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World-Class Airport With The Most Reasonably Priced Food

2012-02-22T16:00:00.002+08:00

Travelers usually spend US$ 2 dollars just to buy soda in any airport around the world. I've been to Hong Kong International Airport, Changi Airport and Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Do you know what is the common denominator of these air transportation hubs aside from engineering feat each has? It's the cost of having a fast meal. If your 2 dollars could only buy you a bottle of soft drink, what good is your 4 dollars in having your stomach full or at least feel full.

It's a fact of life that airport is the most expensive place to buy food. And you might say "Hey, why do you need to buy meal in the airport when you're a shoestring traveler?" Well, actually, I could live with that and even before, I didn't give so much attention. Until I discovered this international airport with world class stature but so sensitive to Pinoys economic status that they literally put up a Food Court inside their terminal.

When I flew to Laoag City this past January, I came to this airport way too early. Boarding time was 4 pm, so as per airline policy I could have arrived at the airport at 2 pm, but because of my excitement I got there at 11 am. Things like this happen and we have our own whims. I needed to pass the time and the temptation to eat kicked in. So, I decided to roam around this airport terminal with its interior comparable to Hong Kong International Airport and Suvarnabhumi International Airport. It's so modern, clean, spacious, inviting, invigorating and comfortable. If a need for me to be here at 3 am like for example I would be catching an earlier flight, then I wouldn't care sleeping at this airport as I had noticed a lot of outbound passengers slumbering in different sides, corners and benches. Hope www.sleepinginairports.net looks into it.

Anyways, I took an escalator to the mezzanine and "WOW!". A sign that reads Food Court hangs conspicuously. I was taken aback. I didn't expect the eloquent airport terminal has food court. What's behind my mind then was expensiveness of everything sold here. I'd just tried my luck. My plan was to buy a sandwich which I thought would cost me Php 150.00 and then maybe a bottled water could go for 60 pesos. As it is, I found myself enjoying the gastronomically delightful meal of Beef Caldereta served with freshly cooked rice in styro box that came with a glass of ice tea that only costed me 90 pesos. Now that's travelling in budget. A full meal - rice, pinoy favorite dish and a drink for the price of US$ 2 dollars at an international airport. Amazing!

So, what is the name of this airport? Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport, the most modern and expensive airport in the country. As of late, it's one of the airport scenes in the upcoming sequel of Bourne film entitled Bourne Legacy which stars Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton. Their production team shot the NAIA-3 scenes this January. Now, people from around the world get to see our premier airport terminal 3. That's something to watch for.

A restaurant inside NAIA-3 Food Court

Back to our topic. Traveling now via Terminal 3 of NAIA is stress-free. You can head out of your home with empty stomach and then have your meal in the Food Court. There are scores of food stalls and restaurants from which you can buy your food without the worry of running out of money. And if that news is not enough, listen to this: Jollibee has its own outlet right inside food court of NAIA-3. "Now you're talking!", you might quip. Well, that's not all. Do you know those people on the go in Makati and Ortigas rushing to any Ministop any time of the day just to grab a full meal that cost only 59 pesos? Guest what? Ministop, the 24 hour convenience store owned by "Robinson's" has their own branch right at the center of the food court. I've been a regular customer of Ministop primarily because of their Pinoy favorite meals such as Tapsilog and Porksilog as well as rice toppings which include Beef Caldereta, Chicken Adobo, Bicol Express, Sisig, Liempo, Dinuguan, Menudo and even native energy food called Balut. During the days I was working on the my blog entry entitled Commute Guide To Buildings & Attractions Inside BGC From MRT Ayala Station which required me to be at BGC for days, Ministop is the one who fed me. They are everywhere.

Now that I had discovered Ministop in NAIA 3, I will never be stress-out whenever my flight departs from this terminal. I just grab my backpack and take a cab to the terminal hours before my flight, have my heavy meal at the Food Court, relax in any lounges before heading to boarding lounges nearest to designated gate, open my smartphone or notebook and browse blogs of my favorite bloggers like EDMARATION etc, Just Sharing - WEBNATIN, Lakad Pilipinas, Promdi/City Girl Diaries, Batang Lakwatsero, ruthilicious, MICAMYX, The Backpack Man, Pinoy Adventurista, Lakbay Philippines and Arnel Pineda | Official Site. Thanks to the airport's free wifi.

On Feb 26, my flight to Cebu City will depart at 4 am. Right from NAIA Terminal 3. Now, I get to eat my favorite meal from Ministop inside my favorite airport terminal. Hope they don't jack up the price just because they are inside a world class airport. I'll let you know. "Because it just feels good to eat in an airport!" :)

One Night In Tiendesitas

2012-02-19T17:38:00.002+08:00

Last night, friends invited me to Tendesitas to have some booze and see a band performed live. When I learned that one of us, the one who would drive, doesn't drink I considered coming. I am a law abiding citizen who doesn't drive while intoxicated and I don't want to ride a car being driven by a person with even a bit of pick-me-up inside their body. It's Saturday night and I figured I needed a time-out from blogging, so I obliged to go. Besides, I thought it would give me an avenue to search for a safe driving direction from Tiendesitas to Timog-Morato area that can be taken past midnight.

SK8s performing live at Tiendesitas

After filling up the tank at Petron in Boy Scout Circle, we headed out to our destination. I was the one who suggested the route. We took the driving direction I posted in my blog entry entitled Driving Directions To Tiendesitas And Frontera Verde. We took Kamuning Road, crossed EDSA, took Kamias Road all the way to Langka Street where we turned right. Then, we turned left on Xavierville Ave and drove all the way to Esteban Abada St, the last road before Katipunan Ave. We turned left on Abada to get around so that we could pass through Katipunan Aurora flyover. This is the route to take to avoid the traffic in Aurora Blvd intersection. To get the details of this route, go to Driving Directions To Tiendesitas And Frontera Verde. Once we're in Katipunan Ave, the drive was smooth all the way to Tiendesitas with a bit of traffic in Libis caused by the U-turn to Eastwood City. We left Petron at 7:40 pm and parked at Tiendesitas at 8:25 pm.

Tiendesitas nightlife experience

We had a ball all through out the night. The band named SK8s performed well. The food was great as well. We bought our food from Sinugba stall. A group meal served in circular basket and called "Bilao Meal" which contains different assortment of Filipino favorite dishes, namely: Nilasing na Hipon, Crispy Calamares, Pork Liempo, Boneless Bangus, Chicken Teriyaki, Garlic Chicken, Chop suey, Sinigang na Baboy, Manggang Binagoongan, and of course rice (6 cups). It costs Php 1,200 and served with free two towers of ice tea, each tower measures 1 liter. Now, with the sumptuous finger foods and meals in front of us and a live band playing great rock and pop songs, we ordered enough quantity of light beer to enjoy the night in Tiendesitas.

A night in Tiendesitas

We took different route on our way back to Boy Scout Circle. I had quickly drawn up in my mind a map in which Tiendesitas and Boy Scout Circle are connected by different roads and I came out with this direction: from Tiendesitas take Julia Vargas, turn right onto EDSA, left on Ortigas Ave via flyover, turn right onto N. Domingo, left at Dona Hemedy, right onto E. Rodriguez Sr Ave and finally, turn left on Tomeas Morato. And so I instructed our designated driver along our way. Not bad, because we've reached Boy Scout Circle in no time. We left Tiendesitas parking area at 11:55 pm and at 12:20 am we're already encircling Boy Scout Roundabout.

Commute Guide To Buildings & Attractions Inside BGC From MRT Ayala Station

2012-02-15T18:16:00.008+08:00

Hello readers. A lot of you have been helped by directions on this blog. As what messages on our Facebook wall and comments in our sidebar here show, posts of this blog surely make life easier.

Interestingly, our post on Timog and Tomas Morato Nightlife Destinations have been shared 234 times in Facebook so far. Our post on NAIA Shuttle Bus, that many commuters had not known before has been receiving comments of praise and appreciations from arriving tourists, balikbayans and Overseas Filipino Workers as well as outbound passengers. Folks, it's really heartwarming that a lot of you have been helped by my blog in one way or another by means of reading my published articles.

Now, we know that inhabitants of Metro Manila and the Philippines as a whole really need a reliable reading material that gives them directions to places in our city.

So, I want you to know that DirectionsOnWeb will tackle more subjects on this topic for you to read.

Now, this post is for wide spectrum of individuals who find it hard to go to a building or destination inside Bonifacio Global City. I've noticed a lot of visitors to this new major destination still confused about locating their place of destination. I created this post to help you find your way. So, grasp the information and read.

Who knows, you could be one of these people:

A foreign tourist who wants to visit American Cemetery.
A Southeast Asian representative who needs to get to BGC office of a multinational company based in an ASEAN country.
A gadabout who ponders on what in store for him in The Fort Strip and Burgos Circle.
A group of yuppies who want to try a night of fun in The Fort.
A mall-goer who wants to check out Market Market.
A sales agent who will have a presentation in one of corporate offices in the new CBD.
An attendee to an event in NBC Tent.
A job applicant coming in for an interview.
A prospective property buyer who prefers to commute to a condo showroom located in the city.
A passionate lover who wants to date his beloved in one of romantic dine in restaurants in Forbes Town Center.
Or somebody who wants to be seen in Bonifacio High Street.

Whichever you are from among on the list, if it's your first time to come to this new emerging concrete jungle, a detailed direction guide would come in handy. And with integrated transport services BGC has, commuting becomes best choice over driving especially if you will be coming from a far area of Metro Manila. Bonifacio Global City Bus has its terminal located adjacent to MRT Ayala Station, making commuting via train a breeze.

BGC or Bonifacio Global City is situated approximately two kilometers to the east of MRT Ayala Station in EDSA, Makati.

You can get to any building or destination within the privately owned highly urbanized district from MRT Ayala by means of a bus ride from The Fort Bus Terminal located approximately 40 meters from the train station. Alight at designated Bus Stop nearest to your building or place of destination and walk a little bit.

There are two routes the buses take in going to Bonifacio Global City (also known as Fort Bonifacio or simply Global City) from The Fort Bus Terminal in EDSA:

WEST ROUTE	EAST ROUTE
The bus that plies this route is: *The Fort Bus* - takes McKinley Drive from its terminal in EDSA Route Direction The bus loops through the west part of BGC and unloads/loads passengers at Bus Stops located along the route and goes back to its EDSA terminal.	Two buses ply this route: *The Fort Bus* - takes McKinley Drive *HM Bus* - takes EDSA and Kalayaan Ave Route Directions Both buses take passengers to buildings and places located within the east part of BGC and then the bus parks at its other terminal in Market Market parking ground. All passengers who haven't alighted in Bus Stops at which the bus had stopped earlier must alight at Market Market.
Buy ticket Get inside the terminal. Proceed to ticket seller window with signage that reads *West Route EDSA Stopover*. See map below on how to get to The Fort Bus Terminal in EDSA from MRT Ayala Station.	Buy ticket Get inside the terminal. Proceed to ticket seller window with signage that reads *East Route Market Market*. See map below on how to get to The fort Bus Terminal in EDSA from MRT Ayala Station.

WEST ROUTE

EAST ROUTE

The bus that plies this route is:

The Fort Bus - takes McKinley Drive from its terminal in EDSA

Route Direction
The bus loops through the west part of BGC and unloads/loads passengers at Bus Stops located along the route and goes back to its EDSA terminal.

Two buses ply this route:

The Fort Bus - takes McKinley Drive
HM Bus - takes EDSA and Kalayaan Ave

Route Directions
Both buses take passengers to buildings and places located within the east part of BGC and then the bus parks at its other terminal in Market Market parking ground. All passengers who haven't alighted in Bus Stops at which the bus had stopped earlier must alight at Market Market.

Buy ticket
Get inside the terminal. Proceed to ticket seller window with signage that reads West Route EDSA Stopover. See map below on how to get to The Fort Bus Terminal in EDSA from MRT Ayala Station.

Buy ticket
Get inside the terminal. Proceed to ticket seller window with signage that reads East Route Market Market. See map below on how to get to The fort Bus Terminal in EDSA from MRT Ayala Station.

Important: HM Bus also refers to those buses with "Worthy Transport" sign on them. They don't take McKinley. As such, they don't pass by McKinley Pkway Bus Stop. If the bus you ride bound for East BGC is The Fort Bus or BGC Bus, it stops at McKinley Pkway. In that case, "The Fort Bus Stop" which is the first Bus Stop of HM Bus becomes the second Bus Stop and so on. You need to remember that, because bus dispatch via East Route is subject to availability of types of buses though HM Bus runs East Route primarily. West Route is solely handled by The Fort Bus and the fleet of these buses bear Bonifacio Global City signs on their outer body.

Location Map of The Fort Bus Terminal in EDSA

As you can see in this map, the The Fort Bus Terminal, is situated very near to MRT Ayala Station. Just take the road at the foot of MRT stair. If you're in Glorietta or SM Makati, get across EDSA via MRT Ayala Station. If you're from Ayala Avenue, use the pedestrian overpass to get to the other side of EDSA and walk towards MRT. If you're riding a bus from north e.g. Caloocan, Cubao, Monumento, Fairview or Novaliches, alight at SM Makati and get across EDSA via MRT Station. If you're riding a bus from south e.g. Alabang, Sucat, Baclaran, NAIA, SM MOA or Pasay, alight at MRT Ayala Station.

Below are the buildings and destinations inside BGC. First column is the name of buildings/destinations, second column is Bus Route for you to take, i.e. east and west, third column is name of Bus Stop nearest to the particular building/destination and fourth column is the Bus Stop Number in relation to the The Fort Bus Terminal in EDSA. Just click your place to get direction.

But first, go see the Route Map of each bus. So that you get bird's eye view of how the buses get around their respective routes. After you examine the maps, just click the Back button to get back here. For West Route Map, click here. For East Route Map, click here.

For fast direction, just click the name of your building or place of destination. All buildings and spots are listed in alphabetical order. You will land to Bus Stop near it and with detailed map and walk guide from bus stop. Use Back button to return.

Destination	Bus Route	Bus Stop Name	Bus Stop Number
32&Fifth	East Route	32nd St MC Depot	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Accralaw Tower	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Active Fun Children's Play & Party Centre	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Agave	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
American Cemetery	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
Autostrada	East Route	32nd St MC Depot	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Avant The Fort	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Bacolod Chicken	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Blue Sapphire Residences	West Route[	Stopover 31st Street[	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Bo Concept	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Bonifacio High Street	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Bonifacio One Technology Tower	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Bonifacio Ridge	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Bonifacio Technology Center	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
British School Manila	East Route	STI 32nd Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Brothers Burger	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Burgos Circle	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Chowking	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Commerce Center	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
Crescent Park Residences	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Dayrits Burger	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Department of Energy	East Route	STI 32nd Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Dimension	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Embassy of Singapore	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bust Stop from EDSA
Energy Development Corp	East Route	STI 32nd Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Essensa East Forbes	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
Every Nation	East Route	STI 32nd Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
F1 City Center Hotel	East Route	32nd St MC Depot	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Fairways Tower	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
Fiesta Market	East Route	Market Market Bus Terminal	5th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Fifth Avenue Place	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
Forbes Town Center	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Forbeswood Heights	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Forbeswood Parklane	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Ford Global City	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
Fort Legend Tower	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
Fort Palm Spring Condo	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Fort Victoria U/C	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
Fully Booked	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
GAP High Street	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Honda Cars Global City	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
HSBC Centre	East Route	32nd St MC Depot	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Hyundai Global City	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Icon Plaza (U/C)	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bust Stop from EDSA
Icon Plaza Showroom	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
Icon Residences	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
International School Manila	East Route	STI 32nd Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Jeco Prime Building	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
Jollibee	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Karport	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
Kensington Place	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Kia Motors Global City	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
Korean Cultural Center	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
LR Phils Motors	East Route	32nd St MC Depot	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Mancor Corporate Center	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
Manila Japanese School	East Route	STI 32nd Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Marajo Tower	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Market Market	East Route	Market Market Bus Terminal	5th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
MC Home Depot	East Route	32nd St MC Depot	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
McDonald's Burgos Circle	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
McKinley Park Residences	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
Meguiar's VIP Auto Salon	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
Metro Market Market	East Route	STI 32nd Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Mini Global City	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
MOs Design	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
MUJI High Street	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
NBC Tent	East Route	The Fort Bus Stop	1st Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Net Cube	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
Net Lima	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Net Plaza	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Net Quad	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
Net Square	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
NetOne Center	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Nuffnang Philippines	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
One Global Place	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
One McKinley Place	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Pacific Plaza Towers	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
Penhurst Park Place	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
PGA Cars Audi	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Picadilly Star	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Pizza Hut	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
PNOC	East Route	STI 32nd Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
PS Bank	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Red Ribbon	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
Regent Parkway	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
Reyes Barbeque	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
S&R	East Route	32nd St MC Depot	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Seattle's Best Coffee	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Seibu Tower	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
Serendra	East Route	Market Market Bus Terminal	5th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Shell Gasoline Station	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
South of Market	East Route	Market Market Bus Terminal	5th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
St Luke Medical Center	West Route	Net Cube 3rd Ave	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA
Starbucks Coffee 32 Ave	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
STI Academy	East Route	STI 32nd Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Sun Life Centre	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
The Beaufort	West Route	McKinley Pkway	1st Bus Stop from EDSA
The Beaufort Showroom	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
The Bellagio	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
The Fort	East Route	The Fort Bus Stop	1st Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
The Fort Residences	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
The Fort Strip	East Route	The Fort Bus Stop	1st Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
The Grand Hamptons 1 & 2	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
The Luxe Residences	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
The Mind Museum	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
The Sapphire Residences	West Route	Stopover 31st Street	4th Bus Stop from EDSA
The Spa Wellness	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
Toro Restaurant & Bar	West Route	Net One 3rd Ave	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA
Trade And Financial Tower	East Route	32nd St MC Depot	2nd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus
W Office Building	East Route	High Street 30th St	3rd Bus Stop from EDSA by HM Bus

How To Get To The Buildings & Places Around BGC Bus Stops

Direction of BGC Bus (West Route) from The Fort Bus Terminal in EDSA to West BGC

How To Get To Buildings & Spots From A Bus Stop In West BGC

First Bus Stop From EDSA - McKinley Parkway:

The driver announces "Stop Light" most of the time because this is located past traffic lights of 5th Avenue. McKinley Road ends in 5th Ave while McKinley Pkway continues the same road. 5th Ave and McKinley Pkway intersection is the gateway to BGC from Ayala-EDSA and as such a BGC sign is erected to the left corner, welcoming visitors to the Global City. As you can see in the map below, you can walk your way to American Cemetery via Rizal Drive. Please click red markers in the map to display building names. Regent Parkway, Essensa East Forbes and Fifth Avenue Place are along 5th Avenue toward south. But their entrances are situated facing 21st St, the road to the other side. Jeco Prime Building is the colored green glass building that you see in front of Regent Parkway. Singapore Embassy is across McKinley while Fairway Tower is to the other corner of 5th Ave and McKinley. Sun Life Centre is very visible from this bus stop as its signage is facing your direction. Pacific Plaza Towers is a short walk away from Fairway Tower via short road to the left of 5th Ave, just take 4th Ave from small roundabout. Next to Fairway Tower is The Beaufort followed by Victoria Fort. To get to Seibu Tower, walk along 5th Ave, turn right on 24th St. Icon Plaza Showroom is to the right of 5th Ave opposite Sun Life Centre. Next to it is One Global Place, situated at 5th Ave corner 25th St.

Location Map of buildings around McKinley Pkway Bus Stop. Click red pins for building names.

Gate of American Cemetery BGC

Jeco Prime Bldg Bonifacio Global City

Jeco Prime
Fifth Avenue Place
Essensa East of Forbes
Regent Parkway

Fairways Tower BGC

One Global Place BGC

Pacific Plaza Towers BGC

Seibu Tower BGC

Singapore Embassy BGC

Sun Life Centre Bonifacio Global City

Second Bus Stop From EDSA - 3rd Ave NetOne

Located at the corner of 27th St and 3rd Ave. The bus stops here from 4th Ave and then it will turn right onto 3rd Ave. Alighted from the bus, walk back to 4th Ave where Picadilly is located at the corner of 4th Ave and 27th St. Next to Picadilly along 4th Ave is Marajo Tower. Next to it, located at the corner of 26th and 4th is Toro Restaurant & Bar opposite Hyundai Global City Hub, situated at the left corner. Mini Cooper Philippines is next to Hyundai along 26th St and located at the corner of 5th Ave. Under construction Net Lima occupies the entire block of 4th Ave - 26th St - 5th Ave.

Walk from Bus Stop toward 3rd Ave. Go right. Net Square - Ericsson is at the corner of 3rd Ave and 28 St. Next to Net Square along 28th St is The Luxe Residences, located at the corner of 28th St and 4th Ave. The Mind Museum is located at the second left corner of 3rd Ave and 28 St. How do you get to The Mind Museum? Alight at this bus stop, walk to 3rd Ave. From corner of 3rd Ave and 27th St, walk past Net Square Bldg and 28th St, Mind Museum is to the left and occupies the entire block of 3rd Ave, 28 St and Rizal Dr streets.

This is also the best way to commute to Burgos Circle. Walk from corner of 28th St and 3rd Ave (left side of 3rd Ave) along 28th St, go right on Rizal Dr and turn left on 29th St.

Net One Center and One McKinley Place are located to the south end of 3rd Ave. Walk across 27th Ave from the Bus Stop toward the left corner of 3rd and then walk down to the next street which is 26th St in which Net One is located at the corner. Opposite Net One, at the second corner of 26th and 3rd Ave is One McKinley Place.

How to commute to Forbes Town Center from EDSA? Alight from the Fort Bus at this bus stop. Walk across 3rd Ave toward McDonald's Forbes Town which is very visible from the corner of 27th St and 3rd Ave. It's just a short walk away. McDonald's Forbes Town is exactly located at the corner of 26 St and Rizal Dr. Walk a little bit from the corner of 26th St and Rizal Dr along 26th St until you get to Forbestown Road which is already the Forbes Town Center. Forbestown Road also leads to the Burgos Circle.

Along Rizal Dr, next to McDonald's Forbes Town toward 28th St is Forbeswood Parklane, followed by Forbeswood Heights. The Bellagio is situated at the corner of 1st Ave and Burgos Circle. 1st Ave is opposite 29th St. The other condominiums north of Burgos Circle are best accessed from the fourth Bus Stop.

Entrances of Icon Residences and Avant The Fort are located at small roundabout at the end of 3rd Ave past Net One Center and One McKinley Place. See photos of these buildings below this map.

Location Map around NetOne Bus Stop. Click red pins to read building names.

Marajo Tower Bonifacio Global City

Net One Center Global City

Net Square BGC

Picadilly Star BGC

Forbes Town Center

Forbeswood Heights

Forbeswood Parklane

The Luxe Residences BGC

Toro Restaurant & Bar Global City

Burgos Circle Bonifacio Global City

Avant The Fort & Icon Residences

One McKinley Place BGC

Third Bus Stop From EDSA - Net Cube

From Net One Bus Stop in 27th St, the bus turns right onto 3rd Ave and drive all the way here crossing 30th St. Net Cube is the building located right in this bus stop. Next to Net Cube along 3rd Ave is McKinley Park Residences followed by Fort Legend tower which is at the other corner of 3rd Ave and 31st St. Net Quad is at the back of both Net Cube and McKinley Park Residences. It occupies the whole block of 31st St, 4th Ave and 30th St. Commerce Center is at the back of Fort Legend. You can get there from the bus stop by going to the corner of 31st St, walk along 31st Street towards 4th Ave.

CATS Motors Inc's Mercedes Benz is located at the other side of 32nd St corner of Rizal Drive. From Bus Stop, walk northward along 3rd Ave and cross 32nd St. Left corner of 32nd and Rizal Dr is the Mercedes Benz. At the right corner is St Luke Medical Center. How to commute to St Luke Medical Center from MRT Ayala Station in EDSA? Take "The Fort Bus" and alight at Net Cube Bus Stop, walk northward along 3rd Ave, cross 32nd Street. Road becomes Rizal Drive and the main entrance of St Luke is located along Rizal Dr. Next to Mercedes Benz along Rizal Dr opposite St Luke is Ford Global City. Next to Mercedes Benz along 32nd St is Korean Cultural Center, followed by Mancor Corporate Center, Meguiar's VIP Auto Salon, Meguiar's VIP Auto Salon, Kia Motors Global City and Karport.

Location Map buildings around Net Cube Bus Stop. Click red pins for building names.

Net Cube

Fort Legend Tower

Net Quad
Transnational Diversified Group (TDG)

Fort Legend Tower
McKinley Park Residences
Net Cube

Commerce Center BGC

St Luke Medical Center BGC Taguig City

Fourth Bus Stop From EDSA - Stopover 31st Street

As you can see in the map, the bus takes Rizal Drive from 3rd Ave via dedicated lane. Then it turns right onto the first street which is 31st St. And here the fourth Bus Stop from EDSA is located approximately 80 meters from the corner of Rizal Dr. Now this strip has lots of food establishments that cater to people in budget. Jollibee, Chowking, KFC, Pizza Hut and Red Ribbon lined up Rizal Dr. Just walk back to Rizal Drive to have some meal. Meanwhile, famous restaurants like Reyes Barbecue, Bacolod Chicken and Dayrit's Burger is just few step from the Bus Stop. Starbucks Coffee is to the other side, along 32nd St.

Here are the buildings nearer to this bus stop:

Bonifacio Technology Tower is at the left corner of Rizal Dr and 31st St. The Sapphire Residences is just across the bus stop, exactly located at the corner of 31st St and 2nd Ave.

Walk along 31st St from the bus stop and cross 2nd Ave and you have the elongated building of Bonifacio Technology Centre to your right. To your left opposite Bonifacio Technology Centre are The Grand Hamptons 1 and The Grand Hamptons Tower 2. Walk futher along 31st St to get to Net Plaza which is the big building next to Bonifacio Technology Centre. Above Net Plaza building is a signage that reads JP Morgan Chase & Co. That's all the building along 31st St you can get to from this Bus Stop.

Now, walk from the bus stop and go left on 2nd Ave toward Burgos Circle. Next to The Sapphire Residences (your left) is Accralaw Tower which is situated at the left corner of 2nd Ave and 30th St. Next to The Grand Hamptons 1 (your right) is Blue Sapphire Residences which is situated at the right corner of 2nd Ave and 30th St. The Fort Residences is across 30th St and is located at the opposite corner of Accralaw. Crescent Park Residences is situated at the opposite corner of Blue Sapphire.

If your destination is any of these: Fort Palm Spring Condominium, Penhurst Parkplace, Kensington Place and Bonifacio Ridge. Then, walk from bus stop past 2nd Ave and then take the street next to The Grand Hamptons Tower 2 which is 1st Ave. Fort Palm Spring is next to The Grand Hamptons 2. Penhurst Parkplace is next to Fort Palm and located at the corner of 1st Ave and 30th St. Kensington Place is next to Penhurst. Finally, Bonifacio Ridge is to the right of 1st Ave and opposite Kensington.

Location map establishments around Stopover. Click red pins to get building names.

Bonifacio One Technology Tower

Bonifacio Technology Center

Net Plaza BGC

The Grand Hamptons 1&2 BGC

Bonifacio Ridge Bonifacio Global City

The Sapphire Residences BGC

Fifth Bus Stop From EDSA - Fort Victoria 5th Avenue

This is the last Bus Stop before the bus goes back to EDSA terminal. Most passengers who are coming to the buildings near to this bus stop alight at the first bus stop in McKinley Parkway. It's faster to reach destinations here from McKinley Parkway Bus Stop than spending time inside the bus and wait till it reaches this Bus Stop. Nevertheless, there are few who preferred to alight here. The buildings around it are: Sun Life Centre, Pacific Plaza Towers, Icon Plaza Showroom, One Global Place, The Beaufort, Seibu Tower, Singapore Embassy and Fort Victoria in which this Bus Stop is located. Please see map below to know "walk direction" to any of the buildings from this Bus Stop.

Location Map of buildings around Fort Victoria Bus Stop. Click red pins for names.

