most popular foreign travel vacation destination in the world. It’s also the top summer destination in the United States and the top gambling destination in the whole world!
Over 30 million people visit here annually. Almost one in five are “forced” to come for a convention. Around 100,000 Vegas weddings were held last year!
There are nearly 1000 taxis, 330 limos & 32 bus routes in the city.
Over 1.41 million residents call Las Vegas home! (source)

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