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Lend a hand
(
with no strings attached)
Plan of action:
Be a voluntourist
Make traveling more meaningful by spending your time
helping others. Check out Habitat for Humanity’s (
habitat.org.ph
)
Ronda Probinsiya Fiesta Build program, where
they go around provinces to construct homes in time with
local fiestas. Hands on Manila (
also has interesting volunteer vacations listed on its site.
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T R A V E L B U C K E T L I S T
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Strengthen
relationships
Plan of action: Explore
Mount Pinatubo
Trekking Mount Pinatubo will give
families or
barkadas
(
groups of
friends) a chance to bond. The one-
hour 4x4 ride going to the jump-off
point could be time well spent for
catching up, but reserve the juiciest
bits of your stories for the trek up.
Walking from the jump-off point to
the crater lake can last 40 minutes
to three hours, depending on your
starting point and hiking speed. You
can exchange more stories while
you take a relaxing dip in the lake.
Lunchtime and the journey back
also provide more opportunities for
chicka
(
small talk)
—
if you’re not
exhausted yet, that is.
Cebu Pacific flies to Clark and
Manila from across the network.
Help build
a family’s
home
PHOTOS
GETTY IMAGES (TOP); LESTER LEDESMA
(
PINATUBO); JONEL CANDELARIA (PREVIOUS SPREAD)