Direction of HM Bus (East Route) from The Fort Bus Terminal in EDSA to Market Market

How To Get To Buildings & Destinations From A Bus Stop Along East Route Of BGC Bus

The difference between BGC Bus East Route and HM Bus East Route aside from the roads they take from EDSA is that the former stops at McKinley Pkway Bus Stop before heading to The Fort Bus Stop which is the first Bus Stop of HM Bus. So, you must remember this: If the bus you take East Route is HM Bus, it will not pass by Mckinley Pkway. It's first Bus Stop from EDSA is The Fort. If the bus you take East Route is BGC Bus, it will stop in McKinley Pkway Bus Stop if there are passengers alighting there. And the second Bus Stop of BGC Bus is The Fort. Directions explain below is based on HM Bus routes and bus stops.

First Bus Stop From EDSA: The Fort

Located at the corner of 5th Ave and 26th Street where The Fort is situated. Next to The Fort along 26th St is The Fort Strip, followed by NBC Tent which is located at the corner of 26th St and 7th Ave. You can also alight here if your destination is some buildings along 5th Ave that accessible from West Route, but if you want to get to those buildings a little bit faster, West Route bus and McKinley Bus Stop is the way to go. HM Bus takes long because it uses EDSA and Kalayaan Ave.

The Fort at Bonifacio Global City

NBC Tent Bonifacio Global City

The Fort Strip

Second Bus Stop From EDSA: 32 Street MC Depot

Located along 5th Ave near corner 32 St. HSBC Centre is just across the bus stop. Walk across 32 Street to get to S&R Membership Shopping which is at the other corner of 32nd St and 5th Ave. MC Home Depot is along 32 Street next to S&R. Walk along 32nd St eastward from the corner of 5th Ave toward 7th Ave. F1 City Center Hotel is at the corner of 32nd St and 7th Ave. At the other corner, opposite F1 is The Trade and Financial Tower. Go left on 32nd from the corner of 5th Ave to get to 32nd & Fifth which is very visible from the bus stop. Autostrade and LR Phils are next to 32nd & Fifth, exactly located at the corner of 32nd and 4th Ave. See map below.

Location Map of buildings around MC Bus Stop. Click red pins to read building names.

Autostrada Bonifacio Global City

32nd and Fifth Bonifacio Global City

HSBC Centre Bonifacio Global City

Trade And Financial Tower BGC

F1 City Center Hotel BGC

Third Bus Stop From EDSA: High Street 30th Street

Located at the corner of 30th St and 9th Ave. Walk along 9th Ave from 30th St to get to High Street. Nuffnang Philippines is along 9th Ave right at Bonifacio High Street with its signage visible from 30th St. Agave is right at the building where Nuffnang is located. Dimension is to the left of 9th Ave in High Street. Brothers Burger is also located near 9th Ave. Walk past High Street and to your right is Bo Concept, then MOs Design and Active Fun Children's Play and Party Center to the right of 9th Ave corner of 28th St. Opposite Active Fun, to the left corner is Honda Cars Global City. Now walk along 28th St from Honda eastward and you will get to PGA Cars Audi, located at the corner of 28th and 11th Ave which is W Office Building. If your destination is MUJI or Fully Booked, then, from Nuffnang, walk inside Bonifacio High Street eastward until you get to 11th Ave where they are located opposite each other. GAP is at the same building of MUJI.

Buildings and spots near 30th Street Bus Stop. Click red pins to get their names.

MUJI Bonifacio High Street

Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street

PGA Cars Audi at W Office Bldg in BGC

Bonifacio High Street

Fourth Bus Stop From EDSA: STI 32nd Street

Located right before C-5 and Metro Market Market where terminal of jeepneys and FXs bound for different directions is located. The tall building of STI is just across 32nd St, situated at the corner of 32nd and 38th St. Also visible even before the bus stops is Every Nation, located at the right corner of 32nd and 38 streets opposite STI. You just cross 32nd to get to them. Walk to the right of 38th Street from Every Nation to get to International School Manila which is next to Every Nation. Walk to the left of 38th St from STI to get to Energy Development Corporation and Department of Energy which are next to STI. PNOC is next. Then British School Manila followed by Manila Japanese School which you might find too far for a walk, so you might consider taking a taxi from Market Market.

Location map of buildings around STI Bus Stop. Click red pins to read building names.

Metro Market Market BGC

Every Nation Bonifacio Global City

Energy Development Corporation BGC

STI Academy Global City

Fifth Bus Stop From EDSA: Market Market BGC Terminal

Located at the other side of Market Market. The bus just gets around the mall and stops at its terminal located at 26th St. If you're destination is South of Market and Serendra, then walk along 26th Street westward. The tall twin tower building you see to the left up ahead is South of Market. Entrances of Serendra are situated along 11th Ave. Most of the passengers bound for Market Market alight here.

Fiesta Market

South of Market BGC

Serendra

Breeze Into Zoobic Safari: Wild Animals Sightseeing Made Easy

2012-01-23T13:47:00.001+08:00

You are inside a caged jeep that traverses a bumpy rough and winding road that snakes its way through the jungle of the mountain. Then, a tiger suddenly appears from the woods. A man from your group dangles a chicken meat that caught the attention of the big cat.

The jeep stops and the large carnivorous feline mammal approaches. Right from your very eyes and few inches away from your face, you see how it devours the meat down to the last bite. Then, as the man gestures, the tiger climbs up the jeep.

The tiger looks at you through the glass part of the roof. It stays there for the meantime, while another tiger approaches the other side of the vehicle and feasts on meat sticks out by a tour guide.

Now, you have two tigers guarding your group. One, on top of the jeep and the other one just outside the window, licking fresh residue of fresh meat it just swallowed. Now you realized that the only thing which protects you from being eaten by these known wild fierce creatures is the safari jeep you're riding in. And it dawned on you that although you are in a safe place, paradoxically, in this reverse situation, you're the one in the cage while the tigers are the ones looking at you from the open ground.

Sounds heart-pounding? Well, this is just one of the highlights of Tiger Safari which is among the exciting attractions that form the Zoobic Safari Adventure. Welcome to Wild Animal Kingdom, like no other in the whole archipelago, where various species of animals from Asia, Africa and America are found. As of now, it's the ultimate "Forest Adventure" destination in the Philippines with a land area of about 25 hectares.

Apart from Tiger Safari, you can look forward to more exciting "what to do" in Zoobic Safari, as follows: feeding alligators at sea of crocodile in Croco Loco, being driven through an animal sanctuary of farm and exotic animals like wild boars, guinea fowls, potbelly pigs and wild ostriches that roam free in Savannah, being entertained by native Filipino people to a tribal show that features butterfly dance, war dance, and the amazing monkey dance that catapults up a tree in Aetas Trail, hold a baby tiger while feeding it in Petting Show, get a close-up look of reptiles such as lizards, iguanas, king snake, pythons, boa constrictors, monitor lizards, turtles and other cold-blooded creatures in Serpentarium, going over to the rodent kingdom where different species of rodents such as tiny guinea pigs, porcupines and large Palawan rats are waiting to be discovered in Rodent World, look into a rare collection of real stuffed animals and skeletons in Animal Moozeum and get acquainted with different species and behavior of wild birds and mammals both docile and fierce such as pheasant, peafowl, lovebirds, hornbill, water buffalo, deers, black ape, Philippine mouse deer, camel, donkeys, cougar, lions and a lot more in Bird Walk, Bird Thrill and the rest of walk tour right before boarding a tram on your way to the main attractions. One last chance to have a closer look at tigers behind enclosures happens in Close Encounter. In the Pavilion, right before the guided tour starts, you can pose with a large tiger in front of the camera while holding a baby bottle into its mouth for a photograph that will remember your adventure by. Souvenir shop is also located here. Finally, if you want some add-on for your adventure, you can go see Butterfly Garden, do Hip-Hop Bay-A-Walk and the exhilarating wild animal sightseeing offered by Sky Safari as well as the daring Zoobic Night Safari Adventure.

How do you get to Zoobic Zafari and do all of these and back to Manila the same day?

Zoobic Safari in Subic

I embarked on a trip to Subic and Olongapo City and from my itinerary, I created this guide on how to get to Zoobic Safari from Manila in a breeze - refreshed and ready to plunge into forest adventure.

Zoobic Safari is located in Subic, province of Zambales. One important thing to remember in going to Subic by bus is to take the SCTEX route. From Cubao, it only takes 2 hours and 25 minutes for a bus to get to bus stop in Subic in which the terminal of taxi bound for Zoobic Safari is located.

For this trip, I boarded Victory Liner with 6 trips daily to Olongapo City via Subic and SCTEX, scheduled as follows: 5:30 am, 7:30 am, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 5 pm, and 6 pm.

Schedules might change. For confirmation, you can call Victory Liner Cubao at these telephone numbers: 7274688, 7274534 or 4108986.

Zoobic Safari Adventure Tour from Manila

Jumping-off Point: Victory Liner Bus Terminal Cubao

Buy a ticket for "SBMA" (Subic) and don't forget to say "via SCTEX" otherwise you might get different route. For this tour, we are leaving at 5:30 am, so be at the terminal past 5 am. If it's too early for you, just get to the bus terminal past 7 am for 7:30 am departure. Fare rate as of this date: Php 235.

Zoobic Safari Tram ride

Get off the bus at SBMA to which conductors refer as SM when they announce the arrival. Landmarks here: SM City Olongapo, Jollibee, Ministop and Wimpy's Restaurant. The bus actually enters a large parking area-terminal to unload passengers at the bus stop there. The entire terminal is located at the corner of Rizal Highway (road from Manila) and Magsaysay Dr (road that leads to Olongapo and used primarily by pedestrians but impassable for motorists). See map below this post. Travel time from Cubao is approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes including stopovers.

Caged Jeepney in Tiger Safari of Zoobic Adventure

Have your breakfast at any food outlets around the area. Foods are expensive inside Zoobic Safari ground so make sure you are full.
Go to the taxi terminal near the Ministop located at the bus stop. Don't confuse the other Ministop located across the road with the one on the terminal. Taxis here are white SUVs with SBMA logos on the body. Now, here you have to haggle. Say your destination. Ask for the rate. Driver says Php 450. Don't give in right away. That is if you're in a budget. I myself got it for 300. So, if you're good at haggling, you would surely get the same rate. If you don't, go to the other terminal located to the other side of the road. Walk across the main road which is Rizal Highway. The other terminal is located at the back of the building opposite Jollibee. It's there that I lowered the rate from Php 450 to 300.

An ostrich roams Savannah in Zoobic Safari Subic

Travel time to Zoobic Safari from taxi terminal is around 25 minutes. The driver will give you his cp numbers telling you to text him after the tour so that he could pick you up as there are no taxis going back. Don't fret. As I've experienced it, there's indeed other taxis waiting. Only you wouldn't haggle, would you? So, if you take different taxi on your way back, you pay Php 450. Now, I need to confess. When I realized that Zoobic Safari is too far afterall and the driver seemed to be nice person, I gave him the amount he had actually bargained for which is Php 350.

A tiger in a cage in Zoobic Safari

Buy ticket for Php 499. That's include the Tiger Safari. Immediately, you will see the ticket booth. There's also a ticket for Php 399 but it ends after the walk tour. Since, for me, the highlight of the adventure is the Tiger Safari, Php 499 is a steal. Go for it. Nevertheless, once in Tiger Safari jeep, there's an additional fee amounting to Php 210 for the chicken meat that's going to be divided into the number of groups in your caged jeepney. If there are three groups in your jeep, then each group contributes Php 70.

Tourists wait for their turn in Close Encounter of Zoobic

Get into the Pavilion where the guided tour is organized. While waiting for your tour guide, it's time to have your photos with a chained tiger taken, for a fee. It's optional on your part. And like in other tourist destinations in other parts of the world, there will also be a picture taking that will be edited minutes later. Once you see your finished pictures with different versions featuring various Zoobic Safari environs as your background, it's up to you to buy them. No obligation on your part.

A hornbill in captivity

The Tour Guide will conduct a briefing. Listen intently as they discuss safety reminders, "do's and don't" and the complete stages your group will be taking in the order of their sequence within the duration of the guided tour which lasts two hours.

A tour guide conducts briefing before the start of guided tour in Zoobic

Tour begins. Enjoy!

Giant trees of Zoobic Safari

Two hours later. Entire tour has ended. You can text your driver. While waiting, you can check out the souvenir shop inside the Pavilion for some stuffs to bring home.

African grey parrot in Zoobic Safari

Back to SBMA, it's time to treat yourself to a delicious food. It's feels good to have a sumptuous meal after an adventure expedition. So, you might want to explore some dining spots outside Subic. Get out of SBMA via Magsaysay Gate that leads to nearby SM and head to Olongapo City where you can find different restaurants, bars, spas and more. Watch for my upcoming post on some places I've checked out during my stay in Olongapo City and Subic. If you haven't subscribed yet, it's time to do so. SUBSCRIBE HERE, for free

A camel is among docile animals in Zoobic Safari

Wait for any bus bound for Manila along Rizal Highway, just opposite the bus stop at which you alighted the bus from Cubao. Many buses pass through here from their Olongapo terminals. Most of them are bound for Pasay and Cubao.

Crocodiles at Croco Loco in Zoobic Safari

Map shows bus stop and the two taxi terminals. Jollibee is at northwest corner of Magsaysay and Rizal Highway while SM City Olongapo is located to the other side of the river which serves as boundary for Olongapo City (top island) and Subic (bottom island).

Route Guide To Mt Samat Zip-line In Pilar Bataan

2012-01-16T00:33:00.019+08:00

Updated Jan 26, 2012

For our readers' ease of dissecting the information, I do not edit the original published post which now falls below this update.

Mt Samat Zip-Line has opened to public on Jan 20, 2012. Right from the comments of no less than Eng'r Hazel de Guzman herself, which you can view at the bottom of this post, I quote:

"Hi, we opened for public last 20january 2012,Friday. The published rate for the zipline is P450.00 breakdown as follows:
P20.00 - environmental fee
30.00- shuttle from parking to launch pad (no vehicle is allowed to enter the ziproad except the official carrier
350.00- your zipride fee
50.00- shuttle from landing platform to parking area in Diwa.

Anyways,I want to stand corrected when I say 54m above sea level, I missed the right elevation which is 154 m above sea level is the elevation of launch pad. Where as the landing platform is 111 m above sea level. The straight distance is 520 m and the zipline is 540 m ride.
We are still improving the road though.

Thank you so much."

Blessing/Inauguration of the longest zip-line in Luzon has been held on January 7, 2012. The newest adventure attraction on the roster of zip-lines in the Philippines is located in the booming town of Pilar, Bataan with its launching platform situated at the rear side of Mt Samat in Brgy Diwa and the landing area in Brgy Liyang. The 540-meter zip which will be known as Mt Samat Zipline has the height of 43 meters above sea level and speed of 40 seconds from the launch pad to the landing area. The exhilarating ride with breathtaking views of the green mountains and rice paddies below to the Dunsulan Falls costs Php 350 per person.

Feeling about to pack your gear up now? Not so fast, you adventure freak!

The Mt Samat Zipline will not be operational until this February. I understand you got if from the news that one can now get to the site and take the plunge. Well, take it from me because I've been there just this January 10.

We took a Bataan bus bound for Mariveles and alighted in Pilar at an area popularly called Ali-uli which is a crossing of Bataan Provincial Highway and Gov J.J. Linao National Road in which to the east end the newly renovated 42-year old Municipal Hall and the Flaming Sword marker are located. We hired a motorized tricycle to the zip-line site which we didn't reach after having talk to some officers from the Firing Range located along the steeply, rocky and a little bit muddy uphill road that serves as the access to the newly inaugurated zip-line.

We are told that the zip is not yet operational. They said they're not sure if the scheduled operation in two weeks will push through. That's the time, I figured I should talk to the right person in the authority of the Pilar Zipline in the person of Eng'r Hazel N. de Guzman from Engineering Division of the Municipal Office. We actually went to the secretariat of the Municipal office and spoke to them about our purpose. And we're directed to the office of Eng'r de Guzman.

Motorized tricycle has no match in uphill road condition
Even manong driver surrenders.

Prior to our decent to the town proper, I had attempted to go uphill on foot. The motorized tricycle couldn't continue because of the mixture of soft soil and rocks that covered the steeply winding road making its hard for the tire treads to grip and move the body up. I had wanted to see the site to take its photos. And then the drizzle came. There goes the sight of Pilar Zip-line.

Here are the latest and accurate information with regards to the status of the longest Zip-line in the whole island of Luzon. Right from my conversation with Eng'r Hazel N. de Guzman of Pilar Municipal Hall.

Pilar Zip-line operation will start on February, 2012. There's no definite date yet.
The entire uphill road from Mt Samat Rd to the site will be graveled entirely. As of this time, the part of the road covered with gravel is only up to the Firing Range as you can see in the photo below.
Pilar Zip-line is a double-line zip and with a speed of 40 seconds from the launch pad to landing area.
The length of the zip is 540 meters.
There are no windbreakers.
For convenience, shuttle will fetch riders from the foot of the mountain in Mt Samat Rd and take them to the launching pad.
There will be also a free ride from the landing area that in turn will take riders to where they started off the climb at Mt Samat Road.
The ride costs Php 350 plus an additional environmental fee of Php 20.

The road to the Zip-line from Mt Samat Rd

There you have it, folks. The real score in the reputed longest zip-line in the whole of Luzon. Watch for more update on this new attraction of Pilar, Bataan. Especially, the upcoming opening this February. For free alerts delivered to your email, SUBSCRIBE NOW.

I would like to thank Eng'r Hazel N. de Guzman and her staff for warm welcome and for imparting these information to us. Salamat po, Engineer.

How To Get To Pambansang Muziklaban Grand Finals 2012

2012-01-14T12:31:00.003+08:00

The No. 1 Pinoy Rock Competition popularly known as Red Horse Beer Pambansang Muziklaban Grand Finals will be held on January 28, 2012 in Aseana City Macapagal Blvd.

For those of you who don't know how to get there, here are driving and commuting directions.

You might get confused as to where is the exact location of this event along Macapagal Blvd.

The best way is to get right at Macapagal Blvd corner Bradco Ave in which lots of food establishments like McDonalds, Greenwhich, Starbucks, etc and two pay parking areas are located. If you're driving, you can park at the pay parking at both corners of Bradco and Macapagal. Petron and Shell gasoline stations are also adjacent. For some motorists, gas stations are good place to park for free. I've always done that after filling up the tank.

If you're going to commute in coming to Pambansang Muziklaban, then just alight from bus or jeepney bound for Aseana City right at the corner of Bradco and Macapagal Blvd which is popularly known to drivers and conductors as DFA because the building is located right at the corner.

Aseana City Macapagal Blvd is approximately 1.2 kilometers from its north boundary to its south boundary which you can easily see because the boundaries have bridges crossing water channels. Since the Aseana City Macapagal Blvd is short in distance and no other areas along its length that is already developed except Bradco Avenue, the ideal place to be while waiting for the show to start is right there. Also, according to Aseana City's Facebook Wall, the Muziklaban will be held near Bradco Avenue. See map below.

How to get to Pambansang Muziklaban Grand Finals 2012 by car? Click here or go to Driving Directions To Aseana City

How to get to Pambansang Muziklaban by bus, jeepney and MRT/LRT train? Click here or go to How To Commute To Aseana City

Aseana City Macapagal Blvd Map

Driving Directions To Aseana City

2012-01-14T12:23:00.002+08:00

Aseana City is a major development that now arises in 204 hectare of reclaimed land in Paranaque. It will be home to the newest world class center for business, lifestyle, entertainment and tourism in the country. Once completed, Aseana City would be an ultimate destination along the shoreline of Manila Bay where luxury homes, offices, malls, hotels, casinos and marinas are integrated into an oasis with spectacular views.

Aseana City is borders to the east by Roxas Boulevard, to the west by Manila Bay, and to its north and south are water channels where two bridges are built along Macapagal Blvd making them (the bridges) gateways to Aseanan City from either north or south of President Diosdado Macapagal's eponymous road.

This post is made to give you driving directions to Aseana City, even if at this point in time Aseana City is not yet fully developed. As the work in the city progresses, more roads will open giving more options to get to newly constructed buildings. So, if you happen to arrive in this article at later times or if you want to know the latest updates on Aseana City's road networks, parking areas, etc, please click here or go to Aseana City's Progress. For commuters' directions, go to How To Commute To Aseana City.

As of this writing, motorists are heading to Aseana City to get to the places listed below. If your destination is listed and you want to know how to get there by car, just read this guide. If your destination is not listed, see the post that will be regularly updated, click here..

Buildings inside Aseana City
Aseana One (under construction)
Aseana Power Station
Belle Grande Casino & Hotel (under construction)
DFA Office of Consular Affairs
McDonalds
Petron Gasoline Station
S&R Membership Shopping
Shell Gasoline Station
Solemare Parksuites
Yellow Cab

Establishments in Power Station
Aseana Business Center
Asian Noodle Co
Bank of the Philippines Islands
E-Games
Golden Legacy Jobmovers Corp
Greenwich Pizza
Life Coffee & Tea
Luxembourg Suites
Mercury Drug
Pagkain Club Resto Bar
Park_Hair Salon Co
Pearl Marina
Starbucks Coffee
Tour of Luzon Bike Cafe
Yasubei

Parking Areas in Aseana City

As of this momonent, there are two affordable pay parking located at two corners of Macapagal Blvd and Bradco Ave, the only road intersection which is teeming with buildings and commercial establishments by now. These parking areas are just opposite of McDonald's and DFA, respectively. You can also park in Petron and Shell which are adjacent. And there's also parking in front of Aseana Power Station. For more updates on parking areas in Aseana City, click here.

How To Get To Aseana City By Car

Via NAIA Road aka MIA Road - for those coming from NAIA 1 and 2, Sucat, Duty Free Philippines Fiesta Mall, SM Sucat and nearby areas. Go cross Roxas Boulevard and turn right onto Macapagal Blvd. From NAIA 3, take Andrews Ave and turn left on Roxas Blvd turn right onto NAIA Road then turn right onto Macapagal Boulevard. Aseana City ground is after you get past the bridge. Turn right onto the next street if you're going to Belle Grande. Cross Aseana Ave to get to DFA, S&R and Aseana One which are located on Bradco Avenue's right side. Solemare, Aseana Power Station is to the left side of Bradco Ave. There's turn left on Bradco Ave. See map below.

Via Bradco Ave - for those taking Roxas Boulevard's southbound lane from Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela, Monumento, Pampanga, Bulacan, Quiapo, Quezon City, Espana, Ermita, Malate, Robinson's Place Manila, US Embassy, Intramuros, Rizal Park, etc. Drive all the way to Baclaran passing through EDSA-Roxas Blvd overpass. Turn right onto Bradco Ave, the wide road to the right of Roxas Blvd after you get past Baclaran Church and Redemptorist Road which are to the left of Roxas Blvd. Aseana One is located to the left of Bradco. S&R and DFA are to the right. If you're going to Solemare Parksuites and Aseana Power Station, go cross Macapagal Blvd. See one of two maps below this post.

Via EDSA - for those coming from Makati, Ayala Center, Glorietta, Greenbelt, Gil Puyat, Guadalupe, Mandaluyong, Ortigas Center, Cubao and areas nearby. Take EDSA's southbound lane all the way to Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, passing by MRT-3 Magallanes Station and the last station which is Taft, and passing under Roxas Boulevard flyover that crosses EDSA. You must drive under road signs that read "Baclaran", "Roxas Boulevard" and "Macapagal Blvd". Turn left on Macapagal Blvd, the next main intersection to Roxas Blvd. Aseana City is the ground after you pass through the bridge. Petron and Shell gas stations are the first establishments located to both sides of Macapagal upon entering Aseana City. First intersection is Bradco. Make left if you're going to DFA, S&R and Aseana One. Make right if you're going to Sole Mare and parking area of Aseana Power Station which is the second building from the corner of Bradco and Macapagal. See map below.

Via Macapagal Blvd - for those coming from CCP Complex, Pablo Ocampo aka Vito Cruz, Harrison Plaza, Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Dela Salle, Quirino Ave, San Andres, Taft Ave, Central Bank, etc and alternate route from Manila Ocean Park, US Embassy, UN Ave, Padre Burgos and SM City Manila. Go cross Roxas Blvd from Harrison Plaza and La Salle, turn right onto CCP Complex from Roxas Blvd. Drive all the way to the building located at the other end of the road. Make left toward PICC. Make left again, then turn right onto Magdalena Jalandoni, the road before Star City, which becomes Macapagal Blvd after you cross Gil Puyat Ave where World Trade Center is located to the left corner. Drive all the way past EDSA until you pass through the bridge that crosses the water channel which borders Aseana City. Petron and Shell are the ones you get to see upon entering Aseana City. See two maps below this post.

Aseana City Location and Street Map. Zoom in to get details. Click each pin to see building name.

Parking Area Map Aseana City. Click each red pin to know names of the buildings.

How To Commute To Aseana City

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The main road inside Aseana City through which passenger buses from Fairview, Novaliches and Caloocan pass is Macapagal Blvd. The sign of bus you must ride from your destination is any of the following: "Baclaran", "MIA", "Coastal Mall" and "SM MOA Baclaran". From other locations, just read on.

As of this writing, commuters come to Aseana City to get to the places listed below. If your destination is listed and you want to know how to get there by public jeepneys, buses, MRT/LRT trains, just read this guide. Most of these establishments are located near Bradco Avenue and Macapagal Blvd intersection which is popularly known to both jeepney and bus drivers as DFA, meaning - you can refer to this area as DFA even if you're going to different establishment because DFA building is located at the corner of these roads. If your destination is not listed, see the post that regularly updates commuting directions to Aseana City, just click here or go to Aseana City's Progress.

It's easy to get to Aseana City from any locations. By LRT-1, just alight at EDSA Station and ride the bus mentioned above. By LRT-2, get off the train at Recto Station and take an LRT-1 train to EDSA Station. By MRT-3, alight at Taft Station and ride a bus mentioned above. Then ask conductor to drop you off at DFA or Bradco. Then walk to your destination. For guide, see map below this post.

From Pasig, Mandaluyong, Kalentong, Taytay, Marikina, Antipolo, Tiendesitas, Eastwood City, Sta Lucia East, Robinson's Metro East and other areas with public jeepneys and buses bound for EDSA or headed to areas located to the other side of EDSA, just get to EDSA via jeep or bus from your location and then ride a bus bound for Baclaran or MRT-3 bound for Taft Station where you will ride the bus mentioned above. Ask the conductor to drop you off at DFA or Bradco. Then walk to your destination. For guide, see map below this post.

You can also take a jeepney with "Baclaran" sign from any of these places: "Monumento", "Cubao", "Sta Cruz Manila", "Quiapo", "Espana", "Lawton", "Ermita", "Malate" and other areas. Alight at EDSA and take a bus bound for Baclaran which I mentioned at the beginning of this post. Then ask the conductor to drop you off at DFA or Bradco. Then walk to your destination. For guide, see map below this post.

If you're from Alabang, Bicutan or FTI, just ride a jeepney with "Pasay Rotonda" or "SM MOA" sign. Get off the jeepney at EDSA-Pasay area and take the bus mentioned above and ask the conductor to drop you off at DFA or Bradco. Then walk to your destination. For guide, see map below this post.

From Sucat via Dr A Santos Ave, Imelda Ave and Ninoy Aquino Ave, ride a jeepney with "Baclaran" sign. There's a jeepney route that serves passengers directly from Baclaran. These jeepneys are colored yellow multicab turned jeepney and their terminal is located in front of Max's Restaurant Roxas Boulevard near corner Redemptorist Road. Read separate post on this passenger jeepney by going to SM MOA Bound Passenger Jeepney New Terminal In Baclaran. The signage of this yellow-colored jeepney version of multicabs in their body reads "Baclaran SM MOA Bradco DFA". It passes by SM MOA on its way to Aseana City. It's stop in Aseana City is on DFA or Shell and McDonald's which are all located near Bradco. Alight there and walk to your destination. See map below this post.

If you're in SM MOA and you're going to Aseana City, just ride the aforementioned yellow multicab bound for DFA. They pass through SM MOA Globamaze rotunda and load passengers from there and near SM Arena. Alight at Bradco Ave or McDonald's and DFA and walk toward your destination. For guide, see map below.

Aseana City Building and Street Map. Click each red pin to see building name.

Aseana City's Progress

2012-01-14T12:10:00.001+08:00

This post is created for updates on Aseana City with regards to driving and commuting directions which DirectionsOnWeb provides to its readers. As the city is currently on its early stage of development, there will be more destinations that will arise in the future and more access roads as well as loading and unloading areas for commuters will open. To better serve commuting public and private motorists alike, I will update this blog entry on the progress of the new rising city center, accordingly. And on this page, these updates will be published as they happen.

