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Backpacking, independent travel, and flashpacking are cheaper than the "cheapest package tours" and promotional offers around but you can also use travel information for family vacations, even romantic honeymoon destinations.
More than the usual tourist spots and "places to see," this blog advocates heritage conservation, environmental protection, and history awareness for Filipinos, foreigners, and ex-pats wishing to explore Paradise Philippines and Exotic Asia!
Cebu Pacific has done it again, even with SEAIR seemed to have stopped plying the Zamboanga - Tawi-tawi route, here comes Cebu Pacific serving the route to the southernmost province of the archipelago at a promo fare of PhP488.00.
Official press release of Cebu Pacific says "Fly for as low as P488 from Zamboanga to Tawi-Tawi, this is 25% less than the lowest year-round fare for this route. Tawi-Tawi is Cebu Pacific's (CEB) 50th destination and 77th route. This will be a daily service starting October 14, utilizing an Airbus A319 aircraft.
Tawi-Tawi is known for its abundant seafood, extensive coral reefs, white sand beaches and rich Malay history. The Turtle Islands are located here, which together with three islands in Malaysia, are the only living area of Green Sea Turtles in Asia and the world."
Explore places to see in Tawi-tawi, from Bongao Airport and Simunul (where you can find the first mosque in the Philippines Sheik Karimul Makhdum, thus it's also called the birthplace of Islam in the country), with mosques and Christian churches and Chinese temples co-habit in cosmopolitan harmony, in contrast with the false notion that it's still a "no man's land" with nearby Basilan still having problems with security and safety for tourists.
From Tawi-tawi, you can also hop on a Tawi-tawi ferry bound to Sandakan, Sabah Malaysia that can from your backpacking southeast Asia itinerary.
Hopefully, Cebu Pacific will also commence flights to Batanes, if ZestAir won't do it, to provide competition and better fares to the Philippines' northernmost province.