This article is linked to How To Commute To Aseana City and Driving Directions To Aseana City. If you happen to arrive here from a search engine like Google, treat this as a second reading material to How To Get To Places & Buildings In Aseana City. And as such, kindly read the preceding posts on directions to Aseana City by going to How To Commute To Aseana City and Driving Directions To Aseana City

Commute Guide To Bacarra Church & Pagudpod Ilocos Norte

2012-01-11T23:27:00.007+08:00

This blog entry explains how to get to Pagudpud from Laoag and back. It tells you important things to remember in going to Pagudpud like costs, bus fare, where to ride in going back to Laoag, availability of bus, etc and recommends a good beach to frolic in budget. If you're a backpacker or a DO-IT-YOURSELF traveler heading out to Pagudpud, you will definitely get some pointers from this article. So, read on.

On my fourth day in Ilocos Region which is January 6, 2012, I decided to go to Bacarra Church in the morning and afterwards headed out to Pagudpod. Before I give you the commuting directions to these important destinations from Laoag City, I wanna share some photographs I have taken of them. If you want to read the posts that preceded this entry so as to learn some guides and directions to places in Ilocos, please go to the following articles: First post, To Laoag From Manila In 52 Minutes. Second post, Getting To Ilocos Norte's Important Attractions. Third post, How To Commute To Vigan's Tourist Spots From Laoag.

Coconut trees as seen from Saud in Pagudpod

Beach in Municipal Park of Saud Pagudpod

Tourists swimming in Saud

Pristine beauty of Saud in Pagudpod

In going to Bacarra Church, just go to the terminal of jeepneys with signage that reads "Bacarra". The jeepney terminal is located at the corner of Gov Primo Lazaro Street and Gov Julio Agcaoili Street and opposite GMW Bus Terminal. From the frontage of Ilocos Norte Provincial Capitol Building, go to the street at the back of the building which is Gen Antonio Luna Street. Agcaoli Street is next to Lagasca Street along Gen Antonio Luna and near to Ilocos Norte Museum. Walk along Gov Agcaoli towards the other corner which is Primo Lazaro where the terminal is located. From Isabel Suites, just walk from the corner in which Jollibee is located, that's Primo Lazaro and Gen Segundo Ave. On the third street, you will see the terminal just opposite bus terminal of GMW Bus Lines. From Tiffany Hotel, walk towards Jollibee, then walk along Primo Lazaro up to third street which is Agcaoili where the terminal is located to your left.

Jeepney fare from Laoag to Bacarra is Php 14 as of this time. On that day, I boarded the jeep at 10:04 am, at 10:20 am, the jeepney left the terminal. I asked the driver to drop me off at Bacarra Church. It's near. At 10:36 am, I was already at the location of Bacarra Church, took some photos of the Domeless Belfry of Asia, and then...

Domeless Bell Tower of Bacarra Church

At 11:21 am, I was on the waiting shed for jeepney going back to Laoag. At 11:24 am I rode a jeepney and at 11:40 am I was back at the terminal in Laoag.

I was looking for a place to have lunch when I saw the terminal of buses with Pagudpod sign in the front. The bus was about to leave so I decided to go. The terminal is right along Gov Agcaoili itself. You would be seeing it on your way to the terminal of jeepney bound for Bacarra if you get there from Ilocos Norte Provincial Capitol.

The bus left at 11:53 am and at exactly 2 pm I got off the bus in front of Pagudpud Public Market Building where I had my lunch. Fare from Laoag to Pagudpud is Php 60.

Traveling by bus from Laoag to Pagudpod is a long and wobbling ride along the winding and rocky headlands of the northwest tip of Luzon. The sense of adventure that I was already feeling that very moment stepped up a notch because of the cool ocean breeze that kept coming in the open-air mini-bus.

My Latitude App at work

As you can see in this photo of my Latitude App on my smartphone which I have taken en route to Pagudpud, the road traverses the edge of Luzon Island. The Latitude App increased the adrenalin I felt along the way even more. It's only here in Ilocos that I got to use it and it amazed me. For one thing, it triangulates your current location, and in my case here, on moving bus, then, you get to know what town you're already in even if you're not familiar and there's no signage on the road yet. In a way, the impatience brought about by long travel is loosen up.

Before you get to Pagudpud, you get to pass by a part of Ilocos Norte called Banqui along which the windmills lined up the shores. Then, there's also this part and I am not sure if that area was the place called Capurpuraoan where rock formation is so magnificently chiseled along the long stretch of the shores. It's a sight to behold. And when I saw this huge rock cliff that seemed to have been instrument for some suicide acts, I was paradoxically fascinated by its beauty. The view is cinematic, I think I've seen it in one of the movie scenes.

After having lunch, it's time to head to the beach. Now this information I'm going to share is very handy for those who are in budget. Resorts in Pagudpod are expensive. The best place to fit meager finances while enjoying time in the sun is the place called Saud. I had talk to the old woman who owned the eatery I've had my lunch at. That's how I got the information.

So, when I hired a motorized tricycle with its terminal just across the street, the driver immediately knew where to take me after I uttered the word "Saud". You can also ask driver to take you to Municipal Beach Park located in Saud. See photo. Tricycle fare costs Php 60 from its terminal to Saud.

Municipal Beach Park in Saud Pagudpud

Rent of cabana in this area costs Php 150 good for daytime use only up to 8 hours. If you plan to extend your stay overnight, the fee is Php 300. That includes the usage of all facilities available for customers in a regular beach resort. If you don't want to rent a cottage, you can just pay entrance fee of Php 20 for adult, Php 10 for children and Php 16 for students. You can bring in food which you either take with you or bought just outside the gate. As per policy of the management, swimming is until 10 pm only, although you can be in the water early in the morning. The cabana you might get is either open or enclosed cottage. Whichever you take, they cost the same.

Things to remember in commuting out of Pagudpud and back to Laoag. Last trip of the bus from the terminal near Public Market in Pagudpud bound for Laoag City is 3 pm only. By 4 pm, you need to get to loading area for Florida Bus Lines which is walking distance from Public Market, locals will easily tell you the location if you just ask. If by any means, you found yourself late in the afternoon and you need to get back to Laoag, then ask a driver of motorized tricycle to take you to highway where you can wait for a bus coming from various locations bound for Laoag City, e.g., Cagayan.

I myself had made sure to be back in Laoag City before dusk. After taking some photographs of the beach, I walked back to the area where the tricycle I'd ridden was parked. As in other locations I've been to in Ilocos region, I made an arrangement with the driver to wait up. Nonetheless, there are lots of motorized tricycles that ply the route to Pagudpud Public Market from Saud and vice versa.

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How To Commute To Vigan's Tourist Spots From Laoag

2012-01-09T02:29:00.009+08:00

My third day of merely familiarizing myself with routes and directions around Laoag City's and Ilocos Norte's tourist destinations totally turned into unplanned escapade. I woke up 5:00 am of January 5, 2012, had a quick breakfast at Jollibee because free breakfast of Isabel Suites is available only from 7:00 am to 9:00 am, then headed off to nearby terminal of bus bound for Vigan City, the capital of Ilocos Sur and renowned for the Spanish imprint on its architecture that made it to World Heritage Sites. You can read what happened on my second day in Ilocos by going to Getting To Ilocos Norte's Important Attractions. And the story of my coming to Laoag City is documented in the post entitled To Laoag From Manila In 52 Minutes

I wanted to maximize my stay here to give readers more directional guides on how to commute to important places, most especially those individuals or group of individuals who would plan to visit Ilocos Region for the first time.

I was also thinking that my sudden trip here would be an excellent opportunity to feature initial batch of photos I would be taking on new DSLR camera Nikon D5100. I didn't have any knowledge on photography even though it's my dream to explore the art of creating stunning images out of ordinary objects.

Vigan Baluarte

The Vigan-bound bus terminal is located at Lagasca St corner Gen Antonio Luna. It's right at the back of Ilocos Norte Provincial Capitol. So, if you're at the front of the Provincial Capitol or the plaza to its front in which Tabacco Monopoly Monument is situated, just go to the back of the neo-classical designed building. You get to see the road sign that reads General Antonio Luna and upon looking, Lagasca Street road sign is very visible. From Hotel Tiffany, walk towards the Sinking Bell Tower that you see from the front of the hotel, then go right at the next street which is General Antonio Luna. From the corner of Gen Antonio Luna and Gen Segundo Ave which is the street of Hotel Tiffany, walk past Paco Roman Street. Next to it is Lagasca. From Isabel Suites, walk past Jollibee and go right at the street that bordered Jollibee to the south which is Primo Lazaro. Walk past Paco Roman and turn left on the next street which is Lagasca. The bus is located to the other corner which is General Luna.

The bus here leaves at 7:00 am. So, if you don't want to be left behind, make sure you're early. Travel time from Laoag City to Vigan City is 2 hours and 15 minutes. Observe as I document my actual tour from Laoag to Vigan's spots and back to Laoag in the afternoon of January 5, 2012. The bus from Lagasca is only good for one round trip. It returns to Laoag City at 3 pm. But don't worry because, you can get back to Laoag anytime via Partas Bus which have Laoag bound bus every 30 minutes 24 hours a day. Towards the end of this post, you get to learn how I got to the Partas Bus Terminal.

Here's how I toured four tourist attractions of Vigan

The bus arrived at its terminal in Vigan City, 9:17 am. I took a motorized tricycle to "Vigan Baluarte", my first destination, at 9:31 am. Of course, by that time I had already talked to some locals and had my route planned out. Fare to Baluarte is Php 20.

I arrived at Baluarte 9:39 am. It's an 80 hectares of terrains, hills and mountain sides that serves as natural habitat for Gov Chavit Singson's personal collection of wild animals, most prominent of which are the ostriches. Other animals you get to see are: tigers, donkey, camels, stags, colorful pheasants, parrots, macaws and a lot of others, all roaming around. At first glance, you would think as if you're in Jurrasic Park because of a life-size Alamosaurus Dinasour statue, until you see the animals of Quaternary Period, our time. Baluarte also features Butterfly Exhibit, which piqued my weakness in photographing flowers. I took some shots of them. Hope you like my untrained hand in focusing and framing objects. As I've said I'm inexperienced. At least, for now.

Butterfly Exhibit at Vigan Baluarte

There's no entrance fee to Baluarte. Right outside are souvenir stores. Tip from me: If you're in a budget, consider buying goods from Vigan's Public Market. Prices of items outside Baluarte are way too high.

One thing I noticed aside from being picturesque of Baluarte clearly is it's being well-maintained. The fortress is very clean and the animals are well-fed as you would notice immediately.

As expected there's a terminal of motorized tricycles immediately outside the gate.

Vigan River Cruise along Mestizo River

So, I headed out to my second destination via one of these tricycles. I left Baluarte at 10:28 am and arrived at the site of "Vigan River Cruise" 10:39 am. Fare from Baluarte to Mestizo River, the site of the river cruise, is Php 60. Ticket in the boat ride of Vigan River Cruise costs Php 100. Boats used in the cruise are like those small wooden fishing vessels used by many ordinary Filipino fishermen called "bangka" in Tagalog. Each boat has outriggers for stability and safety of riders, which is good for rough river. But don't worry, the Mestizo River is calm all the way.

At 10:43 am I was on board of this boat and begun the journey though times. Vigan River Cruise along the historic Mestizo River is a discovery of Vigan's History that dates back to Spanish Times. It's the showcase of Vigan's culture, heritage and it's people's indigenous contributions to the society, lifestyle and progress of the Philippines.

What To See And Hear On Board Vigan River Cruise

As you cruise the river, a synchronized narration is played in the background. There are countless dioramas along both sides of the river. Each diorama symbolizes an important event in Vigan's history and as you get pass each diorama, the modulated voice of female narrator tells the story behind depiction of a particular diorama. From the transfer of Northern Luzon diocese to Vigan, to the root word of Vigan itself. From Spanish discovery of the high potential of soil and climate of Ilocos for cultivating tobacco that led to imposition of tobacco culture to all farmers and the ban of growing other crops, to how the popular dish called bagnet was started. From the story behind the name of Mestizo River, to the different livelihoods that spawned out of the river, you get to discover important milestones in Vigan's history in an unhurried and unconcerned fashion. Other visuals are the fish pens in various parts of the river where school of tilapia go up on the surface from time to time as they are being fed by farmers. There's also a work in progress for the betterment of this body of water that considered to be among major sources of pride for people of Vigan. You get to photograph a fisherman in his small boat pulling up a fishnet, and even some locals with their catch on their way home. Meanwhile, mangroves and other plants endemic to river banks lined the whole stretch of both sides.

Vigan Heritage Village

After enjoying the cruise which finished at 11:23 am, it's time to get to the "Vigan Heritage Village", the only colonial town in the Philippines and for which Vigan is known. I had made an arrangement with the tricycle I'd ridden from Baluarte to wait for me. Actually, he offered the service to the Heritage Village. I just accepted it for the reason of time management. We left Mestizo River at 11:25 and arrived at the corner of Liberation Blvd and Calle Crisologo at 11:37 am. It's the gateway to Heritage Village. From there one can see the colonial past of Vigan through the Spanish houses and buildings that lined up the whole stretch of Crisologo up to Plaza Burgos. You begin the tour of the Heritage Village right at this crossroad all the way to the other end. This is the best spot to start photographing the colonial town. Now, finally I got to see the place I've been wishing to step into for years. And I enjoyed it.

Ornaments along Calle Crisologo Vigan Heritage Village

There are lots of souvenir shops, cafes and a hotel right along Crisologo. I had wanted to eat right there to cap my tour of the renowned destination. And so when I got a bit tired I found this small restaurant which serves Ilocano dishes in affordable prices. I had lunch at 12:15 enjoying every chew of all Ilocano dishes. See separate post of my food tripping in Ilocos Region which will be coming soon. I also bought some souvenirs and then after the tour of Heritage Village I went to Vigan Cathedral. At around 1:30 pm, I thought it's time to go to bus terminal to be in Laoag before dusk. So, I just took a tricycle for Php 15 to reach terminal of Partas Bus. You just plug down a motorized tricycle and ask the driver to take you to Partas which is near. Wait for bus with "Laoag" sign.

Vigan Cathedral

At 1:45 pm the bus arrived and at 2:00 pm I was on my way back to Laoag City. We arrived in the Partas Terminal in Laoag at 3:45 pm. The terminal is a bit far from the centro and the bus is not allowed to unload passengers along the way. So I just took a tricycle to get to my hotel. I paid Php 20.

That's how to get to Vigan City from Laoag City. Coming up is my trip to Pagudpod. Watch for it.

Getting To Ilocos Norte's Important Attractions

2012-01-06T01:40:00.006+08:00

On my second day in Laoag City which happened January 4, 2012, I decided to go see some popular destinations of Ilocos Norte. Now this post is in two parts. The first part tells you how I actually toured these not-to-be-missed spots in Ilocos Norte. On the second part is my recommended way to get around Ilocos Norte to see them in practical way, that is economically and conveniently. I will also talk about do's and don't. For those of you who got here in DirectionsOnWeb blog the first time, this entry is a second part of a series. You might like to read the first part. Kindly go to "To Laoag From Manila In 52 Minutes".

How To Commute To Ilocos Norte's Tourist Spots

Paoay Church

Here's how I went. After I had my free breakfast at 10:21 am, I got out of Isabel Suites and ambled towards the Sinking Bell Tower. I took a motorized tricycle for 11 pesos to the terminal of jeepneys bound for Paoay. I paid Php 34 fare from Laoag City to the site of Paoay Church. Approximate distance is 18 kilometers. Jeepney left its terminal at 10:37 am and I arrived at Paoay Church also known as San Agustin Church at 11:20 am.

Malacanang of the North

After enjoying different views of the historical church, I took the same type of tricycle to Malacanang of the North. I arrived there at 12:33 pm. I was not allowed to enter because of the lunch break. I had my lunch outside which I could say one of the best lunches I had, ever! See separate post about food I enjoyed in Ilocos (coming soon). I entered the Malacanang version of Ilocandia at 1:17 pm and got out at 1:47 pm. The motorized tricycles at Paoay Church from which I hired one are under strict regulations of the local government. Drivers are so polite and don't take advantage. You don't need to haggle. Since the Php 100 rate from Paoay Church to Malacanang for me is reasonable, I accepted the driver's offer to be my service in going to my subsequent destinations.

Sand Dunes Ilocos Norte

We arrived at Sand Dunes exactly 2 pm. It was a bad timing to be on a desert in that hour, so hot that I refused the idea of 4x4 ride. Not really, the rate which Php 1,500 was the culprit hehe. For me, it's exorbitant. I'm on a budget. Kidding aside, the time was not conducive. That's why, you need to read my recommended plan of tour on the second part of this post. Nevertheless, I proceeded and climbed up some higher part of the fore which still mixed with soil and grass. I just took some shots of the actual "Dubai-like" as the locals put it. I could see right in front of me sands billowed from the wind. We left at 2:35 pm on our way to Batac.

4x4 at Sand Dunes

In my opinion, not because Ferdinand Marcos was a dictator, we shall ostracize everything about the former President. It's the various parts and stages of our history that made what we are now. So, I went to the Mausoleum of Ferdinand Marcos, arriving there at 3:07 pm.

Batac Marcos Museum

After that, I got inside Batac Marcos Museum which is adjacent to the mausoleum. And then, to the Ferdinand Marcos Photo Gallery nearby. We left at 3:43 pm and the driver of the motorized tricycle recommended some other attractions. But I passed it up. Instead, I asked him to take me to the terminal of buses bound for Laoag which is near to our location in Market area. After paying him the right amount plus tip, I boarded the bus. At 3:51 pm, the bus left the terminal. It was 4:22 pm when I got back to Laoag City. On my way to the hotel, I happened to pass by Ilocos Norte Museum.

Marcos Photo Gallery

Now, here's my recommendations for the first timers:

Don't entertain offers from tricycle drivers from Laoag City for a tour of five tourist destinations. They charged way too much. Imagine Php 1,500?

As I've said tricycle drivers in Paoay Church are the kind ones. I highly recommend them.

Plan your trip that the Sand Dunes will fall as your last or first destination either in the morning or afternoon when the scorching heat is non-existent.

Okay, since you can trust those motorized tricycles at Paoay Church, you can arrange the whole tour so that the Sand Dunes fall in the schedule after you've been to San Agustin Chuch, Malacanang of the North, Ferdinand Marcos Mausoleum, Batac Museum, and the Photo Gallery.

Best time to do this is: Be at Paoay Church at 2 pm if you want to be at Sand Dunes around 4:30 to 5 pm. That way, you also get to avoid the lunch break in Malacanang of the North.

You can also get to Paoay Church early in the morning and make arrangement with the motorized tricycle driver to make Sand Dunes as your second destination. They are willing to wait once the agreement is made.

That's all for the moment. I can't stay longer in the computer right now. Till next. Watch for more.

What do you think would I see in Vigan aside from those Heritage Village? Mmmmm let us see...

To Laoag From Manila In 52 Minutes

2012-01-04T02:21:00.005+08:00

Suddenly, I've found myself in the comfort of my chosen hotel in the center of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. Yes, I'm creating this post in one of the homey rooms of Isabel Suites. Just 89 minutes ago, I was in Manila. It's not your ordinary thing of boarding a plane and getting to some place of some Ilocano friends or relatives. First off, this is my first time in Laoag City and the entire Northern Luzon for that matter. Second, I don't know anyone here. Getting here is just a spur of the moment thing. It's been a while since I published a post about a way to travel to a provincial city. That's when I created To Naga On-Board PNR Bicol Express Train.

I've documented this trip to Laoag City to inform would-be first time visitors to Ilocos Norte that you can land here and check in a hotel in a breeze without any hassles even if its your first time.

I bought an E-ticket bound for this capital city by phone from AirPhil Express on December 2, 2011. By now, I think its one of the airline inaugural flights when I saw in the paper the rate of Php 750. Hey, it's the same amount you pay in the bus, only it takes 8 hours to get here. I paid through card and they emailed my Travel Reservation. I would just have to print it.

AirPhil Express at Laoag Airport

I've Googled for affordable hotels and quickly listed down few of them, namely: Aurelio's Mansion, Grand Octagon Resort, Hotel Tiffany, Isabel Suites, Java Hotel, Mira De Polaris, Northview Hotel, Palazzo De Laoag and Rio Grande Laoag. Through my knowledge in maps and directions, I perused Laoag City and familiarized myself with the city streets, landmarks, attractions and commercial centers. Days before my flight, I've known I would be looking at Northview for its proximity to the airport, Tiffany for its rate of Php 856 and Isablel for its adjacency to Jollibee. I left Mira De Polaris out even if its near to Robinson's Place Ilocos Norte since it's also out of the city center.

The downpour had no sign of letting up when I was already sitting inside the plane. From the window, I could see the rain waters flowing through the left wing and the exterior of turbine engine. We were taken by bus from Terminal 3 to the tarmac where the plane is waiting exactly 4 pm. We boarded the plane at 4:10 pm. Due to traffic in the runways, the take-off was delayed for 30 minutes. At 4:45 pm the captain announced for the second time he was waiting for clearance. It was 4:51 pm when the plane ran in full throttle and momentarily took off. After 50 minutes the captain had announced the start of our decent at 5:40 pm. We're landed at 5:42 pm and at full stop at 5:43 pm.

Now, this is the part where you would get anxious about the surrounding getting dark and you're in an unfamiliar place and how you would make round of the hotels and finally deciding which one to stay. As you know, the only airport in Ilocos Region is situated near the ocean and as I've observed I couldn't see any jeepney or motorized tricycles outside.

Laoag Airport Free Shuttle

Enter the Free Shuttle Service. It's just waiting outside of the brick walled airport. This is the amazing part. I couldn't believe it. There's a free shuttle bus for us? In an airport with only one airplane arrival in a day. For me, it's a bit of auspicious. Anyways, I hurriedly get into the bus. I was the first one to board the cozy transport that looked somewhat like of Resort World Manila Shuttle.

According to the attendant the bus is courtesy of Hon. Gov. Imee Marcos. I got to see Northview Hotel as some passengers alighted there. The driver parked the bus inside the hotel compound then headed back to the main road. I opted to go directly to Hotel Tiffany and Isabel Suites which by the way are near to each other. I told the attendant to take me to Tiffany Hotel and they're so polite to oblige.

Hotel Tiffany costs much higher than expected at Php 1250 so I passed up and walked across the street towards here, the Isabel Suites. For me the price is just right at Php 850, with free breakfast, hot shower, clean rooms, two networks of wifi and good surroundings. I've checked-in at 6:12 pm and get into my room at 6:20 pm.

And so that's how I got here, in this hotel suites, from Manila in just 89 minutes. Not bad for a total stranger and first timer.

I'll update you on "what happens next in Ilocandia" on my next post. So stay tuned.

SM MOA Eye Giant Ferris Wheel: Newest Tourist Destination

2011-12-25T19:06:00.000+08:00

The biggest and tallest Ferris Wheel in the Philippines has finally arrived and now rolls over western sky of Manila bay behind, albeit slowly. The giant Ferris wheel is situated right at the back of SM Mall of Asia, most popularly known as SM MOA Esplanade. When I got to see it first hand, I could't help but to reminisce of the magnificent sight of Singapore Flyer, the world's largest Giant Observation Wheel. For one thing, they both turn very slowly. Like Singapore Flyer, MOA Eye Ferris Wheel doesn't stop to unload and load passengers. The slow speed of the Ferris Wheel allows passengers who had completed the cycle to alight and for waiting passengers to ride with little help from the crew.

SM MOA Eye Giant Ferris Wheel

MOA Eye Ferris Wheel has 36 passenger cars. Surely, lots of you who would come to MOA will be tempted to go and try it. You simply couldn't resist the attraction. So here's the important answer to your question. The fee is Php 150.00 per person, and it's good only for one complete revolution. Before you frown, let me say that you get to enjoy it because it takes almost 9 minutes for passengers to complete one cycle inside MOA Eye Ferris Wheel car.

So, get there. Enjoy the ride!

How to get to MOA Giant Eye Ferris Wheel? It's big so you get to see it from afar when you're within SM MOA complex. For driving directions, commuting guide by jeepney, bus and LRT/MRT train, go to How To Get To Mall Of Asia Or MOA

Bicol Express Train Update

2011-12-15T00:07:00.002+08:00

PNR Bicol Express Train trip to Albay has been symbolically laid out to the railway route map with the test run conducted on December 7 from PNR Tutuban Central Station that ended in Ligao City. Unfortunately, regular trip to Ligao will not happen until next year. There are quite a lot of issues that need to be fixed. Until then, Bicol Express Train only serves train commuters from Tutuban down to Naga City.

Yesterday, I went to PNR Tutuban Central Station to gather valuable information for frequently asked questions from our readers.

Here are the important things you should know in going to Bicol Region via PNR Bicol Express Train for now:

Bicol Express Train now serves passengers to Naga City daily.
Time of departure in Tutuban is 6:30 pm.
Estimated time of arrival in Naga City is 4:30 am.
Fare Rate for Sleeper Coach is Php 665.00/head flat rate. Applies to all stations in between Naga City and Tutuban. No discount is given to senior citizens.
Fare Rate for Reclining Aircon is Php 548.00/ head with 20% discount for senior citizens. Rate varies from station to station.
Payment Accepted is cash only.
You can make reservation one week before your trip.
You must confirm your reservation by calling 319 0041 local 104 and 105.
If you're taking Bicol Express Train from other stations or stopovers, payment is made inside the train through train conductors.
There's no canteen/cafeteria on-board. So, make sure you have enough provisions.
Expect no pillow and blanket on your sleeper coach.

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How To Commute To Newport City & Resort World Manila

2011-12-10T00:33:00.000+08:00

The nearest LRT-1 Station to Newport City and Resort World Manila, commute wise, is EDSA Station. The nearest MRT-1 Station, commute wise, is Taft Station. These stations are situated at EDSA corner Taft Avenue, most popularly known as Pasay Rotunda. There are two ways you can get to Newport City and Resort World Manila from Pasay Rotunda on public transportation.

Star Cruise Bldg is the landmark located at
jeepney loading/unloading in Resort World Manila

One is by NAIA Shuttle Bus with its terminal located at Genesis Bus Terminal. Ride this bus and alight at NAIA-3 and walk across Andrews Ave towards Resort World Manila. See separate post on how to ride this bus, CLICK HERE. Newport City and Resort World Manila is situated just opposite NAIA-3. Another way is by two jeepney rides. From MRT-3 TAft Station and LRT-1 EDSA Station, go to the north bound lane of EDSA and wait for a jeepney with "Nichols Andrews Ave NAIA-3" sign. The loading area is past MRT Station towards Aurora Blvd flyover that you see from the train station.

From MRT and LRT
These jeepney turns right onto Aurora Blvd and turns left on Andrews Ave. Ride one of these jeepneys, pay minimum and alight once driver stops the jeep at loading area in the big roundabout before NAIA-3. At the center of roundabout is the sculpture that you see in this photo. Walk towards jeepney stop along NAIA-3 complex and wait for a jeepney with "Ft Bonifacio Star Cruise Gate 4" sign in the front and "Nichols Ikot" in both sides. The terminal of these jeepneys are explained below: For driving directions, click here.

You need to ride another jeepney even if you're already in NAIA-3 complex because Resort World is way too far from the roundabout. Pay minimum and ask driver to drop you off at "Star Cruise" or "Resort World". The driver always say "Star Cruise" instead of Resort World because Star Cruise building is situated right at jeepney stop in which passengers must alight and ride. From the building, Resort World Manila and other important destinations in Newport City can already be seen.

Two Terminals of Jeepneys That Pass By Newport City And Resort World Manila

Andrews Avenue - This terminal is located in front of Barangay 183 Hall, a building you can make out from where you would get ofF the jeep from Pasay Rotunda. This is the terminal of the jeepney mentioned above. This is where to ride if you're coming from Baclaran, Roxas Blvd, Heritage Hotel, Pasay Rotunda and MRT/LRT stations of Taft and EDSA as well as from Cavite, Bacoor, Imus and other places in Cavite. You don't need to ride the jeep in this terminal if you can just go to the jeepney stop located along Andrews Ave NAIA-3 side which is nearer to where you would get off from the jeep that comes from Baclaran and Pasay Rotunda. Pay minimum and alight at Star Cruise or Resort World.

Nichols Jeepney Terminal - This terminal is located to the other side of Newport City vicinity near SLEX and Fort Bonifacio. It's opposite Villamor Golf Course which you can make out from the distance. This terminal serves commuters from Guadalupe, Bonifacio Global City or BGC, Market Market, Alabang, Bicutan, Sucat, Taguig, Muntinlupa and areas nearby as well as those commuters from provinces of Batangas, Laguna and Quezon. You need to walk across SLEX via Nichols Field Bridge through which private motorist pass. The sign in front of jeepneys here reads "NAIA-3 Star Cruise Resort World Andrews Ave" and "Nichols Ikot" in both sides. Pay minimum. From the terminal, the jeepney takes Sales Road and turns right onto Andrews Ave. Alight approximately 210 meters after the jeepney turns right onto Andrews Avenue from Sales Road. Star Cruise, the building that serves as landmark is located right at the loading and unloading area (in first photo above).

How To Get To Resort World Manila From Different Locations Of Metro Manila & Nearby Provinces

Route #1

From stations of LRT-1, e.g., Roosevelt, Balintawak, Monumento, 5th Ave, R. Papa, Abad Santos, Blumentritt, Tayuman, Bambang, Doroteo Jose, Carriedo, Central Terminal Arroceros, United Nations, Pedro Gil, Quirino Ave, Vijavascript:void(0)to Cruz, Gil Puyat and Libertad.

Ride a train bound for "Baclaran". Alight at EDSA Station. Use the footbridge and walk across EDSA and go to EDSA's northbound lane and ride jeep with "Nichols Andrews Ave NAIA-3" or "Terminal 3" sign. Follow direction given above in "From MRT & LRT" and refer to "Two Terminals of Jeepneys That Pass By Newport City And Resort World Manila: AnGdrews Avenue Terminal".

Route #2

From all stations of LRT-2: Santolan, Katipunan, Anonas, Araneta Center Cubao, Betty Go Belmonte, Gilmore, J. Ruiz, V. Mapa, Pureza, Legarda and Recto.

Ride a train bound for Recto. Alight at Recto Station. Use the footbridge that connects Recto Station to LRT-1 Doroteo Jose Station. Take a train bound for "Baclaran". Alight at EDSA Station. Follow direction at Route #1.

Route #3

From all stations of MRT-3: North, Quezon Avenue, GMA Kamuning, Araneta Center Cubao, Santolan, Ortigas, Shaw Boulevard, Boni, Guadalupe, Buendia, Ayala Center, Magallanes and Taft.

Ride a train bound for Taft. Alight at Taft Station. Exit MRT Station at northbound lane of EDSA. A McDonal's is situated at that side. Follow direction given in the first paragraph of this article. Read "From MRT & LRT" above. Refer to Andrew Avenue Terminal.

Route #4

From Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela, Bagon Barrio and areas nearby.

Ride a jeep, a bus or taxi and head to a nearest LRT-1 Station. Take a train bound for "Baclaran" and follow direction in Route #1.

Route #5

From Bulacan, Pampanga, Subic, Angels, Tarlac and other provinces of Northern Luzon.

Ride a bus, jeepney or FX bound for Manila. You can ride a bus or jeepney bound for Blumentritt or Doroteo Jose. Take a train bound for Baclaran. Follow direction given in Route #1. You can also ride a bus bound for Cubao or Kamuning. In that case, ride a train at MRT-3 Kamuning or Araneta Cubao Station, alight at Taft Station and follow direction given in Route #3. If you ride an FX headed to Trinoma, ride train bound for Taft at North Station which is connected to Trinoma.

Route #6

From SM City Marikina, Sta Lucia East, Robinson's Metro East and other areas nearby.

If you want a fast travel, go to Santolan Station of LRT-2. Ride a train bound for Recto. Follow direction at Route #2.

Route #7

From Cainta, Taytay, Rosario, Ortigas Ave Ext, Ever Ortigas and areas nearby. From Cainta and Taytay, ride a bus that plies the route to Quiapo, then take a train bound for Baclaran - Route #1. Or you can ride a jeepney or FX bound for Cubao. Take a train bound for Taft at Araneta Center Cubao Station - Route #3.

Route #8

From Eastwood City

You can also ride the free shuttle to Newport City from Eastwood City. For details, talk to officers at the Information of Eastwood Mall. Go to Resort World Manila: Most Exciting Integrated Destination in Manila. Otherwise, ride a jeepney bound for Cubao. Take a train bound for Recto Station at LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station or a train bound for Taft at MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station. Follow direction given in Route #1 or #3.

Route #9

From Novaliches, Quirino Avenue, SM Novaliches and other areas nearby. Ride a jeepney bound for Blumentritt, take a LRT-1 train bound for Baclaran. Follow direction at Route #1.

Route #10

From Market Market

Ride a jeep with "Gate 3" sign at jeepney terminal located outside Metro Market Market. The jeepney will take you to its other terminal near SLEX. Walk across SLEX via Nichols Field Bridge towards Nichols Jeepney Terminal. Follow direction given above in "Nichols Jeepney Terminal".

Route #11

From Guadalupe

Ride a jeepney with "Fort Bonifacio MarketMarket Gate 3 Guadalupe" signs in both sides and "Gate 3" sign in the front. Alight at the other terminal near SLEX. Walk across SLEX via Nichols Field Bridge towards Nichols Jeepney Terminal. Follow direction given above in "Nichols Jeepney Terminal".

Route #12

From Alabang, Muntinlupa, Festival Mall, Filinvest City, Metropolis Starmall and areas nearby.

Ride a jeepney with "Alabang - Pasay Rotunda" sign. Alight at Fort Bonifacio. Walk across SLEX towards Nichols Jeepney Terminal. Follow direction above in "Nichols Jeepney Terminal".

Route #13

From Baclaran

In Roxas Boulevard, go to jeepney loading area near Redemptorist Church or the one near Airport Road. Wait for jeepney with "Nichols Andrew Ave Terminal 3" or "Nichols Andrews Ave NAIA-3" sign. Ride this jeep, pay minimum and alight at unloading area that explained in the first paragraph of this post. Follow direction given in "Two Terminals of Jeepneys That Pass By Newport City And Resort World Manila: Andrews Avenue" above.

Route #14

From Tagaytay, Imus, Dasmarinas and other areas in Cavite province.

Ride a bus, jeepney or FX bound for Baclaran. Once in Baclaran, go to the loading area near Redemptorist or Airport Road. Wait for a jeepney with "Nichols Andrew Ave Terminal 3" or "Nichols Andrews Ave NAIA-3" sign. Follow direction given in Route #13.

Route #15

From NAIA Terminal 1 and 2

You can ride a free shuttle bus bound for Terminal 3. Resort World is located across NAIA-3. For details, go to NAIA 1-2-3 Shuttle Bus: Easy Way To Get To & From NAIA Terminals. Or ride a public bus that passes by Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 bound for Fairvew, alight at Baclaran. Follow direction in Route #13.

Route #16

From SM Mall of Asia

Ride a jeepney with "Malibay" sign and alight at MRT-3 Taft Station. Ride a jeepney with "Nichols Andrews Ave Terminal 3" sign. Follow direction given above in "From MRT and LRT" and "Two Terminals of Jeepneys That Pass By Newport City And Resort World Manila: Andrews Avenue".

Location Map: Newport City and Resort World Manila

Christmas Lanes 2011: To Quiapo Via Ayala Blvd

2011-12-09T14:12:00.000+08:00

This Christmas Lane can be used by private motorists from Roxas Blvd, Mabini, T.M. Kalaw, Padre Burgos and Taft Avenue. Christmas Lanes are known also as Mabuhay Lanes and can be used as alternate routes anytime of the year to avoid bottlenecks in main thoroughfares.

Ayala Blvd is the road next to T.M. Kalaw if you're driving on Taft Avenue's northbound lane. That means you're coming from Pedro Gil and U.N. Avenue.

From Taft Avenue - Turn right onto Ayala Blvd.

From Roxas Boulevard - Turn right onto T.M. Kalaw, turn left on Taft Ave (LRT runs above Taft), then turn right onto Ayala Blvd.

From Mabini Street - Right to Kalaw, left on Taft and turn right onto Ayala Blvd.

From Padre Burgos Street - Take the lane under road signs that read "Malacanang", "Finance Rd" and "Ayala Blvd" which is to the right of Padre Burgos. Keep driving straight and cross Taft Ave.

Drive on the middle of Ayala Blvd all the way, cross Pasig River via Ayala Bridge. Immediately change lane to the left and turn left on Carlos Palanca Sr Street, the first intersection with traffic lights.

Carlos Palanca Sr goes directly to Quiapo. Check if you can park your car along Carlos Palanca before doing so. It might be "Tow-Away Zone" by now. Or you can turn right onto the service road headed to Quezon Blvd where a Pay Parking compound is situated somewhere before pedestrian overpass. What I do whenever I go to Quiapo is to park at customers' parking of Andok's Restaurant, which is located past pedestrian overpass before C.M. Recto Avenue. I would have some meal then I walk towards Quiapo Church.

Christmas Lanes 2011: From EDSA To Greenhills

2011-12-07T12:17:00.000+08:00

Christmas Lanes are alternate routes created by MMDA to help private motorists get around Metro Manila to avoid traffic during Christmas Season. Also known as Mabuhay Lanes, these alternate routes are also used all year round.

Here's how to get to Greenhills from EDSA via one of the Christmas Lanes. Take southbound lane of EDSA and turn right onto Connecticut. If you're not familiar, here are the landmarks. MRT-3 Santolan Station is the nearest train station. Drive past MRT-3 Station. First road to the right of EDSA next to MRT-3 Station is Annapolis Street. Drive past Annapolis Street and turn right onto the next street which is Connecticut. There's a Caltex Gasoline Station at the right corner of EDSA and Connecticut. Opposite Caltex, at the left corner is KFC. Approximate distance between Annapolis Street and Connecticut Street is 550 meters. Drive on Connecticut up to the next junction. Connecticut makes left while a short road appears to the right. You can take Connecticut all the way to its other end which is in Ortigas Avenue. Turn right onto Ortigas Avenue. Keep driving straight and turn right onto Wilson Street and look for a parking entrance. What I do is to take Club Filipino which is past Wilson Street. In Club Filipino I turn right onto the next street to Ortigas Avenue inside Greenhills Shopping Center Complex and immediately right there is the parking area. Back in Connecticut, you can also make right at the road to the right that I've mentioned earlier. Then make right and them left towards Greenhills Shopping Center and follow the road where a lot of Parking Buildings are located along the street.

Christmas Lanes 2011: From EDSA To Baclaran

2011-12-07T11:46:00.000+08:00

Here's how to get to Baclaran via new Christmas Lane also known as Mabuhay Lanes.

Take EDSA's southbound lane and drive all the way past Magallanes to Pasay driving on lanes under "Baclaran" road signs. Take the "left turn flyover" next to Magallanes flyover. This flyover is bound for NAIA and Domestic Airport and will take you to Aurora Blvd (Pasay) also known as Tramo. Drive all the way to the other end of Aurora Blvd and turn right onto Airport Road also known as Andrews Avenue in which Aurora Blvd ends. In Airport Road, drive all way past Domestic Road, a main road perpendicular to the left and then cross Quirino Avenue, a major intersection with traffic lights, and then turn right onto the service road of Roxas Blvd.

Now, you're headed to Redemptorist Church and Redemptorist Road. Turn right onto Redemptorist Road and head towards the gate of Redemptorist Church, make right and park your car right there.

Here's a tip. Parking your car inside Baclaran Church is safe alright, but getting out is a headache because of traffic. What I do every time I go to Baclaran to buy some stuff is to park in front of McDonald's. I would have some snack, leave the car there, do some shopping and bring them all back to my car. I sometimes hired pedicab when I have too much to carry. That way, getting out of Baclaran is a breeze. I just take either service road of Roxas Blvd and turn right onto EDSA or take Roxas Blvd on my way home to QC.

Jeepney Route Bound For Eastwood City Libis

2011-12-06T17:10:00.009+08:00

The jeepneys that ply the route that passes by Eastwood City have signboards in their front that read any of the following: "EVER Rosario Citibank Libis Eastwood", "De Castro Rosario Floodway" "Citibank Libis IPI Eastwood" and "EVER Rosario De Castro".

Jeepney bound for Eastwood City

The stopover or loading/unloading for commuters going to Eastwood City is along General Romulo Avenue near corner Aurora Boulevard in Cubao. You can also ride this jeepney along General Romulo Avenue opposite Ali Mall. So, by train, you can get to Eastwood City through the nearest MRT/LRT stations, commute wise, which are MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station and LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station. For driving directions, go to Driving Directions To Eastwood City

How To Commute To Eastwood City From LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station

Aurora Blvd cor Gen Romulo Ave Cubao

This station is located at Aurora Blvd and connected to Gateway Mall. If you get off the train bound for Santolan Station, go down the station and walk along Aurora Boulevard's Santolan bound lane or towards the direction of the train you ride until you get to the corner of General Romulo Avenue. There's a road sign as you can see in our second photo here. Also, a Mercury Drug branch is located at the corner of Aurora Boulevard and General Romulo Avenue. If you get off the train bound for Recto Station, walk back towards the origin of the train you ride. Walk across General Romulo (Mercury Drug side) and ride a jeepney with any of the aforementioned signs. You can also ride a free shuttle bound for Ali Mall opposite loading area for this jeepney. Get inside Gateway Mall, walk towards the opposite end, go down the ground level, exit the mall, the shuttle terminal is right there as you exit. Ride the jeep. Pay minimum and alight at Eastwood City where a pedestrian overpass is located. You will easily know that you're nearing Eastwood City as its tall buildings are visible from the distance. The jeepney unloading zone in Eastwood City is located just opposite MDC 100 and Citibank buildings with their names visible from the distance. Use the pedestrian overpass to get to Eastwood Avenue, the main road of Eastwood City perpendicular to C-5 where MDC 100 and Citibank Building are located at both corners. Click here to get walking directions from Eastwood Avenue corner C-5 to different destinations inside Eastwood City.

How To Commute To Eastwood City From MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station

This station is located at EDSA and connected to Farmers Plaza. After getting off the train, get inside Farmers Plaza and use the footbridge that links Farmers Plaza to Smart Araneta Coliseum. Follow the directional signs pointing to Araneta Coliseum and Gateway Mall. Exit to the other side of Smart Araneta Coliseum. Walk across General Aguinaldo Avenue towards ShopWise. Go to the back of ShopWise via General Roxas Avenue or General McArthur Avenue, the roads that border ShopWise to the north and south, respectively. From the corner of General Aguinaldo and General Roxas or General Aguinaldo and General McArthur Avenue, walk past Araneta Center Bus Terminal eastward until you get to General Romulo Avenue where you can ride a jeepney with any of the aforementioned signs. Pay minimum and alight at Eastwood City where a pedestrian overpass is located. You will easily know that you're nearing Eastwood City as its tall buildings are visible from the distance. The jeepney unloading zone for Eastwood City goers is located just opposite MDC 100 and Citibank buildings with their names visible from the distance. Use the pedestrian overpass to get to Eastwood Avenue, the main road of Eastwood City perpendicular to C-5 where MDC 100 and Citibank Building are located at both corners. Click here to get walking directions from Eastwood Avenue corner C-5 to different destinations inside Eastwood City. You can also ride a free shuttle from Smart Araneta Coliseum to Ali Mall. Once you enter Gateway Mall from walkway inside Aranetea Coliseum, go down to the ground floor, exit the mall. The shuttle terminal is just in front of the Gateway Mall entrance.

How To Get To Eastwood City From Different Locations Of Metro Manila

Route #1

From Alabang, Muntinlupa, Pacita, Festival Mall, Filinvest City, Metropolis Starmall, Sucat and provinces of Batangas, Laguna and Quezon including areas near to these locations.

Jeepney with "De Castro Citibank Rosario" sign

Option 1. Ride a bus with "Cubao Ibabaw" sign. If you're from far distant province like those mentioned above, you need to get to Alabang where you can ride one of these buses. This is the first route if you prefer to get to the first stop, which is Cubao, by bus. Get off the bus at the unloading station in Farmer's Plaza where MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao is connected. You can always, ask the conductor to drop you off at Farmer's. A lot of passengers alight there, too. And the bus will stay there a little bit longer to pick up more passengers. Get inside Farmer's Plaza Mall, go up the second floor, use the footbridge that connects Farmer's Plaza and Smart Araneta Coliseum, then follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station". You can also walk to the back of Farmers Plaza and walk past Araneta Coliseum towards General Romulo Avenue.

Option 2. But if you want to travel fast, then you can ride any bus bound for north of Metro Manila e.g. Monumento, Fairview, Novaliches, etc. Alight at Magallanes Station of MRT-3, ride a north bound train and alight at Araneta Center Cubao Station. Go inside the mall connected to MRT Araneta Center Station. That's Farmer's Plaza. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Route #2

From Caloocan, Monumento, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela, Ever Gotesco Grand Central, Bagong Barrio and other nearby areas.

Jeepney Loading/Unloading in Eastwood City

Ride bus bound for south of Metro Manila, e.g. "Baclaran Cubao Ibabaw", Alabang Cubao Ibabaw", "Ayala Leveriza Cubao Ibabaw", "Sucat Cubao Ibabaw", etc. Take note of the words "Cubao Ibabaw" on the sign of the bus. Don't ride "Cubao Ilalim" bus as it will not pass by Aurora Boulevard. Get off the bus as it stops before Aurora Boulevard. Walk across EDSA towards Aurora Boulevard corner EDSA. Walk further along along Aurora Boulevard past Gateway Mall and LRT-2 Araneta Center Station until you get to General Romulo Street. It's approximately 600 meters from EDSA to General Romulo. If it's way too far for you to walk, then ride jeepney with "Marikina" sign and alight at General Romulo. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Route #3

From Bulacan, Pampanga, Subic, Tarlac and other Northern Luzon provinces.

Eastwood Avenue road sign in Eastwood City

Option 1. Ride bus bound for Manila via NLEX and alight at Balintawak. In Balintawak along EDSA, ride a bus bound for south of Metro Manila, e.g. "Baclaran Cubao Ibabaw", Alabang Cubao Ibabaw", "Ayala Leveriza Cubao Ibabaw", "Sucat Cubao Ibabaw", etc. Take note of the words "Cubao Ibabaw" on the sign of the bus. Don't ride "Cubao Ilalim" bus as it will not pass by Aurora Boulevard. Get off the bus at the unloading area in EDSA-Aurora Boulevard intersection. Walk across EDSA towards Aurora Boulevard corner EDSA. Walk further along along Aurora Boulevard past Gateway Mall and LRT-2 Araneta Center Station until you get to General Romulo Street. It's approximately 600 meters from EDSA to General Romulo. If it's way too far for you to walk, then ride jeepney with "Marikina" sign and alight at General Romulo. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Option 2. There are some FX bound for Trinoma and SM North EDSA from some locations in these provinces especially in Bulacan. For commuters coming from those areas, ride one of those FX and once you get to either SM North City or Trinoma, just walk to MRT-3 North Station. Ride a train bound for Taft and alight at Araneta Center Cubao Station. Go inside the mall connected to MRT Araneta Center Station. That's Farmer's Plaza. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Route #4

From Novaliches, Fairview, UP Diliman, Ayala UP Technohub, SM Fairview, Philcoa, Elliptical Road of Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City Hall and other nearby areas.

Ride bus bound for south of Metro Manila, e.g. "Baclaran Cubao Ibabaw", Alabang Cubao Ibabaw", "Ayala Leveriza Cubao Ibabaw", "Sucat Cubao Ibabaw", etc. Take note of the words "Cubao Ibabaw" on the sign of the bus. Don't ride "Cubao Ilalim" bus as it will not pass by Aurora Boulevard. Get off the bus at the unloading area in EDSA-Aurora Boulevard intersection. Walk across EDSA towards Aurora Boulevard corner EDSA. Walk further along along Aurora Boulevard past Gateway Mall and LRT-2 Araneta Center Station until you get to General Romulo Street. It's approximately 600 meters from EDSA to General Romulo. If it's way too far for you to walk, then ride jeepney with "Marikina" sign and alight at General Romulo. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Route #5

From Marikina, Antipolo, Santolan, Sta. Lucia East, Robinson's Metro East, Katipunan, Anonas and other areas nearby.

Walk jeepney or FX bound for Cubao. Usually, jeepneys headed for Cubao has signs that read "Divisoria", "Recto", "Stop & Shop" etc. Get off the jeepney at the corner of Aurora Boulevard and General Romulo. Walk across Aurora Boulevard and ride the jeep bound for Eastwood along General Romulo near corner Aurora Boulevard, Mercury Drug side. Follow direction given above.

Route #6

From Munoz, Roosevelt, Congressional, Project 2-3, Project 6, Project 7, Project 8 and nearby areas.

Ride any jeepney, FX or take taxi going to EDSA. At the south bound lane of EDSA, ride bus bound for south of Metro Manila, e.g. "Baclaran Cubao Ibabaw", Alabang Cubao Ibabaw", "Ayala Leveriza Cubao Ibabaw", "Sucat Cubao Ibabaw", etc. Take note of the words "Cubao Ibabaw" on the sign of the bus. Don't ride "Cubao Ilalim" bus as it will not pass by Aurora Boulevard. Get off the bus at the unloading area in EDSA-Aurora Boulevard intersection. Walk across EDSA towards Aurora Boulevard corner EDSA. Walk further along along Aurora Boulevard past Gateway Mall and LRT-2 Araneta Center Station until you get to General Romulo Street. It's approximately 600 meters from EDSA to General Romulo. If it's way too far for you to walk, then ride jeepney with "Marikina" sign and alight at General Romulo. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Route #7

From Quiapo, Carriedo, Escolta, Morayta, C.M. Recto and areas nearby.

Option 1. Takes longer time on getting to Eastwood City. Ride a bus with "Cainta" or "Taytay" at bus stop located in Quiapo along Quezon Blvd near pedestrian overpass or opposite Quiapo Church. When conductor asks for your destination, say "IPI". It's a long journey. You will pass by SM City Sta Mesa, San Juan, Greenhills, then the bus will cross EDSA. Next to EDSA is Meralco Avenue intersection with traffic lights. After that watch for Ortigas Avenue C-5 flyover interchange. That's the only interchange after EDSA Ortigas flyovers. Get off the bus after it cross C-5. Walk across Ortigas Avenue and ride jeepney with "Cubao" or "Eastwood" sign. Alight at Eastwood Avenue. Your landmarks? A lot of tall buildings, two of them are Citibank and MDC 100 which are visible from afar.

Option 2. Faster. Ride a train bound for Santolan Station at LRT-2 Recto Station. Alight at Areneta Center Cubao Station. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station"

Route #8

From Mabini & Del Pilar in Ermita/Malate, Harrison Plaza, Pablo Ocampo aka Vito Cruz, La Salle, San Andres, Quirino Avenue Taft, Pedro Gil Taft, PGH, Robinson's Place Manila, SM Manila, Intramuros, Manila City Hall and other areas nearby.

Option 1. Ride a jeepney with "Cubao" sign. You can ride one of these jeepneys along north bound lane of Taft Avenue, in Pablo Ocampo aka Vito Cruz near corner Harrison Street, along Adriatico between Rizal Memorial and Harrison Plaza, between Central Bank and Harrison Plaza, along Mabini Street in Ermita and Malate and along Padre Burgos that borders Manila City Hall. Alight at Aurora Boulevard in Cubao and walk your way towards General Romulo Avenue. Then ride the jeepney bound for Eastwood City.

Option 2. Ride a train bound for Roosevelt Station at any LRT-1 Station near to you, e.g., Vito Cruz Station, Quirino Avenue Station, Pedro Gil Station, U.N. Avenue Station and Arroceros Central Terminal Station. Alight at Roosevelt Station. At the south bound lane of EDSA, ride bus bound for south of Metro Manila, e.g. "Baclaran Cubao Ibabaw", Alabang Cubao Ibabaw", "Ayala Leveriza Cubao Ibabaw", "Sucat Cubao Ibabaw", etc. Take note of the words "Cubao Ibabaw" on the sign of the bus. Don't ride "Cubao Ilalim" bus as it will not pass by Aurora Boulevard. Get off the bus at the unloading area in EDSA-Aurora Boulevard intersection. Walk across EDSA towards Aurora Boulevard corner EDSA. Walk further along along Aurora Boulevard past Gateway Mall and LRT-2 Araneta Center Station until you get to General Romulo Street. It's approximately 600 meters from EDSA to General Romulo. If it's way too far for you to walk, then ride jeepney with "Marikina" sign and alight at General Romulo. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Route #9

From SM Mall of Asia or MOA, Blue Wave Macapagal, SMX, SM Arena, Microtel and other places near these locations.

Ride a jeepney with "Malibay" sign at SM MOA Jeepney and FX Terminal located in front SM Department Store or along EDSA Extension near Macapagal Boulevard. Alight at the unloading area near MRT Taft Station. Ride an MRT train bound for North Station at MRT-3 Taft Station. Alight at Araneta Center Cubao Station. Get inside the mall connected to MRT Araneta Center Station. That's Farmer's Plaza. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Route #10

From Makati, Greenbelt, Glorietta, Buendia, Guadalupe, Fort Bonifacio, Market Market, J.P, Rizal, Makati Avenue, Ayala Avenue, Mandaluyong, Boni Pioneer, Shaw Boulevard, Pasig, Kalentong, Gabby's, Shangri-La Plaza, Greenfield, EDSA Crossing, Megamall, Ortigas Center, Tiendesitas, Greenhill and other areas near to these locations.

Ride a jeepney, FX or taxi bound for nearest MRT-3 Station e.g., Magallanes Station, Ayala Station, Buendia Station, Guadalupe Station, Boni Station, Shaw Blvd Station and Ortigas Station. Ride a train bound for North Station and alight at Araneta Center Cubao Station. Get inside the mall connected to MRT Araneta Center Station. That's Farmer's Plaza. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Route #11

From Recto, Binondo, Divisoria, Legarda, FEU, Morayta, Sampaloc, Nagtahan, Pureza, V. Mapa, SM City Sta Mesa, Central Colleges of the Philippines, UERM, San Juan, Araneta Avenue, Gilmore and other areas near to these locations.

Option 1. Ride a jeepney with "Marikina" sign that plies the route from Divisoria via Recto Avenue, Ramon Magsaysay Blvd and Aurora Blvd. Get off the jeep right at the corner of Aurora Blvd and General Romulo Avenue in Cubao. Ride the jeep bound for Eastwood City along General Romulo near corner Aurora Boulevard, Mercury Drug side. Alternatively, from Legarda, FEU, Morayta, Pureza, V. Mapa, SM City Sta Mesa and other places nearby, you can take the bus bound for Taytay or Cainta that passes by along Recto and Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard. Please read direction in Route #7 Option 1.

Option 2. For fast travel, take LRT-2 train bound for Santolan Station at any nearest station e.g., Recto Station, Legarda Station, Pureza Station, V. Mapa Station and Gilmore Station. Alight at Araneta Center Cubao Station. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Route #12

From Greenhills and Robinson's Galleria in Ortigas.

Along Ortigas Avenue, take a bus or jeepney with any of these signs: "Cainta", "Taytay", "Rosario Junction", "Ever". Alight at IPI. It's the area at the corner of C-5 and Ortigas Avenue after the bus crossed C-5. You will easily know that you're approaching C-5 because there are flyovers and overpasses at the intersection of Ortigas Avenue and C-5. Walk across Ortigas Avenue and ride jeepney with "Cubao" or "Eastwood" sign. Alight at Eastwood Avenue. Your landmarks? A lot of tall buildings, two of them are Citibank and MDC 100 which are visible from afar.

Route #13

From Tagaytay and places in Cavite such Dasmarinas, Imus, Bacoor, Kawit, etc.

Ride a jeepney, bus or FX bound for Manila and alight at Baclaran. Ride a bus with any of these signs: "Monumento", "Novaliches" or "Fairview".

Option 1. Faster. Get off the bus at unloading area near MRT-3 Taft Station. Ride a train bound for North Station. Alight at MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station. Get inside the mall connected to MRT Araneta Center Station. That's Farmer's Plaza. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Option 2. By bus, takes longer in the road. Ride the same bus from Baclaran but there must be also secondary sign in front of the bus that reads "Cubao Ibabaw". Do not ride bus with "Cubao Ilalim" sign as it will not pass by Araneta Coliseum. Get off the bus at Farmers Plaza, the mall connected to MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station. Get inside Farmers Plaza Mall, go up the second level and use the footbridge that links Farmer's Plaza to Smart Araneta Coliseum. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station".

Route #14

From Timog Avenue, IL Terrazzo Mall, Tomas MOrato and nearby areas.

Take jeepney that passes through Timog, Tomas Morato and Kamuning. The sign of this jeepney reads "Project 2-3". It comes from Welcome Rotunda, turns right onto Timog Avenue from Quezon Avenue, turns right onto Tomas Morato via Boy Scout Circle then turns left on Kamuning. Get off the jeepney at EDSA. Ride a bus with secondary sign that reads "Cubao Ibabaw". Don't ride "Cubao Ilalim" bus as it will not pass by Aurora Boulevard. Get off the bus as it stops before Aurora Boulevard. Walk across EDSA towards Aurora Boulevard corner EDSA. Walk further along along Aurora Boulevard past Gateway Mall and LRT-2 Araneta Center Station until you get to General Romulo Street. It's approximately 600 meters from EDSA to General Romulo. If it's way too far for you to walk, then ride jeepney with "Marikina" sign and alight at General Romulo. Follow direction given above in "How To Commute To Eastwood City From LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station". If your location along Timog is towards EDSA, you can walk your way to EDSA or ride a jeepney with "Fairvew" sign from Cubao that turns right onto Timog Avenue from Ybardolaza Street. In EDSA, either take MRT-3 train bound for Taft and alight at Araneta Center Cubao Station or ride a bus from Fairview that turns left from East Avenue to EDSA.

Walk Direction From Eastwood Avenue corner C-5 to Spots in Eastwood City

On both corners of Eastwood Avenue and C-5 are Citibank Building and MDC 100 Tower, respectively. Walk along Eastwood Avenue from C-5. Next to Citibank is Eastwood Corporate Plaza building, followed by IBM Plaza building. The fourth building along Eastwood Avenue to the right is Eastwood Cybermall aka Cyber & Fashion Mall and it is connected to Eastwood City Walk 1 & 2 via footbridge. In the ground level, Eastwood Walk of Fame and Activity Center or Central Plaza are located to the right as Eastwood Avenue turns to left. There's a road perpendicular to the right of Eastwood Avenue next to Eastwood Cybermall. This road is called E-Commerce Road. Global One Center is the tall building at the far end of E-Commerce Road. Either from Cyber & Fashion Mall or Walk of Fame, you can get to Eastwood Cinemas. If you take the ground level, you get to see various restaurants and fast food outlets. Walk further along Eastwood Avenue and go right on Orchard Road to get to Eastwood Mall, Eastwood Central Plaza, Eastwood Show Rooms & Model Units, Eastwood Richmonde Hotel, E-Commerce Plaza and Food Junction. McDonald's is at the corner of Eastwood Avenue and Orchard Road. Keep walking straight on Eastwood Avenue from Cyber & Fashion Mall up to the other end of Eastwood Avenue if you're going to Holy Family Chapel. The buildings to the left of Eastwood Avenue are Lafayette 1, Lafayette 2, Lafayette 3 and The Palazzo. At the back of Eastwood Mall, to the right of Orchard Road are: Techno Plaza 2, Techno Plaza 1, Fitness First and Informatics. One Orchard Road and Olympic Heights are alongside Holy Family Chapel. For more help, please see Eastwood building map below.

Eastwood City Building Map with the three Jeepney Loading & Unloading Areas

Where To Park For Grand Fiesta Manila 2011 Celebration

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In our article entitled Driving Directions To Newport City, you get to know how to drive from different locations in Metro Manila to Newport City where Resort World Manila is located. Resort World Manila is the entertainment complex in which Grand Fiesta Manila 2011 is being held this Christmas Season.

One of vintage cars in Grand Fiesta Manila 2011

If you're heading to Resort World for Grand Fiesta Manila 2011 Celebration, the best parking area is the one located inside Resort World itself. From Resort Dr, turn right onto Newport Boulevard. This parking is also adjacent to the casino and Rupubliq. Resort World Manila is located to your left along Newport Boulevard as indicated by Resort World neon sign at the top of the building. The parking entrance is located at the other end of the building near corner Sales Road. Make left towards the driveway to parking entrance.

Map below illustrates driving directions from Andrews Avenue to the multilevel parking of Resort World Manila. To get driving direction from your location to Resort World Manila, click Driving Directions To Newport City

Driving Directions To Newport City

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Newport City is home to a luxury casino resort called Resort World Manila, two world class hotels by the name of Maxims and Marriott, a popular night club and one of the most popular entertainment destinations in Manila called Republiq, a mall of prestigious international brands which is Newport Mall, state of the art theater of Newport Ultra Cinema, a cyberpark and countless residential villas. It is located at the corner of Sales Road and Andrews Avenue through which visitors from far distant locations pass before taking the main road to the commercial hub. It is accessible via Skyway through NAIA-3 Exit and a short drive away from Fort Bonifacio Global City. Here are directional guides on how to go to Newport City from different locations in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. See map below this post.

How To Get To Newport City By Car

Route #1

From Caloocan, Monumento, Malabon, Navotas, Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac and other Northern Luzon provinces.

Option 1: Via EDSA - This is the route to take from EDSA's southbound lane. From the provinces mentioned, take the NLEX. From NLEX take EDSA's south bound lane or the lane going to Makati, Cubao, Roxas Boulevard and Baclaran. In NLEX, pass under the EDSA Balintawak/Cloverleaf Bridge, change lane to the right and as soon as you drove past EDSA bridge, turn right onto the dedicated lane going to EDSA's south bound lane. From Caloocan, Malabon, and Navotas, take EDSA. Stay on EDSA and drive all the way to Makati where you will turn left onto SLEX aka President Osmena Highway via Magallanes Interchange. Stay to the middle of EDSA and pass through EDSA-Quezon flyover, EDSA-Kamuning flyover, Cubao Underpass, EDSA-Santolan flyover, EDSA-Ortigas flyover, EDSA-Shaw Underpass, Guadalupe Bridge and EDSA-Ayala Tunnel. After Ayala Tunnel is EDSA-Magallanes Interchange. Choose the lane with "Alabang SLEX" road sign. It's the flyover to the right of Magallanes Bridge. In the flyover, choose the lane with "Alabang SLEX" road sign above it which is to your left. So, as soon as you get onto the flyover stay to the left because a lane going to Manila with road sign that reads "Manila" will occur at flyover. And you must avoid getting onto that lane. Now in Osmena Highway, avoid getting onto the Entry ramp of skyway. But stay to the rightmost lane of Osmena Highway. Approximately 2 kilometers past Magallanes Interchange, and before the Skyway Crossover Interchange (shown in second photo), turn right onto the service road going to Sales Road, the main road that runs through beneath Skyway NAIA-3 Exit ramp. Drive into Sales Road past "The Air Force Course" gate. Once you get to Sales Road, drive further underneath Skyway ramp until the road turn right and road name changes to Andrews Avenue. Before Sales Road turns right, Newport Boulevard appears to the right. As of this writing, Newport Boulevard is one way towards Sales. But they might change it into two way so I suggest to observe as you get near it and use this road. Otherwise, keep driving straight on Andrews Avenue and then turn right onto Resort Drive, the main road of Newport City from Andrews Avenue.

Option 2: Via C5 - From Northern Luzon provinces mentioned above, exit NLEX via Mindanao Avenue Exit. Take Mindanao Avenue - NLEX Road and eventually Mindanao Avenue. Pass through Quirino Tunnel. Note: These are all in one main road from NLEX. Drive all the way past Tandang Sora and cross Congressional Avenue, a wide main road (with traffic lights). From EDSA Caloocan or Monumento, take Quirino Avenue towards Novaliches but turn right onto Tandang Sora, then turn right again onto Mindanao Avenue and cross Congressional Avenue. Immediately make a U-Turn to get back towards Congressional Avenue. Turn right onto Congressional. (Note: This direction is by virtue of the fact that as of this writing, there are no left turns in Mindanao and Congressional intersection.) Now in Congressional, cross Visayas Avenue, another wide road intersecting Congressional Avenue (with traffic lights). Your next turn is Tandang Sora Avenue. Remember: Tandang Sora Avenue is approximately 625 meters from Visayas Avenue. A lot of motorists turn right onto Tandang Sora. There are many road signs pointing to Tandang Sora which is a little bit narrow and runs diagonal from Congressional. Now, turn right onto Tandang Sora Avenue. Next main intersection to cross is Commonwealth Avenue, the so called "killer highway" because of its being the widest road in the Philippines. It is easy to notice you're approaching Commonwealth Avenue because there's a flyover above it. Traffic in this intersection is moderate to heavy. Go cross Commonwealth Avenue. Now, after crossing Commonwealth Avenue, Tandang Sora Avenue bends to the left as it merges a little bit with Commonwealth Avenue and then separate again in a diagonal way. Just follow the road direction. Traffic here is sometimes heavy because of public jeepneys that stand right at the corner, but after that it's gonna be smooth sailing. Tandang Sora Avenue becomes Katipunan Avenue in area where you will conspicuously see Manila Water Head Office signage that stands in the center island of now widened road. This area is popularly known as MWSS and you get to see another sign of Maynilad. Now, stay to the middle and watch for road signs above and take the lane below Eastwood City sign. You get to pass through Katipunan Aurora Boulevard Flyover, Libis Boni Serrano Katipunan Tunnel and Boni Serrano Libis Flyover, and then Eastwood City skyline becomes very visible from the distance. Drive past Eastwood City all the way to Fort Bonifacio Global City Taguig. Follow direction given in Route #6, starting there in part where you will be crossing Pasig River.

Route #2

From Alabang, Muntinlupa, Festival Mall, Filinvest City, Metropolis Starmall, provinces of Batangas, Laguna, Quezon and other areas nearby.

Take the skyway and drive all the way past Bicutan exit. Next to Bicutan Exit is NAIA-3 Exit. From the distance while traversing skyway, after Bicutan Exit, you will see another flyover crossing above the skyway. It's the NAIA-3 Exit running from your lane. Change lane to the right and take the lane going to NAIA-3 Exit. Stay to the middle and drive on the smooth winding descent of the skyway. The road will turn right and as soon as it turn right, road name changed to Andrews Avenue. Turn right onto Resort Drive, the main road of Newport City from Andrews Avenue.

Route #3

From Robinson's Place Manila in Ermita, Hyatt Hotel, Eurotel, Mabini Street and M.H. Del Pilar Street Ermita and places nearby.

From Robinson's Place Manila, take Adriatico Street and cross Pedro Gil Street. From Hyatt, take Pedro Gil, turn right onto Adriatico. From M.H. Del Pilar, left on Pedro Gil and right onto Adriatico. Mabini, rignt onto Pedro Gil and right onto Adriatico. In Adriatico turn left on street next to Pedro Gil which is General Malvar. Drive on General Malvar all the way and cross Taft, the main road where LRT-1 track passes through. After crossing Taft Avenue, you will cross Leon Guinto Street, then Felipe Agoncillo Street. Next to Agoncillo is San Marcelino Street. Turn right onto San Marcelino. San Marcelino is one way so stay to the middle and cross Nakpil and Remedios streets. After crossing Remedios Street change lane to the left and turn left on Quirino Avenue. From Quirino Avenue, turn right onto President Osmena Highway and drive all the way to Makati. You will cross San Andres Street, P. Ocampo Street and then Zobel Roxas Street. Next to Zobel Roxas is Gil Puyat Flyover. Pass through Gil Puyat Flyover. Upon descent of the flyover, change lane to the rightmost if you're taking the Skyway.

Option 1. After your descent of Gil Puyat Flyover, carefully change lane to the rightmost of Osmena Highway to pass through the ramp of the Skyway which is a little bit closer to Gil Puyat Flyover. Take the Skyway all the way past Magallanes Interchange after which, you must change lane to the right and watch for "NAIA-3 Exit". Take "NAIA-3" exit and drive on the smooth descent of the skyway ramp. The road will turn right and as soon as it turn right, road name changed to Andrews Avenue. Turn right onto Resort Drive, the main road of Newport City from Andrews Avenue.

Option 2. Drive past Skyway Entry Ramp and pass through Magallanes Interchange. Approximately 2 kilometers past Magallanes Interchange, and before the Skyway Crossover Interchange (shown in picture here), turn right onto the service road going to Sales Road, the main road that runs through beneath Skyway NAIA-3 Exit ramp. Drive into Sales Road past "The Air Force Course" gate. Once you get to Sales Road, drive further underneath Skyway ramp until the road turn right and road name changes to Andrews Avenue. Before Sales Road turns right, Newport Boulevard appears to the right. As of this writing, Newport Boulevard is one way towards Sales. But they might change it into two way so I suggest to observe as you get near it and use this road. Otherwise, keep driving straight on Andrews Avenue and then turn right onto Resort Drive, the main road of Newport City from Andrews Avenue.

Route #4

From Greenhills Shopping Center

Take Wilson Street, the main road that intersects Ortigas Avenue from Greenhill Shopping Center. There are traffic lights at Ortigas Avenue and Wilson Street intersection. Drive all the way and turn left on P. Guevara Street. Next turn from P. Guevara is Luna Mencias, one of the four roads of a junction up ahead. If you're not familiar here, it's very tricky so read the details of this route, CLICK HERE. Take Luna Mencias and turn right onto Shaw Boulevard where Mencias ends. Turn left on the first road perpendicular to the left of Shaw Boulevard. This street is F. Martinez Aveneu which ends in Maysilo Circle, a rotunda where Mandaluyong City Hall is located. Turn right onto Maysilo to go with the traffic flow, drive past Boni Avenue, then turn right onto the road that continues F. Martinez Avenue to the opposite side of Maysilo Circle which is San Francisco Street. Turn left on Coronado Street, the road by the Pasig River where San Francisco Street ends. Take Mandaluyong-Makati Bridge to get across Pasig River towards Makati. Turn left on J.P. Rizal, drive all the way to Estrella, the road opposite another bridge that crosses Pasig River. Turn right onto Estrella, drive all the way to EDSA, make right there. Drive to the leftmost lane of EDSA and make a U-Turn on the only U-Turn slot under the Kalayaan Flyover before MRT-3 Buendia Station. Now in southbound lane of EDSA, turn right onto Kalayaan Avenue, through which Kalayaan Flyover passes. Take the Service Road of Kalayaan which is the rightmost lane, turn right onto 32nd Street, then turn right onto 5th Avenue. Stay to the middle of 5th Avenue, drive all the way. Road name becomes Lawton Avenue and it crosses Osmena Highway aka SLEX. Follow it until you traverse Sales Road, the road that continues Lawton Avenue across SLEX where Skyway also runs. Sales Road turns right and road name changes to Andrews Avenue at Newport City area which is located right at the corner of Sales Road and Andrews Avenue. Before Sales Road turns right, Newport Boulevard appears to the right. As of this writing, Newport Boulevard is one way towards Sales. But they might change it into two way so I suggest to observe as you get near it and use this road. Otherwise, keep driving straight on Andrews Avenue and then turn right onto Resort Drive, the main road of Newport City from Andrews Avenue.

Route #5

From Rockwell Center and Power Plant Mall

Take the exit to Estrella Street. Drive on Estrella Street towards EDSA. Turn right onto Estrella, drive all the way to EDSA, make right there. Drive to the leftmost lane of EDSA and make a U-Turn on the only U-Turn slot under the Kalayaan Flyover before MRT-3 Buendia Station. Now in southbound lane of EDSA, turn right onto Kalayaan Avenue, through which Kalayaan Flyover passes. Take the Service Road of Kalayaan which is the rightmost lane, turn right onto 32nd Street, then turn right onto 5th Avenue. Stay to the middle of 5th Avenue, drive all the way. Road name becomes Lawton Avenue and it crosses Osmena Highway aka SLEX. Follow it until you traverse Sales Road, the road that continues Lawton Avenue across SLEX where Skyway also runs. Sales Road turns right and road name changes to Andrews Avenue at Newport City area which is located right at the corner of Sales Road and Andrews Avenue. Before Sales Road turns right, Newport Boulevard appears to the right. As of this writing, Newport Boulevard is one way towards Sales. But they might change it into two way so I suggest to observe as you get near it and use this road. Otherwise, keep driving straight on Andrews Avenue and then turn right onto Resort Drive, the main road of Newport City from Andrews Avenue.

Route #6

From Eastwood City in Libis Quezon City. Note: If you will be coming from Tiendesitas, take C-5 and follow direction below.

Before you drive to Newport City, you might consider taking the free shuttle bus from Eastwood City to Newport City and vice versa. For information on this free shuttle, please go to information counter located at the ground level of Eastwood Mall beneath the escalator. There's also free shuttle from Tiendesitas in front of McDonald's. To drive to Newport City from Eastwood City, take the southbound lane of C-5 aka Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue. From inside Eastwood City, take Eastwood Avenue towards C-5. Turn right onto C-5 and immediately make a U-Turn at the first U-Turn slot to take the southbound lane. Drive all the way to Fort Bonifacio Global City, passing through Ortigas Flyover and another flyover in Pasig. After that, you will be crossing Pasig River and then C-5 becomes Carlos P. Garcia Avenue. Always follow the lane below road signs that read SLEX. Drive past Kalayaan Avenue, a main intersection next to J.P. Rizal Extension. After you drove past Kalayaan Avenue, you will be passing by Market Market to your right and then you will be passing under overpass that crosses C-5. This overpass is for motorists driving from 26th Street, Fort Bonifacio towards the northbound lane of C-5 and your taking southbound. That's why you get to pass under the overpass. Approximately 875 meters past 26th Street Overpass is Upper McKinley Road, perpendicular to the right of C-5 aka Carlos P. Garcia Avenue. Turn right onto Upper McKinley. I gave you the approximate distance so make sure you're on the right lane upon approach to Upper McKinley Road. Otherwise, you will be headed to Alabang. This is the route for all private motorists and quite a lot of vehicles will also take this road and you can make out the Upper McKinley road sign from the distance. Drive all the way to the opposite end of Upper McKinley which is in Lawton Avenue. Turn left on Lawton Avenue and drive all the way to SLEX where the Skyway elevated highway is visible upon approach to SLEX. Go cross SLEX via overpass that crosses it. After you crossed SLEX, take Sales Road, the road that bends to the left past SLEX and runs right underneath the Skyway NAIA-3 Exit Ramp. Sales Road turns right approximately past 900 meters and road name changes to Andrews Avenue at Newport City area which is located right at the corner of Sales Road and Andrews Avenue. Before Sales Road turns right, Newport Boulevard appears to the right. As of this writing, Newport Boulevard is one way towards Sales. But they might change it into two way so I suggest to observe as you get near it and use this road. Otherwise, keep driving straight on Andrews Avenue and then turn right onto Resort Drive, the main road of Newport City from Andrews Avenue. Now you're in Newport City. Follow direction to parking area.

Route #7

From SM City San Lazaro, UST, Espana, Nagtahan and areas nearby.

SM San Lazaro and UST - take Lacson Avenue towards Nagtahan Flyover. Espana - left or right to Lacson towards Nagtahan depending on what lane you're taking. Drive on Lacson Avenue and pass through Nagtahan Bridge. Road name becomes President Quirino Avenue past Nagtahan Bridge. After Zamora Street (intersection with traffic lights) Quirino Avenue bends to the right and another traffic lights for motorists making left from the northbound lane of Quirino Avenue appear in Plaza Dilao area. Next main intersection with traffic lights is Pedro Gil Street. Drive past Pedro Gil Street and then change lane to the left and turn left on next main intersection (to the left of Quirino Avenue only) which is President Osmena Highway aka SLEX. Stay to the middle of SLEX, drive past Pablo Ocampo Sr. and Zobel Roxas streets and then pass through Gil Puyat Osmena Flyover. Follow direction given in Route #3, choose option 1 or option 2.

Route #8

From Araneta Avenue, SM City Sta. Mesa, SM Mezza Residences, N. Domingo and Pinaglabanan in San Juan, Gilmore Avenue in Quezon City and other areas near to these places.

Araneta Avenue (any point) - take southbound lane or towards SM City Sta. Mesa. Drive all the way to its end which is in N. Domingo Street. Intersections that Araneta crosses are: Del Monte Avenue, Quezon Avenue, Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue and Aurora Boulevard (LRT-2 Line). Mezza Residences - take Araneta northbound lane and make U-Turn to take the southbound lane all the way to N. Domingo or if left turn is allowed from Aurora Boulevard to Araneta Avenue, then take that lane. SM City Sta. Mesa - take Araneta Avenue towards N. Domingo. Now in Araneta Avenue corner N. Domingo, turn right onto N. Domingo. Gilmore Avenue - turn right onto N. Domingo and drive all the way towards Old Sta. Mesa. N. Domingo - take the lane towards Old Sta. Mesa. Pinaglabanan - left on N. Domingo. Drive past Victorino Mapa Street. Road name became Old Sta. Mesa after you drove past V. Mapa. Make a U-Turn onto Valenzuela Street, a road intersecting Old Sta Mesa in an inverted Y. Note: You can make a shortcut to Valenzuela Street by passing through Prince Court Hotel driveway. You will notice lots of motorists turning left onto the hotel. Drivers give one peso to an employee of the hotel in-charge at the driveway. Upon exit of the hotel driveway, turn left and then change lane to the right. Next T-intersection to the right is Paco-Sta Mesa Road, where Sta Mesa Bridge is located. Turn right onto Paco-Sta Mesa Road, pass through Sta Mesa Bridge and take the flyover next to the bridge. Turn right onto President Quirino Avenue and immediately make a U-Turn to take Pres. Quirino Avenue's southbound lane. Follow direction given in Route #7, starting there from when President Qurino Avenue bends to the right.

Route #9

From SM Mall of Asia, SMX Convention Center, SM Arena, Macapagal Boulevard, Blue Wave Macapagal, World Trade Center, CCP Complex, Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel, Star City, Microtel Hotel, PICC and areas nearby.

Option 1: Via EDSA - MOA, SM Arena, Microtel Hotel, SMX Convention Center: Drive towards the MOA Globamaze Rotunda in the front of SM MOA main building. From there, take EDSA, northbound lane. CCP Complex, PICC, Philippine Plaza Sofitel, Star City, World Trade Center: Take Macapagal Boulevard's southbound lane and turn left on EDSA. Blue Wave: Take EDSA's northbound lane. In EDSA, stay to the middle, drive past LRT-1 elevated track and MRT-3 Taft Station, then, turn right onto Tramo also known as Aurora Boulevard Pasay. This is the road to the right of EDSA through which a left turn flyover from EDSA's southbound lane passes for motorists heading to NAIA 1,2 and 3. Stay to the middle of Aurora Boulevard and drive all the way to its other end. Turn left on Andrews Avenue in which Aurora Boulevard ends. Drive on Andrews Avenue all the way past NAIA-3 Rotunda where a giant sculpture is erected (shown in third photo). Newport City is to the left of Andrews Avenue past the rotunda. To get to Newport City, take the U-Turn slot situated before the other end of Andrews Avenue. The U-Turn is past the building of NAIA-3. Now in Newport City side of Andrews Avenue, turn right onto Resort Drive and head towards your destination within the commercial complex.

Option 2: Via Macapagal Boulevard and NAIA Road - There are times EDSA is wedged solid with the traffic gridlock. In these situations, you can take this route. From SM Mall of Asia, Microtel MOA, SM MOA Arena and SMX, take Coral Way, the road in front of Microtel and between SMX and Shrine of Jesus The Way Parish Church. Turn right onto Diosdado Macapagal Blvd and turn left on NAIA Road, the wide road to the left of Macapagal in which at the corner the old huge building of Coastal Mall is situated. From CCP Complex, including Philippine Plaza, PICC, Star City and World Trade Center, take Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard all the way to NAIA Road, turn left on NAIA Road. Cross Roxas Boulevard and the next intersection with traffic lights which is Quirino Avenue. Make left on the next intersection with traffic lights which is Domestic Road. Turn right onto Airport road in which Domestic Road ends. Drive to the middle of Airport Road past Aurora Boulevard, the road perpendicular to the left. Road name becomes Andrews Avenue. Drive on Andrews Avenue all the way past NAIA-3 Rotunda where a giant sculpture is erected (shown in our third photo). Newport City is to the left of Andrews Avenue past the rotunda. To get to Newport City, take the U-Turn slot situated before the other end of Andrews Avenue. It is past the building of NAIA-3. Now in Newport City side of Andrews Avenue, turn right onto Resort Drive and head towards your destination within the commercial complex.

Route #10

From NAIA-1, NAIA-2, Duty Free Philippines Fiesta Mall, Ninoy Aquino Avenue, Imelda Avenue, Puregold Paranaque, SM City Sucat and areas nearby.

From NAIA-2, take NAIA Road towards Roxas Boulevard, turn right onto Domestic Road. From NAIA-1 and Duty Free Philippines, take Ninoy Aquino Avenue, make left on NAIA Road (end of Ninoy Aquino Avenue), turn right onto Domestic Road (the next main intersection with traffic lights). Turn right onto Airport road in which Domestic Road ends. Drive to the middle of Airport Road past Aurora Boulevard, the road perpendicular to the left. Road name becomes Andrews Avenue. Drive on Andrews Avenue all the way past NAIA-3 Rotunda where a giant sculpture is erected (shown in our third photo). Newport City is to the left of Andrews Avenue past the rotunda. To get to Newport City, take the U-Turn slot situated before the other end of Andrews Avenue. The U-Turn is past the building of NAIA-3. Now in Newport City side of Andrews Avenue, turn right onto Resort Drive and head towards your destination within the commercial complex.

Route #11

From Ayala Center, Glorietta 1,2,3,4 & 5, Greenbelt 1,2,3,4, & 5, Ayala Avenue, Raffles Residences Makati, New World Hotel Makati, Makati Shangri-la Hotel, Ayala Triangle Gardens and nearby areas.

Option 1: Via EDSA - Take Arnaiz Avenue formely Pasay Road towards EDSA. Turn right onto EDSA. Take the flyover to the right of Magallanes Bridge. In the flyover, choose the lane with "Alabang SLEX" road sign above it which is to your left. So, as soon as you get onto the flyover stay to the left because a lane going to Manila with road sign that reads "Manila" will occur at flyover. And you must avoid getting onto that lane. Now in Osmena Highway, avoid getting onto the Entry ramp of skyway. But stay to the rightmost lane of Osmena Highway. Approximately 2 kilometers past Magallanes Interchange, and before the Skyway Crossover Interchange (shown in picture here), turn right onto the service road going to Sales Road, the main road that runs through beneath Skyway NAIA-3 Exit ramp. Drive into Sales Road past "The Air Force Course" gate. Once you get to Sales Road, drive further underneath Skyway ramp until the road turn right and road name changes to Andrews Avenue. Before Sales Road turns right, Newport Boulevard appears to the right. As of this writing, Newport Boulevard is one way towards Sales. But they might change it into two way so I suggest to observe as you get near it and use this road. Otherwise, keep driving straight on Andrews Avenue and then turn right onto Resort Drive, the main road of Newport City from Andrews Avenue.

Option 2: Via Arnaiz Avenue and Skyway - Take Arnaiz Avenue towards Osmena Highway aka SLEX. Use the Skyway ramp at the end of the road past Amorsolo Street. Follow Skyway direction and take the "NAIA-3" Exit which is approximately 2 kilometers past Magallanes Interchange. NAIA-3 Exit ramp will take you right into Newport City, which is to the right of Andrews Avenue, the road that continues the ramp. Just turn right onto Resort Drive, the main road of Newport City from Andrews Avenue.

Route #12

From Evangelista Street in Makati City

Drive on Evangelista towards EDSA. Turn right onto EDSA. Change lane to the left and take the Aurora Boulevard-EDSA Flyover. Stay to the middle of Aurora Boulevard and drive all the way to its other end, then turn left on Andrews Avenue in which Aurora Boulevard ends. Drive on Andrews Avenue all the way past NAIA-3 Rotunda where a giant sculpture is erected (shown in our third photo). Newport City is to the left of Andrews Avenue past the rotunda. To get to Newport City, take the U-Turn slot situated before the other end of Andrews Avenue. The U-Turn is past the building of NAIA-3. Now in Newport City side of Andrews Avenue, turn right onto Resort Drive and head towards your destination within Newport City.

Route #13

From Araneta Center Cubao, Smart Araneta Coliseum, Gateway Mall, Farmers Plaza, Ali Mall, SM City Cubao, Manhattan Garden City and areas nearby.

Turn left on P. Tuazon Boulevard which borders Araneta Center to the south. Drive all the way to C-5 where it ends. Turn right onto C-5 (Katipunan in this part of Quezon City). Choose the lane going to Libis and Eastwood which are to the left of Katipunan. Pass through C-5 Boni Serrano Tunnel. Next to tunnel is C-5 Katipunan flyover where Eastwood City skyline can already be seen. Drive past Eastwood City all the way to Fort Bonifacio Global City Taguig. Follow direction given in Route #6, starting there in part where you will be crossing Pasig River.

Location Map: Newport City

Driving Directions To Eastwood City

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In this article, I will guide you to the respective locations of buildings and institutions within Eastwood City, so that the next time you need to get to your destination here, you just breeze into the commercial center and head to your building location. But before that, please see below the list of buildings inside Eastwood City. Go check if your destination is listed, then read on to get the driving direction. You can view the building map of Eastwood City at the bottom of this post.

For Commuting Directions, go to Jeepney Route Bound For Eastwood City Libis

Destinations In Eastwood City

1800 Eastwood Avenue - Dell
1880 Eastwood Avenue
Amberbase Solutions
Citibank Citi Square Building
Cyber & Fashion Mall aka Eastwood Cybermall
E-Commerce Plaza
Eastwood Central Park
Eastwood City Showroom Model Units
Eastwood City Walk
Eastwood City Walk 2
Eastwood Corporate Plaza
Eastwood Lafayette 1
Eastwood Lafayette 2
Eastwood Lafayette 3

Eastwood LeGrand 1
Eastwood LeGrand 2
Eastwood Mall
Eastwood Palazzo Residences
Food Junction
Global One Center
Holy Family Chapel
IBM Plaza
Informatics
MDC 100
Megaworld Building
Olympic Heights
One Orchard Road
Technoplaza (Emerson, Concentrix, Fitness First)

Access Roads To Eastwood City

There are three access roads to Eastwood City:

Drive straight to those buildings to take Eastwood Ave

Access Road #1

Eastwood Avenue - The main road that runs through the middle of Eastwood City from Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue aka C-5. Served as gateway to Eastwood City, two landmark buildings are situated in both corners of Eastwood Avenue and C-5. They are MDC 100 and Citibank Square Building. This road goes immediately to the driveway to parking area of Eastwood Cybermall otherwise known as Cyber & Fashion Mall which is linked to Megaworld Building. If your destination is Eastwood Cyber Mall, take this road. For other buildings accessible immediately through this road, click here.

U-turn slot from Katipunan to Orchard Road

Access Road #2

Orchard Road - The most preferred access road from Katipunan, Araneta Cubao, Boni Serrano Marikina, etc. Headed immediately to Holy Family Chapel and directly to basement parking of Eastwood Mall and the frontage of The Palazzio and Lafayette 1,2 & 3 and their parking entrances. If your destination is Eastwood Mall, take this route. Holy Family Chapel Sunday Mass Schedule: 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:15 PM, 5:00 PM and 6:15 PM. For other buildings accessible immediately through this road, click here.

Calle Industria Road corner C-5

Access Road #3

Calle Industria Street - The most convenient access if you're from Alabang or Fort Bonifacio Global City and from Green Meadows Avenue or White Plains Avenue which is the route to take if you're coming in from Greenhills, San Juan, Pinaglabanan, N. Domingo and Gilmore. Headed immediately to Global One Center Building and passes through Eastwood City Walk One and Two. The best route if you need to drop off companions heading to any restaurants in Eastwood City Walk of Fame which also situated in the Activity Center. For other buildings accessible immediately through this road, click here.

Access Roads' Locations:

Orchard Road is accessible along south bound lane of C-5 from Katipunan and Boni Serrano via a U-Turn slot located opposite Eastwood City before Eastwood Avenue. You get to see a BMW Autohaus to the left of C-5 where the U-Turn slot is located. In north bound lane of C-5, Orchard road is next to Eastwood Avenue.

Eastwood Avenue is accessible along south bound lane of C-5 through the U-Turn slot after you get past Eastwood Avenue itself. There's a pedestrian overpass across C-5 right at the corner of Eastwood Avenue. Along northbound lane, drive straight to Citibank Square building which you can make out from the distance.

Meanwhile, Calle Industria Street is the road to the right of C-5 approximately 205 meters before Eastwood Avenue. Nuvo City showroom building and Honda Cars Pasig are situated at the corners of Calle Industria Street.

Driving Directions To Eastwood City

How to get to Eastwood City by car from any of the locations listed below in alphabetical order. For quick direction, select a location from the list and click it.

A Venue Mall
Alabang
Ali Mall
Andrews Avenue Pasay
Araneta Center Cubao
Ayala Avenue
Ayala Center
Ayala Triangle Gardens
Batangas Province
Bel-Air
Binondo
Blue Wave Macapagal
Bradco Avenue
Bulacan Province
Caloocan
Carriedo
CCP Complex
Centris
Clark Pampanga
DFA Office of Consular Affairs
Divisoria
Duty Free Philippines Fiesta Mall
EDSA Shangri-La Hotel
Elliptical Road
Ermita
Espana
Farmers Plaza
Festival Mall
Filinvest City
Fort Bonifacio
Gateway Mall
Gil Puyat Avenue
Gilmore
Global City
Glorietta 1,2,3,4 & 5
Gramercy Residences (Century City)
Greenbelt 1,2,3,4, & 5
Greenhills
H2O Hotel
IL Terrazzo Mall
Imelda Avenue
Intramuros
J.P. Rizal
Julia Vargas Avenue
Laguna Province
M.H. Del Pilar Street (Malate/Ermita)
Mabini Street (Malate/Ermita)
Makati Avenue
Makati City Hall
Makati Shangri-la Hotel
Malanday
Malate
Mandaluyong City Hall
Mandaluyong's Boni Avenue
Mandarin Hotel
Manhattan Garden City
Manila Hotel
Manila Ocean Park
Maxims (Resort World)
Metropolis Starmall

Microtel MOA
Monumento
Muntinlupa
N. Domingo San Juan
NAIA Terminal 1
NAIA Terminal 2
NAIA Terminal 3
Navotas
New Manila
New World Hotel Makati
Ninoy Aquino Avenue
Ongpin
Ortigas Center
Pacific Star Building
Pampanga Province
Paseo de Roxas
Pedro Gil
Philippine Air Force Museum
PICC
Pinaglabanan
Power Plant Mall
Puregold Paranaque
Quezon City Hall
Quezon City Memorial Circle
Quezon Province
Quiapo
Raffles Residences Makati
Remedios
Resort World Manila
Rizal Park
Robinson's Galleria
Robinson's Place Manila
Rockwell Center
San Juan
Shangri-La Plaza
SM Arena
SM City Cubao
SM City North EDSA
SM City San Lazaro
SM City Sta. Mesa
SM City Sucat
SM Mall of Asia
SM Mega Mall
Smart Araneta Coliseum
SMX Convention Center
Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel
Star City
Subic Angeles
Sucat
Taguig
Tayuman
Tomas Morato Avenue
Trinoma
U.N. Avenue
U.P. Manila
UST
Valenzuela City
Villamor Air Base Airmen's Club
West Avenue
World Trade Center

Here's how to get to buildings and spots inside Eastwood City from different parts of Matro Manila by car:

Route #1

MDC 100 Tower and Citibank Building

From Alabang, Muntinlupa, Sucat, Festival Mall, Filinvest City, Metropolis Starmall, Fort Bonifacio, Global City, Taguig and provinces of Batangas, Laguna and Quezon.

Take SLEX or Skyway and exit at C-5 Toll Plaza in Carlos Garcia Avenue which is the name of C-5 in this area of Taguig and Makati. Just follow road sign that reads C-5. Stay to the middle of Carlos Garcia and drive all the way to Eastwood City which is approximately 13 kilometers from SLEX. You will pass by Fort Bonifacio Global City, and cross Pasig River. Just remember to stay on the lane below road signs that read "Pasig Quezon City". You get to pass through a flyover in Pasig area and as soon as you get near Ortigas Avenue & C-5 flyover, you get to see "Eastwood City" and "Cubao" road signs. Take the lane below them and cross Ortigas Avenue via Ortigas & C-5 flyover. After passing through Ortigas C-5 flyover, you can make out the tall buildings of Eastwood City. When you get near, take the access road that immediately headed to your destination.

Route #2

Roundabout Eastwood Avenue cor Orchard Road

From NAIA Terminal 3, Resort World Manila, Maxims, Villamor Air Base Airmen's Club, Philippine Air Force Museum, Andrews Avenue and nearby areas.

From NAIA 3, take Andrews Avenue and follow its direction. Road name changes to Sales once the road make left. From Resort World Manila, take Andrews Avenue, pass through the oval rotunda to take the opposite lane (NAIA 3 side) and follow the road direction as it turns left. Stay to the ground level and cross SLEX to take Lawton Avenue, the road to the other side of SLEX headed to Fort Bonifacio Global City. Stay to the middle of Lawton Avenue and drive all the way to Fort Bonifacio. The road which turns left onto the northbound lane of C-5 from Global City is 26th Street. So, you must turn right onto 26th Street to take C-5 which is the road bound for Eastwood City. You can take the narrow one way Old Lawton Avenue that continues Lawton Avenue at the Bonifacio Global City entrance or take 5th Avenue which is the wide road that diagonally runs to the left of Lawton Avenue also at BGC Gate. If you take Old Lawton Avenue, the recommended route, drive towards its opposite end. American Cemetery is to your right while traversing Old Lawton Avenue. Turn right onto the roundabout at the end of Old Lawton Avenue. Drive on the rotunda past American Cemetery Gate and turn right onto Bonifacio Avenue, the wide two way road opposite Old Lawton Avenue, turn right onto McKinley Pkwy and then turn right onto 26th Street on your way to the northbound lane of C-5. Taking 5th Avenue, you will cross two intersections before you get to 26th Street. The roads to cross along 5th Avenue are McKinley Pkwy and Rizal Dr. Immediately past Rizal drive is 24th Street and then 25th Street, two roads perpendicular to the right of 5th Avenue. Drive past 25th Street and turn right onto 26th Street. Drive on 26th Street past Market Market and turn left on C-5 via 26th Street & C-5 Overpass. Now in C-5 which is Carlos P. Garcia Avenue in this part, go cross Kalayaan Avenue and drive all the way to Eastwood City. Just remember to stay on the lane below road signs that read "Pasig Quezon City". You get to pass through a flyover in Pasig area and as soon as you get near Ortigas Avenue & C-5 flyover, you get to see "Eastwood City" and "Cubao" road signs. Take the lane below them and cross Ortigas Avenue via Ortigas & C-5 flyover. After passing through Ortigas C-5 flyover, you can make out the tall buildings of Eastwood City. When you get near, take the access road that immediately headed to your destination.

Route #3

Eastwood City Walk 1

From NAIA Terminal 1 & 2, Duty Free Philippines Fiesta Mall, Ninoy Aquino Avenue, Imelda Avenue, Puregold Paranaque, SM City Sucat and areas nearby.

From NAIA-2, take NAIA Road, turn right onto Domestic Road. From NAIA-1 and Duty Free Philippines, take Ninoy Aquino Avenue, make left on NAIA Road (end of Ninoy Aquino Avenue), turn right onto Domestic Road (the next main intersection with traffic lights). Turn right onto Airport Road which becomes Andrews Avenue. Stay to the middle and drive all the way until you get to a big oval rotunda right before NAIA-3. Pass through the rotunda to get to the extension of Andrews Avenue. Once in Andrews Avenue again, stay to the middle and drive all the way to the other end where road turns left and it becomes Sales Road. Follow direction given in Route #2.

Route #4

Food Junction at Eastwood City Walk 2

From SM Mall of Asia, SMX Convention Center, Microtel MOA, SM Arena, Blue Wave Macapagal, DFA Office of Consular Affairs, Bradco Avenue, Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel, PICC, World Trade Center, CCP Complex, Star City and areas nearby.

To avoid traffic, you must take the road with less public buses and jeepneys. From SM Mall of Asia, Microtel MOA, SM MOA Arena and SMX, take Coral Way, the road in front of Microtel and between SMX and Shrine of Jesus The Way Parish Church. Turn right onto Diosdado Macapagal Blvd and turn left on NAIA Road, the wide road to the left of Macapagal in which at the corner the old huge building of Coastal Mall is situated. From CCP Complex, including Philippine Plaza, PICC, Star City and World Trade Center, take Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard all the way to NAIA Road, turn left on NAIA Road. Cross Roxas Boulevard and the next intersection with traffic lights which is Quirino Avenue. Make left on the next intersection with traffic lights which is Domestic Road. Follow direction given in Route #3, starting on Domestic Road.

Route #5

Eastwood City Central Park

From Gramercy Residences in Century City, A Venue Mall, Makati Avenue, Gil Puyat Avenue Bel-Air, Pacific Star Building, Mandarin Hotel, Paseo de Roxas and nearby areas.

Take any of these streets from your locations: Paseo de Roxas, Makati Avenue and Gil Puyat Avenue. From Gramercy Residences and A Venue Mall, take Makati Avenue's south bound lane (going to Gil Puyat). Turn left on Gil Puyat Avenue. Cross Paseo de Roxas and use Kalayaan Flyover which starts immediately as soon as you approach EDSA. As the flyover bends to the left, passing through EDSA, the rightmost lane descends to take EDSA's northbound lane. Take this lane to traverse EDSA. Turn right onto ground level Kalayaan Avenue to which the rest of flyover is headed above ground. So, you will drive under Kalayaan flyover as soon as you turn right from EDSA. Drive on Kalayaan Avenue all the way to C-5 (Carlos Garcia Avenue). Turn right onto C-5. Use the U-Turn C-5 Kalayaan Flyover to get to the north bound lane of C-5. Drive all the way to Eastwood City, passing through Ortigas C-5 flyover. Follow road signs. After passing through Ortigas C-5 flyover, you can make out the tall buildings of Eastwood City. When you get near, take the access road that immediately headed to your destination.

Route #6

Eastwood Mall

From Ayala Center, Glorietta 1,2,3,4 & 5, Greenbelt 1,2,3,4, & 5, Ayala Avenue, Raffles Residences Makati, New World Hotel Makati, Makati Shangri-la Hotel, Ayala Triangle Gardens and nearby areas.

Take Ayala Avenue's lane bound for EDSA. Use Ayala Avenue EDSA flyover to take EDSA's north bound lane. Drive past MRT-3 Buendia Station and turn right onto Kalayaan Avenue, the road that runs from EDSA and beneath the flyover (Kalayaan Flyover) that bends to the right that you can easily see from the distance. So, you will drive under Kalayaan flyover as soon as you turn right from EDSA. Drive on Kalayaan Avenue all the way to C-5 (Carlos Garcia Avenue). Turn right onto C-5. Use the U-Turn C-5 Kalayaan Flyover to get to the north bound lane of C-5. Drive all the way to Eastwood City, passing through Ortigas C-5 flyover. Follow road signs. After passing through Ortigas C-5 flyover, you can make out the tall buildings of Eastwood City. When you get near, take the access road that immediately headed to your destination.

Route #7

Eastwood City Showroom Model Units

From Rockwell Center, Power Plant Mall, Makati City Hall, J.P. Rizal, Mandaluyong's Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City Hall and nearby areas.

From Mandaluyong, take either Makati-Mandaluyong Bridge or Estrella Bridge towards Makati, and then turn left on J.P. Rizal. Take J.P. Rizal lane bound for EDSA. Turn right onto Estrella Street. From Rockwell and Power Plant Mall, take Estrella Street's lane bound for EDSA. From Mandaluyong via Estrella Bridge, just go straight to EDSA. Turn right onto EDSA. In EDSA, change lane to the left as you approach the part of EDSA where Kalayaan Flyover passes through. Turn on your left signal and make a U-Turn on the only U-Turn slot of EDSA in Makati area (watch for it). Turn right onto Kalayaan Avenue, the road that runs from EDSA through which Kalayaan Flyover passes. Drive under Kalayaan flyover as soon as you turn right from EDSA. Stay on Kalayaan Avenue all the way to C-5 (Carlos Garcia Avenue). Turn right onto C-5. Use the U-Turn C-5 Kalayaan Flyover to get to the north bound lane of C-5. Drive all the way to Eastwood City, passing through Ortigas C-5 flyover. Follow road signs. After passing through Ortigas C-5 flyover, you can make out the tall buildings of Eastwood City. When you get near, take the access road that immediately headed to your destination.

Route #8

Eastwood Avenue towards Orchard Road

From Valenzuela, Bulacan, Pampanga, Clark, Subic and other provinces of northern Luzon via NLEX.

Exit NLEX via Mindanao Avenue Exit. Take Mindanao Avenue - NLEX Road and eventually Mindanao Avenue. Pass through Quirino Tunnel. Note: These are all in one main road from NLEX. Drive all the way past Tandang Sora and cross Congressional Avenue, a wide main road (with traffic lights). Immediately make a U-Turn to get back towards Congressional Avenue. Turn right onto Congressional. (Note: This direction is by virtue of the fact that as of this writing, there are no left turns in Mindanao and Congressional intersection.) Now in Congressional, cross Visayas Avenue, another wide road intersecting Congressional Avenue (with traffic lights). Your next turn is Tandang Sora Avenue. Remember: Tandang Sora Avenue is approximately 625 meters from Visayas Avenue. A lot of motorists turn right onto Tandang Sora. There are many road signs pointing to Tandang Sora which is a little bit narrow and runs diagonal from Congressional. Now, turn right onto Tandang Sora Avenue. Next main intersection to cross is Commonwealth Avenue, the so called "killer highway" because of its being the widest road in the Philippines. It is easy to notice you're approaching Commonwealth Avenue because there's a flyover above it. Traffic in this intersection is moderate to heavy. Go cross Commonwealth Avenue. Now, after crossing Commonwealth Avenue, Tandang Sora Avenue bends to the left as it merges a little bit with Commonwealth Avenue and then separate again in a diagonal way. Just follow the road direction. Traffic here is sometimes heavy because of public jeepneys that stand right at the corner, but after that it's gonna be smooth sailing. Tandang Sora Avenue becomes Katipunan Avenue in area where you will conspicuously see Manila Water Head Office signage that stands in the center island of now widened road. This area is popularly known as MWSS and you get to see another sign of Maynilad. Now, stay to the middle and watch for road signs above and take the lane below Eastwood City sign. You get to pass through a flyover and then the Libis Boni Serrano Katipunan Tunnel, another flyover, and then Eastwood City skyline becomes very visible from the distance. Go drive to it and follow your chosen access road depending on your building or spot destination within the mega commercial center.

Route #9

Cyber & Fashion Mall aka Eastwood Cyber Mall

From SM City North EDSA, Trinoma, West Avenue, Centris, Quezon City Memorial Circle, Elliptical Road, Quezon City Hall and places nearby and along the way.

Take North Avenue from SM City North EDSA, Trinoma and West Avenue. Turn right onto Elliptical Road to go with the traffic flow, then, turn right onto Kalayaan Avenue. There's a big road sign pointing to Kalayaan Avenue. Before Kalayaan Avenue, you get to pass by Quezon Avenue and East Avenue, two main roads perpendicular to the right of Elliptical Road. Quezon City Hall is at the corner of East Avenue and Elliptical Road. Quezon Memorial Circle is the park inside Elliptical Road. From Centris Walk, take Quezon Avenue towards Quezon City Memorial Circle, turn right onto Elliptical Road. Drive past East Avenue and Quezon City Hall, then turn right onto Kalayaan. Drive all the way past streets of Mayaman, Matalino, Malingap, Matino and the main intersection of V. Luna Avenue, then turn left on Kamias Avenue. There's a Caltex at the right corner of Kalayaan and Kamias. Stay to the middle of Kamias Road, cross main intersection of Anonas and turn right onto Langka. Drive past Bignay Street, then go left in Chico Street aka Xavierville Avenue which ends up in C-5 (Katipunan). Turn left on Esteban Abada Street, the intersection before C-5 (In this part of QC, C-5 is Katipunan Avenue). If you go straight to C-5 from Chico, you will end up in Aurora Boulevard where traffic is heavy and you will need to make a U-Turn back to C-5 again. You wouldn't like it. So, make sure you turn left on Esteban Abada Street to be able to take Katipunan flyover. Again, Abada Street is the last road before Katipunan or the C-5. Now in Abada, turn right onto the next street (Rosa Alvero), then turn right onto C-5 (Katipunan), take the flyover and drive all the way, passing through Libis Boni Serrano Katipunan Tunnel. Eastwood City skyline becomes very visible from the distance momentarily. Go drive to it and follow your chosen access road depending on your building or spot destination within the mega commercial center.

Route #10

Eastwood Avenue corner Orchard Road

From Greenhills, Gilmore, New Manila, Pinaglabanan. N. Domingo Street, San Juan, SM City Sta. Mesa, Tomas Morato Avenue, IL Terrazzo and areas nearby.

From SM City Sta. Mesa, take Araneta Avenue, left to N. Domingo. Turn right onto Pinaglabanan, then, turn right onto Ortigas Avenue. From IL Terrazzo, take Tomas Morato, turn right onto E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, then turn left on Gilmore Avenue and drive all the way until road becomes Ortigas Avenue. You will cross Aurora Boulevard (LRT-2), N. Domingo and Santolan Road (Pinaglabanan), in that order, before road name changes to Ortigas Avenue. From Greenhills, take any of these roads: Ortigas Avenue (towards EDSA), Annapolis or Connecticut. Drive towards EDSA. From Ortigas Avenue, turn left on EDSA. From Connecticut and Annapolis streets, turn right onto EDSA and take the U-Turn slot beneath EDSA Ortigas flyover to take the northbound lane of EDSA. Now in EDSA, turn right onto White Plains Avenue, the wide road perpendicular to the right of EDSA where the mammoth People Power Monument is erected at the corner. Drive all the way to the other end where you shall turn right onto Temple Drive, in which White Plains Avenue ends. Temple Drive bends to the left and it ends in Green Meadows Avenue. Turn left on Green Meadows Avenue and traverse the wide road that runs through the posh village called Green Meadows which is known to be the exclusive village of some showbiz and political personalities. The road bends to the left a little bit before bends to the right and ends right at C-5, also known in this part of QC as Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue. Now, turn right onto C-5 and use the first U-Turn slot to take the north bound lane. You get to see the buildings of Eastwood City particularly Citibank and MDC 100 as soon as you take the north bound lane. Now, follow the direction of the access road you preferred depending on your destination.

Route #11

1800 Eastwood Avenue - DELL

Alternate route from Gilmore, San Juan, Pinaglabanan, N. Domingo, SM City Sta. Mesa and areas nearby.

Via Santolan Road. Cross Ortigas Avenue from Pinaglabanan, instead of turning right onto Ortigas. Turn left on Santolan From Gilmore, instead of crossing Santolan. Traverse Santolan and cross EDSA until road name becomes Boni Serrano. You will pass by a busy road perpendicular to the left of Boni Serrano through which public jeepneys from Cubao bound for Eastwood and Rosario pass. There are traffic lights here. After that, the junction of Katipunan Avenue and Boni Serrano where traffic is moderate to heavy, and at times, heavy. After crossing Katipunan Avenue, Boni Serrano slopes towards the bottom of Katipunan C-5 flyover which bends to the right from your left. Follow road direction but avoid the lane going to Blue Ridge which is the leftmost. So, as you pass under Katipunan flyover make sure you're on a right lane as the road makes a sharp right. At this point, you're already in Eulogio Rodriguez Jr Avenue part of C-5, and after you merge with the ramp of descending Katipunan C-5 flyover, you can make out the tall buildings of Eastwood City on the horizon momentarily. As you get close, decide which access road to take.

Route #12

Holy Family Chapel

From Araneta Center Cubao, Smart Araneta Coliseum, Gateway Mall, Farmers Plaza, Ali Mall, SM City Cubao, Manhattan Garden City and areas nearby.

Turn left on P. Tuazon Boulevard which borders Araneta Center to the south. Drive all the way to C-5 where it ends. Turn right onto C-5 (Katipunan in this part of Quezon City). Choose the lane going to Libis and Eastwood which are to the left of Katipunan. Pass through C-5 Boni Serrano Tunnel. Next to tunnel is C-5 Katipunan flyover where Eastwood City skyline can already be seen. Get to it. Choose the access road nearer to your destination.

Route #13

Eastwood City

From Monumento, Caloocan, Malanday, Navotas and areas nearby.

Use EDSA from Caloocan to North Avenue. Use the U-Turn slot next to West Avenue to take the opposite lane going to North Avenue. Turn right onto North Avenue and follow the direction given in Route #9

Route #14

Eastwood Palazzo Residences

From Robinson's Place Manila, U.N. Avenue, Ermita, Malate, Manila Ocean Park, H2O Hotel, Manila Hotel, U.P. Manila, Pedro Gil, Remedios, Mabini Street, M.H. Del Pilar Street, Rizal Park, Intramuros and other areas near these vicinities.

From your location, take northbound lane of any of these streets: Roxas Boulevard, Mabini Street and Taft Avenue. From Taft Avenue, turn right onto Ayala Boulevard. That is: U.N. Avenue, then Kalaw Avenue and the next intersection is Ayala Boulevard. From Mabini and Roxas Boulevard, right to T.M. Kalaw, left on Taft Avenue and then turn right onto Ayala Blvd. From Manila Ocean Park and H2O Hotel, take T.M. Kalaw, cross Roxas Boulevard, M.H. Del Pilar, Orosa Street then turn left on Taft Avenue (LRT-1 is above it) and turn right onto Ayala Boulevard. From Manila Hotel and Rizal Park, take Padre Burgos, the road that borders Rizal Park aka Luneta, stay to the right lane and choose the direction below the road sign that reads Malacanang which is Ayala Boulevard. Now in Ayala Boulevard, you get to pass through Ayala Bridge crossing Pasig River. Stay to the same road which changes its name to P. Casal. Soon, you get to cross Recto Avenue, the road where LRT-2 elevated track passes through and bends away from the road. Road name changes to Legarda. Stay to the middle. Avoid turning left on the next intersection with traffic lights. Stay on Legarda Street until you pass through a flyover and road name changes to Ramon Magsaysay Blvd. LRT-2 re-merged after the flyover. Stay to the middle of Magsaysay Boulevard. You get to pass by two LRT-2 stations - Pureza Station and V. Mapa Station. Next to V. Mapa Station is SM City Sta. Mesa. Turn right onto Araneta Avenue, the wide road that borders SM City Sta. Mesa, then turn left on N. Domingo where Araneta ends. Now, follow direction given in Route #10.

Route #15

Road signs at the corner of C-5 and Orchard Rd
If you're from Katipunan, change lane to the rightmost
immediately after making U-Turn.

From Quiapo, Carriedo Sta. Cruz, Ongpin, Binondo, Divisoria, SM City San Lazaro, Tayuman, UST, Espana and areas near to these vicinities.

Quiapo and Carriedo, take Quezon Boulevard and turn right onto C.M. Recto Avenue. Ongpin, Binondo and Divisoria, take C.M. Recto Avenue. Tayuman, SM City San Lazaro and UST, take Lacson Avenue towards Nagtahan. Espana, either turn left or right on Lacson Avenue depending which lane of Espana you're traversing. Avoid Nagtahan flyover. Take the ground level Lacson Avenue and take the lane pointing to Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard which is intersecting Nagtahan bridge at the middle. Now in Magsaysay Boulevard, follow direction given in Route #14.

Route #16

From SM Mega Mall, Robinson's Galleria, Shangri-La Plaza, EDSA Shangri-La Hotel.

Take a short portion of EDSA's northbound lane and turn right onto White Plains Avenue. Follow this: From Robinson's Galleria, exit the mall in EDSA, take EDSA and cross Ortigas Avenue. From EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, SM Mega Mall and Shangri-La Plaza Mall, take the north bound lane of EDSA. Take the lane below road sign that reads "Cubao" or "Monumento". Pass through EDSA Ortigas flyover, after that, turn on your right signal while changing lane to the right and then turn right onto White Plains Avenue, the wide road perpendicular to the right of EDSA where the mammoth People Power Monument is erected at the corner. Drive all the way to the other end where you shall turn right onto Temple Drive, in which White Plains Avenue ends. Temple Drive bends to the left and it ends in Green Meadows Avenue. Turn left on Green Meadows Avenue and traverse the wide road that runs through the posh village called Green Meadows which is known to be the exclusive village of some showbiz and political personalities. The road bends to the left a little bit before bends to the right and ends right at C-5, also known in this part of QC as Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue. Now, turn right onto C-5 and use the first U-Turn slot to take the north bound lane. You get to see the buildings of Eastwood City particularly Citibank and MDC 100 as soon as you take the north bound lane. Now, follow the direction of the access road you preferred depending on your destination. You can also take the direction given in Route #17. Take Julia Vargas, then C-5 all the way to Eastwood City. It's just there are times traffic in Julia Vargas towards C-5 is so heavy.

Route #17

From Ortigas Center via Julia Vargas

Take Julia Vargas Avenue towards C-5 in which Julia Vargas ends. Turn right onto C-5 and make a U-Turn on the first U-Turn slot to take the northbound lane of C-5. Drive all the way to Eastwood City past Ortigas Avenue & C-5 flyover. After passing through Ortigas C-5 flyover, you can make out the tall buildings of Eastwood City. When you get near, take the access road that immediately headed to your destination. Alternatively, you can use direction in Route #16 if traffic in Julia Vargas is heavy. Take Julia Vargas towards EDSA and take White Plains Avenue.

Buildings immediately accessible via Access Road #1 (Eastwood Avenue)

In the following order:
Citibank Square Building - Eastwood Avenue corner C-5
MDC 100 - opposite corner Eastwood Avenue and C-5
Eastwood Corporate Plaza (Amberbase Solutions) - next to Citibank
IBM Plaza - with basement parking accessible from Eastberwood Avenue
Eastwood Cyber Mall aka Cyber & Fashion Mall - fourth building to the right of Eastwood Avenue from C-5
Megaworld Building - connected to Eastwood Cyber Mall
Parking Driveway - accessible from Eastwood Avenue. Parking is at multi-level Eastwood Mall or Cyber & Fashion Mall.
Eastwood City Walk 1 - connected to Cyber & Fashion Mall.

Buildings immediately accessible via Access Road #2 (Orchard Road)

In the following order:
Holy Family Chapel - to the left of Orchard Road (for mass schedule, click here)
Parking Driveway - as you turn right onto Eastwood Avenue, entrance of basement parking of Eastwood Mall is immediately to your left.
Eastwood Mall
The Palazzo - building at the corner of Orchard Road and Eastwood Avenue. All traffic must turn right onto Eastwood Avenue.
1880 Eastwood Avenue - opposite corner of Eastwood Avenue and Orchard Road. Establishments here include: WNS, Accenture, Emperador, Megaworld MicroSourcing and The Bar.
Eastwood Lafayette 3 - next building to The Palazzo, to the right of Eastwood Avenue.
Eastwood Lafayette 2 - follows
Eastwood Lafayette 1 - fourth building from the right corner of Eastwood Avenue and Orchard Road.

Buildings immediately accessible via Access Road #3 (Calle Industria Street)

Turn left on Economia Road, first street paralleled to the left of Industria Street. Follow road direction as it turns left to Eastwood City and road name becomes Eastwood Palm Tree Avenue. In the following order, the buildings to the right of Palm Tree Avenue are:
Eastwood LeGrand 2 - under construction
Eastwood LeGrand 1 - under construction
Global One Center - You can make right for parking if this is your destination. Otherwise, drive on towards Eastwood City Walk. Up ahead, you will be driving through the restaurant row across Eastwood Walk of Fame. Here, you can drop off companions headed to
Eastwood City Walk 1, and then park your car in convenient parking area.
Eastwood Walk of Fame, Activity Center, Eastwood City Walk and different dining destinations.
As you get past Eastwood Central Plaza, you will turn right onto Eastwood Avenue towards Eastwood Mall. You will be passing by
McDonald's which is located at Eastwood Avenue corner Orchard Road which encircles Eastwood Mall and all the buildings adjacent to it.
Dell - opposite corner of Eastwood Avenue and Orchard Road.
1800 Eastwood Avenue - This is the building Dell occupies.
Traffic turns right onto Orchard Road.
Eastwood Mall & Eastwood City Central Park - to your left.
Eastwood Richmonde Hotel - connected to Eastwood Mall
Eastwood City Show Room - the building to your right opposite Eastwood Mall
Eastwood City Walk 2
Food Junction
A street perpendicular to the right of Orchard Road appears. This street is called Garden Road.
E-Commerce Plaza - located towards the opposite end of Garden Road.
Eastwood Ferry Station - located at the opposite end of Garden Road.
Techno Plaza - to the right of Orchard next to under construction building at the corner of Garden Road. Business establishments located in Techno Plaza include Emerson, Concentrix and Fitness First.
Informatics
Olympic Heights - to the right of Orchard Road.
One Orchard Road - next to Olympic Heights.

Eastwood City Building Map

Commute To Dapitan Tiangge For Christmas Shopping 2011

2011-11-10T21:26:00.004+08:00

Dapitan Tiangge

Exactly 44 days before Christmas, Holiday Shopping is now the most important task you need to plan. And nothing beats doing it ahead of time. One of the best places to get your Christmas decors, gifts and other needs for Yuletide Celebration is Dapitan Tiangge in Dapitan Arcade located in Dapitan Street corner Kanlaon Avenue in Quezon City. It is also bordered by Apo Avenue and Nicanor Roxas Street.

Here's how you can go to Dapitan Tiangge by public transportation. For driving diretion, click here.

Depending on your location, you can choose a direction from these routes:

By Jeepneys

Route #1

From Cubao. Take "Quiapo" bound jeepney. Get off at Welcome Rotonda. Walk toward Burger King where terminal of jeepneys with "Del Monte Mayon Dapitan Welcome Rotonda" sign is located at the corner. This street is Kanlaon. Pay minimum fare and alight at the second intersection which is Dapitan Street. First intersection is Sen. Mariano Cuenco.

Route #2

From Morayta or Nicanor Reyes. There's lot jeepneys with "Dapitan" sign passing through McDonald's P. Campa along Espana. Take one of them and you'll surely won't miss it. You can always ask driver to drop you off at the exact location of Dapitan Arcade. You might need to walk a little bit.

Route #3

From Pasay, Pedro Gil, Ermita and Quiapo area. Take jeepney with "Dapitan" sign at Libertad Street, Pedro Gil, Taft Avenue and anywhere along Taft Avenue up to Quezon Boulevard in Quiapo. This jeepney last stop is at Dapitan Arcade before it heads back to Pasay.

Route #4

From Munoz, LRT-1 Roosevelt Station, Congressional, Project 7-8 and nearby areas. Take jeepney bound for Sta. Cruz via "Del Monte" and get off at Mayon Street. Walk towards A. Bonifacio Market along Mayon Street. The terminal of jeepneys with "Del Monte Dapitan Mayon Welcome Rotonda" is located at the corner of Mayon and Apo, just opposite A. Bonifacio Market. Ride one of these jeepneys and ask the driver to drop you off at Dapitan Arcade.

Route #5

From A. Bonifacio, Novaliches Quirino Highway, LRT-1 Balintawak Station, Bagong Barrio. Take jeepney bound for Blumentritt Avenida with "Novaliches A. Bonifacio Blumentritt" sign. Ask the driver to drop you off at Mayon Street. Follow direction in Route #4.

Route #6

From Carriedo, Sta. Cruz, Tayuman and Tondo area. Take jeepney along Avenida with "Munoz Blumentritt Retiro" sign. Ask driver to drop you off at Mayon Street. Along Mayon Street, wait for jeepney with "Mayon Del Monte Welcome Rotonda" sign. Ride one of these jeepneys and ask driver to drop you off at Dapitan Arcade. Or go to jeepney terminal indicated in Route #4

By LRT/MRT

You can breeze into Dapitan Tiangge Arcade via train by getting off LRT-1 Doroteo Jose Station or LRT-2 Recto Station.

From Doroteo Jose Station, ride jeepney with "Munoz Blumentritt Retiro" sign. Ask driver to drop you off at Mayon Street. Along Mayon Street, wait for jeepney with "Mayon Del Monte Welcome Rotonda" sign. Ride one of these jeepneys and ask driver to drop you off at Dapitan Arcade.

From Recto Station, ride a jeepney with "Morayta" or "Nicanor Reyes" sign. The jeep will turn left on Nicanor Reyes Street also known as Morayta. Get off the jeepney at the other end of Nicanor Reyes. Walk towards Espana, the main road. Use the pedestrian overpass there and go to the other side of Espana. There's a terminal of jeepney at P. Campa Street, the road between KFC and McDonald's. The jeepneys in this terminal ply the route to Dapitan Arcade. Ride one of these jeepneys and ask the driver to drop you off at Dapitan Arcade.

How To Get To Dangwa Flower Market By Commuting

2011-10-27T12:24:00.009+08:00

Dangwa Flower Market

Dangwa Market, as popularly called by many to refer to the fresh flower market in Sampaloc, Manila where supplies come from various flower havens of the Philippines such as La Trinidad, Tagaytay City, Davao City, Laguna, etc., as well as imported from major sources of flowers outside the country such as Thailand and Holland, is situated at crossroads where three prominent city streets meet - Lacson Avenue, Dimasalang Street and Laon Laan Street. Because of this, commuting to the flower center of Metro Manila is relatively easy.

Manila Flower Center

The nearest LRT station, commute wise, is LRT-1 Tayuman Station. That means you can go to this place in a breeze from any point of MRT-3 as well, e.g. Santolan, Ortigas, Shaw, Boni, Guadalupe, Buendia, Ayala Center and Magallanes. Just alight at Taft Station, ride another train at LRT-1 EDSA Station and alight at Tayuman Station. You only need to take one short jeepney ride and you're ready to go. Details below. Needless to say, you can get here via train from both ends of LRT-1 - Baclaran Station and Roosevelt Station. So, if you're from Libertad in Pasay, Gil Puyat, Vito Cruz, Quirino Avenue in Malate, Pedro Gil Taft, U.N. Avenue, SM City Manila, Carriedo, Monumento, 5th Avenue Rizal Avenue, Jose Abad Santos-Rizal Avenue, Monumento or Balintawak, and you need to get here quickly, just ride the LRT-1 and alight at Tayuman Station.

Below are simple ways on how to commute to Dangwa Flower Market:

Dangwa Fresh Flower Market

Route #1

From LRT-1 Tayuman Station

Ride a jeepney with "Espana Lardizabal" sign at their terminal in Tayuman corner Felix Huertas Street. Walk along Tayuman from LRT towards east, third street from Rizal Avenue (Avenida) is Felix Huertas. This jeep will pass by SM City San Lazaro before it will cross two intersections along Lacson Avenue. Get off the jeep at the third main intersection where a road sign that reads "Laong Laan" is attached to traffic lights. Cross Lacson Avenue. Walk along either Dimasalang or Laon Laan until you get to the next corner which is next to Chowking. That's Dangwa. See Map below

Route #2

From E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue in Quezon City. This route can also be taken from Cubao by jeep.

Ride a jeepney with "Quiapo Welcome Rotonda" sign. Alight at Lacson Avenue, the wide road that borders UST. Ride another jeepney with "Tayuman SM San Lazaro" sign at their terminal along Lacson Avenue near corner Espana. Alight at fourth intersection with traffic lights where a road sign that reads "Dimasalang" is attached. Before Dimasalang, the jeep passes by three intersections - Florentino, Margal and Dapitan. Dangwa Flower Market is next to Chowking along Laon Laan. See map below.

Route #3

From Baclaran by jeep. This route can also be taken from Pasay City Hall, Harrison Street, OWWA, Harison Plaza and Mabini. Note: There's also jeepney route from Baclaran and Pasay Rotonda that plies Taft Avenue. So, if you don't want to ride a train or you're not in a hurry, you can ride a jeepney beneath LRT-1. The jeepney sign in its front should be "Dapitan Dimasalang" or "Blumentritt Dimasalang"

Ride a jeepney with "Blumentritt Dimasalang" or "Dapitan Dimasalang" sign. This jeepney passes by Dangwa Flower Market. Just ask the driver to drop you off the location. But it would be easy if you know some landmarks. You can get there with the driver's assistance. The jeep passes by Quiapo, then Quezon Boulevard Underpass before it turn right onto Laon Laan. Next main intersection along Laon Laan is Lacson Avenue, a wide road. A road sign that reads "Lacson Avenue" is attached to the traffic lights in Lacson Avenue. After the jeep crosses Lacson, alight at the next corner after Chowking. There you get to see Dangwa easily. See Map below.

Route #4

From Manila City Hall and SM City Manila.

Ride a jeepney with "Arroceros Dimasalang Dapitan Blumentritt" wordings on both sides of its body and "Dapitan Dimasalang" or "Blumentritt Dimasalang" sign in front. You can ride this jeepney outside SM City Manila and beneath LRT elevated track. The jeep passes by Quiapo, then Quezon Boulevard Underpass before it turns right onto Laon Laan. Next main intersection along Laon Laan is Lacson Avenue, a wide road. A road sign that reads "Lacson Avenue" is attached to the traffic lights in Lacson Avenue. After the jeep crosses Lacson, alight at the next corner after Chowking. There you get to see Dangwa easily. See map below.

Route #5

From Lerma and Nicanor Reyes Street formerly Morayta.

Use the pedestrian overpass and go to P. Campa Street, the road between McDonald's and KFC. Ride on the jeepney with "P. Campa Dimasalang Blumentritt" wordings on both sides of the body and "Blumentritt" or "Dapitan" sign in front. It will pass by the exact location of Dangwa. After the jeep crosses Lacson, alight at the next corner after Chowking. There you get to see Dangwa easily. See Map below.

Route #6

From Fairview, UP Ayala Technohub, UP Diliman, Philcoa, Quezon City Hall, Elliptical Road and any point along Quezon Avenue.

Ride a jeepney with "Quiapo" or "Pedro Gil" sign. Get off the jeepney at Lacson Avenue, the road that borders UST. Ride another jeepney with "Tayuman SM San Lazaro" sign at their terminal along Lacson Avenue near corner Espana. Alight at fourth intersection with traffic lights where a road sign that reads "Dimasalang" is attached. Before Dimasalang, the jeep passes by three intersections - Florentino, Margal and Dapitan. Dangwa Flower Market is next to Chowking along Laon Laan or Dimasalang Streets. See Map below.

Route #7

From Project 6, SM City North EDSA and Trinoma by jeepney. This is not advisable especially during peak hours and now that Araneta Avenue Quezon Boulevard Underpass is under construction. The fastest way is to ride a train bound for Baclaran at LRT-1 Roosevelt Station and follow Route #1.

Ride a jeep bound for Quiapo. Alight at Lacson Avenue, the road that borders UST. Ride another jeepney with "Tayuman SM San Lazaro" sign at their terminal along Lacson Avenue near corner Espana. Alight at fourth intersection with traffic lights where a road sign that reads "Dimasalang" is attached. Before Dimasalang, the jeep passes by three intersections - Florentino, Margal and Dapitan. Dangwa Flower Market is next to Chowking along Laon Laan and Dimasalang streets. See Map below.

Route #8

From Munoz - Roosevelt area by jeepney ride. This is not advisable if you're in a rush. Traffic along the route is heavy. It will take you too long to get to Dangwa. Use this only if you're not in a hurry and you don't want to ride a train. Traffic is caused by Araneta Avenue-Quezon Avenue Underpass on-going construction. If you prefer fast route, ride a train bound for Baclaran at LRT-1 Roosevelt Station, alight at Tayuman Station and follow direction at Route #1.

There are two jeepney routes from Munoz. You can opt to ride a jeepney bound for Quiapo via Espana at the terminal along Roosevelt near corner EDSA. Alight at Lacson Avenue, the road that borders UST. Follow direction at Route #2.

Another route is via A. Bonifacio Avenue. Ride a jeepney bound for Sta. Cruz at its terminal in San Antonio Ext. corner Roosevelt. Just walk from EDSA towards Del Monte. San Antonio is the road next to EDSA along Roosevelt. You must buy ticket first before riding the jeep. Ticket seller is located across the jeepney terminal. Ask driver to drop you off at the corner of Aurora Blvd corner Blumentritt. Walk across Blumentritt and ride a jeepney bound for Quiapo at the terminal along Aurora Blvd near corner Blumentritt. You must first buy plastic token before you ride the jeep. The jeep will turn right onto Dimasalang Street. Alight before Lacson Avenue. Dangwa Flower Market is situated approximately 30 meters before Lacson Avenue. See Map below.

Route #9

From Novaliches and areas along the way - by jeepney. Alternatively, you can get off the jeepney in Balintawak and ride a train at LRT-1 Balintawak Station, alight at Tayuman Station and follow direction in Route #1. If you prefer past route, take the train.

Ride a jeepney bound for Blumentritt. Get off the jeep at the corner of Blumentritt and Aurora Blvd. The best time to ask driver for assistance is when the jeep turns right onto Blumentritt from the long stretch of A. Bonifacio Avenue. Your landmark in Blumentritt and A. Bonifacio junction is the Manila North Cemetery and Chinese General Hospital. Aurora Blvd is first main intersection with traffic lights after the jeep turns right from A. Bonifacio. Walk across Blumentritt and ride a jeepney bound for Quiapo at the terminal along Aurora Blvd near corner Blumentritt. You must first buy plastic token before you ride the jeep. The jeep will turn right onto Dimasalang Street. Alight before Lacson Avenue. Dangwa Flower Market is situated approximately 30 meters before Lacson Avenue. See Map below.

Route #10

From Project 2-3, Kamuning, Kamias, Tomas Morato and Timog by jeepney.

Ride a jeepney with "Quiapo" sign along Kamias, Kamuning and Tomas Morato. The jeepney will turn left on Tomas Morato then take E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue. If you're in Tomas Morato Avenue, walk towards Kamuning or ride a jeepney with "Project 2-3" and alight at Kamuning, then ride "Quiapo" jeep. From Timog, the area between Tomas Morato and Quezon Avenue, ride a jeep with "Project 2-3" sign, alight at Kamuning and ride jeep with "Quiapo" sign. From E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, the jeep will take Espana via Welcome Rotonda. Alight at Lacson Avenue, the road that borders UST. Ride another jeepney with "Tayuman SM San Lazaro" sign at their terminal along Lacson Avenue near corner Espana. Alight at fourth intersection with traffic lights where a road sign that reads "Dimasalang" is attached. Before Dimasalang, the jeep passes by three intersections - Florentino, Margal and Dapitan. Dangwa Flower Market is next to Chowking along Laon Laan and Dimasalang streets.

From other locations

Dangwa Market

You can get to Dangwa Flower Market and Manila Flower Center from other locations within Metro Manila by first going to the nearest spot indicated here, then follow the routes from there. For example, if you're from Marikina or Sta. Lucia East, ride a jeep to Araneta Center Cubao where you take either train ride (Route #1) or jeepney ride (Route #2). From Alabang, ride a jeepney to Pasay Rotonda and ride train at LRT EDSA Station (Route #1). From Sucat, get to Baclaran (Route #3). From Pasig Palengke, you can go directly to Quiapo by jeep with "Quiapo" sign and ride a jeepney bound for Dapitan from Manila City Hall or Pasay Rotonda (Route #4) or take two train rides (Route #1).

Location Map Dangwa Flower Market and Manila Flower Center. Click each marker for more details.

Araneta Center Provincial Bus Terminal

2011-10-24T17:29:00.002+08:00

The new Araneta Center Provincial Bus Terminal/Station is conveniently located in the middle of Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City, along Times Square Avenue which is the road between ShopWise (formerly Fiesta Carnival) and SuperStore Arcade. Because of its excellent location, going there is not only comfortable, but safe and fast as well. From LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station, passengers need only to enter the posh Gateway Mall which is connected to the train station. Walk towards the opposite end which is connected to Araneta Coliseum, exit to the left, walk across General Aguinaldo Street, head to the back of ShopWise, and right there is the Provincial Bus Terminal. From MRT-3 Araneta Center Cubao Station, get inside Farmers Plaza which is also connected to the train station, walk towards the footbridge that connects Farmers Plaza to Araneta Coliseum, exit to the other side of the coliseum, walk across General Aguinaldo Avenue, go to the back of ShopWise where the terminal is located. From Fairview, ride a jeep bound for Araneta Center, alight at Superstore Arcade (next to Ali Mall along General Romulo Avenue) and go to the other side of Superstore Arcade. From Eastwood City in Libis, Rosario, Tiendesitas, C-5 corner Ortigas Avenue, just ride a jeepney with "Cubao Araneta Center" sign in C-5 or Ortigas Avenue Extension and get off the jeep at Alimall then walk to Times Square Avenue. See location map below.

Below are destinations of provincial buses that served commuters from Araneta Center Provincial Bus Terminal:

Araneta Center Provincial Bus Station Cubao

Gubat, Bukusan, Sorsogon

Calbayog, Matnogan, Catbalogan

Legazpi, Tabaco

Bohol, Ubay, Tagbilaran

Iriga, Legazpi, Tabaco

Naga, Daraga, Sorsogon

Legazpi, Tabaco, Pier, Bacacay, Tiwi

Gubat, Naga, Daraga

Iriga, Nabua, Sorsogon, Legazpi

Tiwi, Malinao, Naga Terminal, Legazpi, Tabaco

Masbate, Cataingan

San Jose, Bulalacao

Mindoro via Calapan, Mansalay Roxas


Passengers wait for their turn to ride bus bound for their respective destinations

Araneta Center Provincial Bus Terminal Location Map

How To Get To DFA Office of Consular Affairs By Car

2011-10-07T03:34:00.000+08:00

If you're going to DFA for passport application or renewal, the exact address is DFA Office of Consular Affairs, Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard corner Bradco Avenue, Paranaque City. Yes, its under the jurisdiction of Paranaque. It's just near to Paranaque-Pasay boundary.

There's a pay parking area located at the other corner of Bradco and Macapagal opposite DFA. For Commute Directions To DFA, go to How To Get To DFA Office Of Consular Affairs Via Bus Or MRT/LRT Train.

In this guide are driving directions from different parts of Metro Manila to DFA. But before that, please familiarize yourself with four main thoroughfares through which you can drive on your way to DFA depending on where you'll be coming from:

Four Road Directions Headed To DFA

Direction #1 - Via EDSA

Take EDSA's southbound lane all the way to Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, passing by MRT-3 Magallanes Station and the last station which is Taft, and passing under Roxas Boulevard flyover that crosses EDSA. Next main intersection with traffic lights after Roxas Boulevard is Macapagal Blvd. You must change lane to the left immediately after the U-Turn slot next to Roxas Boulevard. Turn left on Macapagal Boulevard. First main intersection with traffic lights along Macapagal Boulevard is Bradco. DFA is to the left but there's no left turn from Macapagal to Bradco. Turn right onto wide Bradco Avenue, then make a U-Turn, and go cross Macapagal Boulevard. To the right corner is the pay parking entrance. To the left corner is the DFA Office of the Consular Affairs building.

Direction #2 - Via Roxas Boulevard

Take Roxas Boulevards's south bound lane all the way past Baclaran Redemptorist Church and turn right onto the wide road to the right of Roxas Boulevard called Bradco Avenue. Macapagal Boulevard is the first main intersection with traffic lights from Roxas Blvd. To the right corner is the DFA. To the left corner is the entrance to the pay parking area. There's no center island on Bradco Avenue. Just carefully make a left towards the parking entrance.

Direction #3 - Via NAIA Road aka MIA Road

Cross Roxas Boulevard and turn right onto Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard. First main intersection along Macapagal Boulevard is Aseana Avenue. Next to it is Bradco Avenue. Simply turn right onto Bradco Avenue and enter the Parking Area. Opposite, to the other corner is the building of DFA Office of Consular Affairs.

Direction #4 - Via Pablo Ocampo Sr. and CCP Complex

From Pablo Ocampo Sr Street aka Vito Cruz, cross Roxas Boulevard to take CCP Complex. Drive all the way past CCP Theater until you get to the Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas (Folk Arts Theater) building. Go left on the road that goes to PICC which is located along Vicente Sotto Street. Turn left again on Vicente Sotto. Turn right onto next street which is Magdalena Jaloandoni. Drive all the way to DFA. Magdalena Jalandoni becomes Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard after it crosses Gil Puyat Avenue where World Trade Center is situated to the left corner. First main crossing with traffic lights is EDSA where Petron Station and Blue Wave Macapagal is located to the right corner. Go cross EDSA, drive all the way until the main intersection with traffic lights of Bradco Avenue. DFA is to the left corner. No let turn to Bradco. Turn right onto Bradco, then make a U-Turn, cross Macapagal and enter the Pay Parking Entrance to the right corner of Bradco and Macapagal.

Driving Directions From Different Locations

Route #1

From Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela and areas nearby including Monumento via Jose Abad Santos Avenue.

Take Jose Abad Santos Avenue, all the way crossing Recto Avenue. Road name becomes Reina Regente after Recto Avenue. Stay on Reina Regente until you get to Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz. Go with the flow of one way traffic in Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz by going right theh immediately left. You're now in one way Juan LUna Street. Follow direction of public jeepneys, turning left on San Vicente Street, the road next to Dasmarinas Street, then turn right onto Jones Bridge. Drive all the way along Padre Burgos, the road connected to Jones Bridge that crosses Pasig River. Cross main intersection with traffic lights where Manila City Hall is situated to the left. Stay on P. Burgos, avoid Lagusnilad Tunnel. Padre Burgos bends to the right. Turn left on Roxas Boulevard and drive all the way until you get to CCP Complex with road sign reads CCP Complex. Turn right onto CCP Complex and follow direction at Direction #4 above. Alternatively, you can take Roxas Boulevard all the way to DFA, just go cross CCP Complex and follow direction given in Direction #2 of Four Road Directions Headed To DFA.

Route #2

From Novaliches, Quirino Highway, Balintawak, Bagong Barrio, NLEX, A. Bonifacio Avenue and areas nearby. This is the route to take if you're driving from Bulacan, Pampanga and other provinces north of Metro Manila.

Take NLEX if your from north of Metro Manila, e.g. Novaliches, Quirino Avenue, Pampanga, Bulacan, etc. Drive all the way past Cloverleaf Interchange in Balintawak until you traverse A. Bonifacio Avenue. From Bagong Barrio and Balintawak use the Cloverleaf to take A. Bonifacio Avenue. Stay to the middle of A. Bonifacio Avenue and drive all the way to its other end which is in Blumentritt where to the right corner of Blumentritt and A. Bonifacio is the Manila North Cemetery. Turn right onto Blumentritt. Change lane to the left of Blumentritt and drive past Dimasalang, a T-intersection to the left of Dimasalang, towards Aurora Boulevard road sign that you will immediately see. It's approximately 300 meters from A. Bonifacio to Aurora Boulevard. Make a sharp 'left turn' to wide Aurora Boulevard. In Aurora Boulevard, change your lane to the rightmost and turn right onto Dimasalang Street. Dimasalang ends up in Lacson Avenue. Next road to take is Laong Laan, the road to the other side of Lacson. Cross Lacson Avenue and take Laon Laan which ends in Alfonso Mendoza Street also known as Quezon Boulevard. Turn left on Alfonso Mendoza Street and drive all the way to Quiapo, passing through Quezon Boulevard Underpass. Cross Pasig River via Quezon Bridge and follow the road which becomes Padre Burgos as it bends to the left. Cross main intersection with traffic lights where Manila City Hall is situated to the left. Stay on P. Burgos, avoid Lagusnilad Tunnel. P. Burgos bends to the right. Turn left on Roxas Boulevard and drive all the way to Bradco Avenue. Follow direction given in Direction #2 of Four Road Directions Headed To DFA.

Route #3

From SM North EDSA, Trinoma, North Avenue, West Avenue, Del Monte and areas nearby.

When the Araneta Avenue-Quezon Avenue is constructed, you can take West Avenue and Quezon Avenue and drive all the way to Quiapo.

Since it's still being constructed, here's the alternate route. Turn right onto Del Monte Avenue, a T intersection to the right of West Avenue. Drive on Del Monte Avenue all the way and cross Gregorio Araneta Avenue and another intersection with traffic lights which is Sto. Domingo Street. Then turn left on the next street which is Biak na Bato. Cross main intersections of N.S. Amoranto Sr. Avenue and Maria Clara, respectively as well as small roads between them. Then, turn right onto Dapitan Street. Drive all the way on Dapitan down to its other end which is in Alfonso Mendoza Street which becomes Quezon Boulevard. Turn left on Alfonso Blvd and drive all the way to Quiapo passing through Quezon Boulevard underpass. For more detailed direction on this alternate route via Biak Na Bato from Del Monte, go to Quezon Ave-Araneta Ave Underpass: Alternative Routes Part 3

From Quiapo, cross Pasig River via Quezon Bridge and follow the road which becomes Padre Burgos as it bends to the left. Cross main intersection with traffic lights where Manila City Hall is situated to the left. Stay on P. Burgos, avoid Lagusnilad Tunnel. P. Burgos bends to the right. Turn left on Roxas Boulevard and drive all the way to Bradco Avenue. Follow direction given in Direction #2 of Four Road Directions Headed To DFA.

Route #4

From Fairview, UP Diliman, UP Ayala Technohub, Elliptical Road, Philcoa, Commonwealth, Quezon City Hall and other areas nearby.

When the construction of Quezon Avenue-Araneta Avenue is finished, you can drive all the way to Quiapo via Quezon Avenue, Espana, Lerma and Quezon Boulevard.

Since it's still under construction, to avoid traffic you can use an alternate route. After passing through EDSA-Quezon Avenue Underpass, turn right onto Examiner Street. Drive all the way to West Avenue and turn left. In West Avenue, turn right onto Del Monte Avenue. Drive all the way to the other end of Del Monte which is in A. Bonifacio Avenue. Turn left on A. Bonifacio Avenue and drive all the way to where it ends which is in Blumentritt. Turn right onto Blumentritt. Change lane to the left of Blumentritt and drive past Dimasalang, a T-intersection to the left of Dimasalang, towards Aurora Boulevard road sign that you will immediately see. It's approximately 300 meters from A. Bonifacio to Aurora Boulevard. Make a sharp 'left turn' to wide Aurora Boulevard. In Aurora Boulevard, change your lane to the rightmost and turn right onto Dimasalang Street. Dimasalang ends up in Lacson Avenue. Next road to take is Laong Laan, the road to the other side of Lacson. Cross Lacson Avenue and take Laon Laan which ends in Alfonso Mendoza Street also known as Quezon Boulevard. Turn left on Alfonso Mendoza Street and drive all the way to Quiapo, passing through Quezon Boulevard Underpass. For complete and detailed explanation of this alternate route, go to Quezon Ave-Araneta Ave Underpass: Alternative Routes

In Quiapo, cross Pasig River via Quezon Bridge and follow the road which becomes Padre Burgos as it bends to the left. Cross main intersection with traffic lights where Manila City Hall is situated to the left. Stay on P. Burgos, avoid Lagusnila Tunnel. P. Burgos bends to the right. Turn left on Roxas Boulevard and drive all the way until you get to CCP Complex with road sign that reads CCP Complex. Turn right onto CCP Complex to follow direction at Direction #4 of Four Road Directions Headed To DFA above. Alternatively, you can take Roxas Blvd. all the way to DFA, just follow Direction #2, but not on Wednesdays.

Route #5

From Cavite City, Tagaytay, Imus, Dasmarinas, and other areas in the province of Cavite.

Take Cavitex and drive all the way to NAIA Road also known as MIA Road. Upon approach to NAIA Road, change your lane to the left then turn left on NAIA Road and turn right onto Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. Follow direction given at Direction #3 of Four Road Directions Headed To DFA above.

Route #6

From Sucat, Dr. Santos Avenue, SM Sucat, Ninoy Aquino Avenue, Imelda Avenue and areas near these thoroughfares.

Take Dr. Santos Avenue and drive all the way without any turn up to to NAIA Road where the road ends. Turn left on NAIA Road, cross Roxas Boulevard and follow direction given at Direction #3 of Four Road Directions Headed To DFA above.

Route #8

From Alabang-Zapote Road.

Take Coastal Road also known now as Cavitex all the way to NAIA Road. Upon approach to NAIA Road, change lane to the left and turn left on NAIA Road then turn right onto Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. Follow direction given in Direction #3 of Four Road Directions Headed To DFA above.

Route #9

From Rockwell, Bel-Air, Guadalupe, Greenbelt, Glorietta, Pasay Road aka Arnaiz Avenue, and other areas in Makati CBD.

From Guadalupe, take EDSA's southbound lane. From Rockwell, take Estrella and turn right onto EDSA's southbound lane. From Bel-Air, take Gil Puyat Avenue and turn right onto EDSA. From Greenbelt and Glorietta, take Ayala, turn right onto EDSA, use Ayala Tunnel. From Pasay Road, turn right onto EDSA. Take EDSA's southbound lane all the way to Macapagal Blvd, follow direction in Direction #1 of Four Road Directions Headed To DFA above.

Route #10

From Kalentong in Mandaluyong, Tejeron, San Andres Bukid, Pedro Gil, Paco and nearby areas.

Take Pedro Gil Street, then, take President Quirino Avenue's southbound lane by turning right onto Quirino and use the U-Turn in Plaza Dilaw. Drive all the way to Roxas Blvd. Turn left on Roxas Blvd and drive all the way to Baclaran except on Wednesdays. Follow Direction #2 given in Four Road Directions Headed To DFA above. On Wednesdays or whenever Roxas Blvd is traffic-clogged, use CCP Complex direction, just follow direction in Direction #4 given in Four Road Directions Headed To DFA above.

Route 11

From Old Sta. Mesa, SM City Sta. Mesa, N. Domingo in San Juan and nearby areas.

From SM City Sta. Mesa, take Araneta Avenue and turn right onto N. Domingo Street. From N. Domingo Quezon City and N. Domingo San Juan including Pinaglabanan and Flying V Oil Arena San Juan, take N. Domingo's southbound lane. Drive on N. Domingo until road name change to Old Sta. Mesa. Drive on Old Sta Mesa crossing busy intersection with traffic lights called V. Mapa, and then make a U-Turn onto Valenzuela Street, a road intersecting Old Sta Mesa in an inverted Y. Note: You can make a shortcut to Valenzuela Street by passing through Prince Court Hotel driveway. You will notice lots of motorists turning left onto the hotel. Drivers give one peso to an employee of the hotel in-charge at the driveway. Upon exit of the hotel driveway, turn left and then change lane to the right. Next T-intersection to the right is Paco-Sta Mesa Road, where Sta Mesa Bridge is located. Turn right onto Paco-Sta Mesa Road, pass through Sta Mesa Bridge and take the flyover next to the bridge. Turn right onto President Quirino Avenue and immediately make a U-Turn to take Pres. Quirino Avenue's southbound lane. Drive all the way to Roxas Blvd. Turn left on Roxas Blvd and drive all the way to Baclaran except on Wednesdays. Follow Direction #2 given in Four Road Directions Headed To DFA above. On Wednesdays or whenever Roxas Blvd is traffic-clogged, use CCP Complex direction, just follow direction in Direction #4 given in Four Road Directions Headed To DFA above.

Route #12

From Harrison Plaza, La Salle Taft, Estrada Street and nearby areas.

From Estrada Street, left to Taft Avenue. From Taft Avenue in front of La Salle, take Taft southbond. Turn right onto Pablo Ocampo Street aka Vito Cruz. From Harrison Plaza and Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, take P. Ocampo. Drive all the way to Roxas Boulevard. Now, you have two options. Either turning left to Roxas Blvd and follow Directions #2 in Four Road Directions Headed To DFA above or cross Roxas Boulevard to take CCP Complex route, Direction #4, indicated in Four Road Directions Headed To DFA above. I personally prefer Roxas Blvd except on Wednesdays. There are no intersections with traffic lights, thanks to two flyovers, it's a continues drive. In Direction #4, you need to bear with the long wait on EDSA-Macapagal Boulevard.

Department of Foreign Affairs Office of Consular Affairs (DFA OCA) Location Map

How To Get To DFA Office Of Consular Affairs Via Bus Or MRT/LRT Train

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If you are a passport applicant either first time or for renewal heading to DFA Office in Pasay City, you need to remember that the right address to go to is the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of Consular Affais which is exactly located at Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard corner Bradco Avenue, Paranaque City. A lot of people confuse this location as still part of Pasay City because it's near the boundary of Pasay. And sad to say, quite a few applicants still go to DFA Office in Roxas Boulevard near corner Libertad which is now Antonio Arnaiz Avenue, the old office for passport applications and processing.

How To Commute To DFA

DFA Office of Consular Affairs
Diosdado Macapagal corner Bradco Avenue

Contrary to your initial assumption, going to DFA to apply for a passport or renew your old one, is very easy. All buses coming from up north, e.g. Monumento, Malanday, Navotas, Novaliches, Fairview bound for Baclaran pass through the exact location of the DFA building. In fact, some of them has secondary signs attached to the windshields that read "DFA". The main signboard of these buses has this wording: "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA Road" or "Baclaran Simbahan Mall of Asia Redemptorist".

So, if your point of origin is along or near the route of these buses, such as Letre, 5th Avenue, Bagong Barrio, Roosevelt, Munoz, Mindanao Avenue, Quirino Avenue, Congressional Avenue, West Avenue, SM City North EDSA, Trinoma, UP Diliman, UP Ayalaland Technobub, Philcoa, Quezon City Hall, Elliptical Road, East Avenue, Timog Avenue, Kamuning, Kamias, New York Street, Cubao, Araneta Center, etc., all you need is a one bus ride to reach Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of Consular Affairs. Along south bound lane of EDSA, 5th Avenue, Commonwealth Avenue, Quirino Avenue, Mindanao Avenue and East Avenue, ride one of these buses. When paying, your destination is "DFA". These buses take the whole stretch of EDSA. They pass by SM Mall of Aisa or MOA then return to EDSA (north bound lane) and turn right onto Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard. But there are times, a bus doesn't go to MOA. Instead, they immediately turn left to Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard from EDSA. Please see map below after Commute Directions To DFA from different parts of Metro Manila. For passport application requirements go to Passport Requirements for First-Time Applicants or Requirements for Renewal of Passport below the map.

Bradco Avenue

Even without the help of conductor, you can get off the bus at the exact location. Just remember: 1) you will pass by the last MRT-3 Station which is Taft Avenue in Pasay Rotonda where LRT-1 runs across EDSA, 2) after Taft you will pass under Roxas Boulevard flyover crossing EDSA, 3) next main intersection with traffic lights after Roxas Boulevard is Diosdago Macapagal Boulevard, the bus will either go cross Macapagal then go to MOA and return to turn right onto Macapagal or turn left from Edsa to Macapagal, 5) the first main intersection with traffic lights from EDSA along Macapagal is Bradco Avenue. Alight right there. DFA is to the left corner of Bradco and Macapagal. There's a McDonald to the right corner where you will alignt.

Commute Directions To DFA from different parts of Metro Manila

Route #1

From Caloocan, Roosevelt, Munoz, Roosevelt, Congressional, Bagong Barrio, Balintawak, Tondo, Blumentritt and other areas near Rizal Avenue.

Option 1 - Via LRT-1. Fast and recommended: Ride a LRT-1 train bound for Baclaran from any station near to you, e.g. Roosevelt Station, Balintawak Station, Monumento Station, 5th Avenue Station, R. Papa Station, Abad Santos Avenue Station, Tayuman Station, Blumentritt Station, Bambang Station, etc. Get off the train at EDSA Station. Go to the bus loading area along EDSA. You need to walk along Taft from LRT EDSA Station to the corner of EDSA. Go right on EDSA to ride bus at the proper loading area. Follow direction given at How To Commute To DFA above.

Option 2 - Via bus or jeepney. Long & slow travel. Dependent on traffic situation and driver's greed for passengers: You can ride a bus mentioned above in How To Commute To DFA or a jeep with "Baclaran" sign along Rizal Avenue. Get off the jeep at EDSA. Go to the loading area along EDSA's south bound lane. Ride a bus mentioned in How To Commute To DFA above and follow direction given there.

Route #2

From Bulacan, Pampanga or other provinces in Norther Luzon.

Option 1 - With an LRT/MRT ride: Ride a bus, jeep or FX/vans from your location bound for Manila, Caloocan or Quezon City. If you ride a bus and alight at a terminal in Doroteo Jose, ride a train bound for Baclaran at LRT-1 Doroteo Jose Station, alight at EDSA. In Caloocan, ride a Baclaran bound train at Monumento Station, alight at EDSA. If you ride a FX or vans with its terminal in Trinoma or SM City North EDSA, use MRT-3 North Station and ride Taft bound train, alight at Taft. If your bus is in Kamuning-EDSA, use MRT-3 GMA Kamuning Station, ride Taft bound train and alight at Taft. From LRT-1 EDSA Station, go to the bus loading station along EDSA. You need to walk along Taft from EDSA Station to the corner of EDSA. Go right on EDSA to ride bus at the proper loading area. Follow direction given at How To Commute To DFA above. From MRT-3 Taft Station, go to the bus loading area along EDSA's south bound lane and ride bus wigh "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA" sign. Follow direction given in How To Commute to DFA above.

Option 2 - Without riding train: Ride a jeep bound for Baclaran underneath LRT-1 Doroteo Jose Station and Monumento Station. Get off the jeep at EDSA, ride a bus bound for Baclaran and follow direction given in How To Commute To DFA above. You can also ride bus bound for Baclaran along EDSA in Caloocan. In Kamuning EDSA, ride the bus from Fairview bound for Baclaran. In Trinoma, ride a bus along EDSA bound for Baclaran. Follow direction given at How To Commute To DFA above.

Route #3

From SM City Marikina, SSS Village, Sta. Lucia East, Robinsong's Metro East, Marcos Highway, A. Bonnifacio Avenue Marikina, Auroran Boulevard Quezon City, Project 4 and other areas nearby.

Option 1 - Fast travel via LRT Line 1 and 2: From your destinations ride a jeep to Santolan Station of LRT-2. From A. Bonifacio Avenue in Marikina, ride a jeepney bound for Cubao and alight at Katipunan Station. From Project 4, ride a jeepney from Rosario or EVER bound for Aranetea Center and go to LRT-2 Araneta Center Cubao Station. Ride a train bound for Recto Station and alight right there. Use the footbridge that connects LRT-2 Recto Station to LRT-1 Doroteo Jose Station. Ride a train bound for Baclaran at Doroteo Jose Station. Alight at EDSA Station. Walk along Taft Avenue from EDSA LRT-1 Station towards the corner of EDSA, go right and ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Costal MIA" sign at designated loading area. Follow direction given at How To Commute To DFA above.

Option 2 - Without train rides. Slow travel, depends on traffic situation: From your area ride a jeepney with any of these signs "Cubao", "Stop & Shop" and "Divisoria". Get off the jeepney after it crossed EDSA. From Project 4, just go to Aurora Boulevard and ride one of these jeepneys or go to Araneta Center and proceed to EDSA south bound lane. Along south bound lane of EDSA ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA" sign. Other buses have secondary sign that reads "DFA". Follow direction given at How To Commute to DFA above.

Route #4

From Pasig Palengke, Kalentong Manddaluyong, Shaw Boulevard, Boni Avenue and other areas nearby.

Option 1: Ride a jeepney bound for EDSA. Ride a MRT-3 train bound for Taft Avenue in either Shaw Station or Boni Station. Alight at Taft and ride the bus at the loading area near the station. Follow direction given at How To Commute To DFA.

Option 2: In EDSA's south bound lane, ride the bus discussed in How To Commute To DFA in the beginning of this post and follow direction indicated there.

Route #5

From Fort Bonifacio, Guadalupe, J.P. Rizal, Makati City Hall and other areas nearby.

Ride a jeepney with "Guadalupe" sign.

Option 1: In loading area along EDSA's south bound lane of Guadalupe, ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA" sign and alight at DFA. Refer to direction given at How To Commute To DFA above.

Option 2: Ride a train bound for Taft Station and alight right there. Ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA" sign and alight at DFA. Refer to direction given at How To Commute To DFA in the beginning of this article.

Route #6

From Alabang, Metropolis Starmall, Festival Mall, Sucat, Bicutan, FTI and nearby areas.

Ride a jeepney with "Pasay Rotonda" or "Pasay Taft Rotonda MOA" sign. Alight at EDSA near MRT-3 Taft Station. Along EDSA's southbound lane, ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA" signboard in its windshild. Follow direction given at How To Commute To DFA in the beginning of this post.

Route #7

From Chino Roces Avenue formerly known as Pasong Tamo, Southgate Mall, PRC Santa Ana, Washington, Makati Coliseum and other areas nearby.

Ride a jeepney with "Mantrade" sign along Chino Roces Avenue's southbound lane. Alight at EDSA. Ride a train bound for Taft at MRT-3 Magallanes Station. Alight at Taft. Go to the loading area near Taft Station and ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA" sign. Follow direction given at How To Commute To DFA in the beginning of this article.

Route 8

From Quezon Avenue, Espana, Quiapo, Santa Cruz, Avenida, Intramuros, SM City Manila, Manila City Hall and nearby areas.

Option 1 - Via jeepney, train and bus: In Quezon Avenue and Espana, ride a jeepney bound for Quiapo, alight at Quiapo Church. Walk to LRT-1 Carriedo Station. In Sta. Cruz and Avenida, go to Carriedo Station. Take a train bound for Baclaran, alight at EDSA Station. From Intramuros, SM City Manila and Makati City Hall, walk your way to LRT-1 Central/Arroceros Station. Ride a train bound for Baclaran and alight at EDSA Station. Walk along Taft Avenue from EDSA Station, towards EDSA, go right to get to the bus loading area along EDSA. Ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA" sign. Follow direction given at How To Commute To DFA in the beginning of this article.

Option 2 - For people who don't want to ride trains: From Quiapo, Quezon Boulevard, Lerma, Quezon Avenue and Espana, ride FX, bus or a jeepney with any of these signs: "PGH Pedro Gil", "Kalaw", "Buendia Gil Puyat", "Libertad Pasay Taft", "Pasay Rotonda". These vehicles pass through Taft Avenue. Alight at the destination of the vehicle you ride. Except if you're already in Pasay Rotonda, ride another jeepney with either "Baclaran" or "Pasay Rotonda" signs and alight at Pasay Rotonda. Once in Pasay Rotonda, go to the bus loding area along EDSA and ride bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA" sign. Follow direction given at How To Commute DFA in the beginning of this post.

Route 9

From Project 6, Project 2-3, Kamias, Kamuning, Tomas Morato, Timog Avenue, West Avenue, SM City North EDSA, Trinoma and nearby areas.

Option 1 - Fast via MRT train: From Project 6, ride a jeepney bound for Quiapo and alight at West Avenue corner EDSA, walk your way to MRT-3 North Station. From West Avenue, walk or ride a jeepney with "Project 6" sign to North Station. From Kamuning, Tomas Morato and the part of Timog Avenue from Quezon Avenue to Tomas Morato, ride a jeepney with "Project 2-3" sign, alight at EDSA, walk along EDSA towards Timog and East Avenue, and go to MRT-3 GMA Kamuning Station. From Kamias, ride a jeepney with "Welcome Rotonda" or "Quiapo" sign and alight at EDSA, walk to GMA Kamuning Station. From the area of Timog between EDSA and Tomas Morato, walk to EDSA to get to MRT-3 GMA Kamuning Station. Ride a train bound for Taft, alight at Taft Station, the last station. Below the station, walk along EDSA's southbound lane which goes to MOA and ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA RD" sign in the bus loading area. Follow direction given at How To Commute to DFA in the beginning of this post.

Option 2 - For those who prefer riding bus rather than riding train: Once in EDSA from your location, just ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA". Follow the complete guide and direction given at How To Commute To DFA in the beginning of this post.

Route 10

From Legarda, Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard, Pureza, v. Mapa, SM City Sta Mesa, N. Domingo & Pinaglabanan in San Juan and other nearby areas.

Option 1 - Fast via LRT-1 & LRT-2: If you're in N. Domingo or Pinaglabanan in San Juan, ride a bus from Taytay or Cainta with "Quiapo" sign, alight at V. Mapa Station of LRT-2. From SM City Sta Mesa, walk to V. Mapa Station. If your location is near Pureza and Legarda, walk your way to LRT-2 Pureza or Legarda stations. Ride a train bound for Recto Station, alight right there. Use the footbridge that connects LRT-2 Recto Station to LRT-1 Doroteo Jose Station to get to the second station. Go to the other side of Doroteo Jose Station via escalator, elevator or stais and ride a train bound for Baclaran. Get off the train at EDSA Station. Walk along Taft Avenue from LRT-1 EDSA Station towards the corner of EDSA. Go to the bus loading area along EDSA, ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA" sign and alight at DFA. Refer to the guide and direction given at How To Commute To DFA in the beginning of this post.

Option 2 - For those who prefer riding bus than riding train: If you're from Pinagbuhatan or N. Domingo in San Juan, ride a bus from Cainta or Taytay with "Quiapo" sign. Alight at Quiapo. These route is also applicable for applicants from any point along the route of this bus, such as Greenhills, POEA, IPI, Ortigas Avenue, Cainta and Taytay. In Quiapo, ride a jeep with "Pasay Rotonda" sign, alight at Pasay Rotonda. If there's no jeep of this sign, you can make two rides. Ride a jeep with "Pedro Gil PGH" sign, then in Pedro Gil, ride another jeep with "Baclaran" or Pasay Rotonda" sign, alight at Pasay Rotonda. In EDSA, bus loading area, ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA" sign. Now, follow direction given at How To Commute to DFA in the beginning of this post.

Route #11

From Sucat Road, Dr. A. Santos Avenue, Imelda Avenue, Ninoy Aquino Avenue and areas neat to these thoroughfares.

Ride a jeepney from Sucat with "Baclaran" sign. In Baclaran-Roxas Boulevard-Redemptorist area, ride a jeepney with "Nichols" sign. Alight at EDSA corner Harrison Street where there's a pedestrian footbridge. Go to the other side of EDSA. Ride a bus with "Baclaran MOA Coastal MIA" sign in its windshield. Alight at exactly at DFA. Please refer to How to Commute to DFA for complete guide and direction.

Bus Route & Direction To DFA Office of Consular Affairs from EDSA, LRT Station & MRT Taft Station.

Passport Requirements for First-Time Applicants:

Personal Appearance is required.
Duly accomplished application form.
Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO) or Certified True Copy (CTC) of BC issued by the Local Civil Registrar duly authenticated by NSO.
Proof of identity / Supporting documents indicating full name, date and place of birth and citizenship
Other Supporting documents.

Additional Requirements:

For married women, who want to use surname of their spouse
Marriage Contract (MC) in Security Paper issued by NSO or Certified True Copy issued by the Local Civil Registrar duly authenticated by NSO.
For married women who would like to revert back to their maiden name
If already widowed: Death Certificate of the deceased husband;

If marriage is annulled: Certified true copy and photocopy of the first page and the dispositive portion of the judgment on annulment and NSO-issued MC with the annotation on the annulment decree;
If divorced: Certified true copy and photocopy of the first page and the dispositive portion of the judgment on divorce secured by foreign spouse authenticated by the Philippine Embassy or Consulate where the divorce is obtained.
For Minors (below 18 years old)

Personal appearance of either parent (if minor is of legitimate status).
Personal appearance of mother (if minor is of illegitimate status)

If minor is NOT traveling with either parent:

Original and photocopy of DSWD Clearance
Affidavit of Support and Consent
If both parents are abroad:

Affidavit of support and consent (must be authenticated by the nearest Philippine Embassy or Consulate General if not executed before a Consul).
Special Power of Attorney (must be authenticated by the nearest Philippine Embassy or Consulate General if not executed before a Consul designating the representative by name and authorizing him to apply for a passport on behalf of the minor).
Passport and photocopy of the passport of the traveling companion of the minor.
Identification Card and photocopy thereof of the duly authorized person.
For Muslim applicants

For those whose births were registered:
Please refer to requirements for first time passport applicants.

For those whose births were not registered:

Late registered Birth Certificate (BC) in Security Paper (SECPA) issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO)
Original and photocopy of Voter's Affidavit or other supporting documents indicating date and place of birth and citizenship, identity and tribal affiliation.
Certificate from the Office on Muslim Affairs (OMA)
For Applicants with Foreign-Sounding Family Names: (e.g. Lim, Cho, Sy, Lee, Samadi, Singh, Nakamura, Hasegawa, etc.) are required to submit the following documents:

Birth Certificate (BC) issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO) (by birth)
Certificate of No Marriage Record of Mother issued by NSO / LCR (if illegiitimate status, foreign father)
Marriage Certificate of Parents issued by NSO (if legitimate status)
Bureau of Immigration Identifacation Certificate No. (by naturalization; by election; by marriage; by recognition)
Applicant who availed of Dual Citizenship under RA9225 are required to submit the following:

1. Birth Certificate issued by NSO/OLD Philippine Passport
2. Identification certificate No.
3. Oath of Allegiance

4. Report of Birth (for those born abroad)

Source: Department of Foreign Affairs

Requirements for Renewal of Passport:

Applicants renewing a brown passport (issued before 1996) with foreign sounding family names are required to submit the following documents:

Birth Certificate issued by NSO (by birth).
Certificate of No Marriage Record of Mother issued by NSO/LCR (if illegitimate status, foreign father);
Marriage Certificate.of parents issued by NSO (if legitimate status);
Bureau of Immigration Identification Cerficate No. (by naturalization; by election; by marriage; by recognition).
Applicants who availed of Dual Citizenship under RA 9225 are required ot submit the following:

1. Birth Certificate issued by NSO / Old Philippine Passport
2. Identification Certificate No.
3. Oath of Allegiance
4. Report of Birth (for those born abroad)
Brown Passport or issued prior to 01 May 1995

Old passport and photocopy of passport pages 1,2,3 (amendment). The pages showing latest Bureau of Immigration departure and arrival stamps.
Supporting document with complete middle name.
MRP & Green Passport or issued after 01 May 1995

Present passport and photocopy of inside and back cover.
The pages showing latest Bureau of Immigration departure and arrival stamps.
For illegitimate minor, personal appearance of mother is required.
For married women, who want to use surname of their spouse:

Personal Appearance is required
Marriage Contract (MC) in Security Paper issued by NSO or CTC issued by the Local Civil Registrar duly authenticated by NSO.
For Minors (below 18 years old): Personal appearance of either parent is required.

If minor is NOT traveling with either parent:
Original and photocopy of DSWD Clearance
Affidavit of Support and Consent
If both parents are abroad:
Affidavit of support and consent (must be authenticated by the nearest Philippine Embassy or Consulate General if not executed before a Philippine Consul).
Special Power of Attorney (must be authenticated by the nearest Philippine Embassy or Consulate if not executed before a Philippine Consul designating the representative by name and authorizing him to apply for a passport on behalf of the minor).
Passport and photocopy of the passport of person travelling with the minor.

Source: http://www.dfa.gov.ph

Public Transport Terminal In SM City North EDSA

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The Public Transport Terminal in SM City North EDSA is located beneath Sky Garden and immediately below the Sky Dome. It's a bit small terminal of jeepneys and air-conditioned vans & FXs of GT Express and UV Express Service. Here are the routes and directions of public passengers vehicles in this terminal:

Jeepneys:

Munoz Ikot

UP Diliman

Balintawak/Monumento

Lagro

Quezon City Hall

NIA/NPC

Air-conditioned GT & UV Express

SM Valenzuela

Obando

Vicas Deparo

San Mateo Batasan

Baesa Sangandaan

SM Novaliches

SM Fairview

Don Antonio

Sto Nino Meycauayan

Malolos Bulacan

St. Michael Marilao

Tandang Sora Saint James

Quiapo Buendia
via Morayta UST

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Trinoma Transport Terminal - UV Express Vans & FXs And Jeepneys

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Trinoma Transport Terminal stepped commuting up for commuters' convenience. Almost almost all locations within 360 radius of the surrounding of Quezon City as far as Bulacan, San Mateo, Ortigas Center and Ermita are being served by this green transport hub. Speaking of green, it's one of the most well planned terminals I've seen in Metro Manila. See it for yourself. In this article, I will guide you to what mode of public transport to take to get to your destination.

As you know, the terminal has a full range of PUVs, i.e. jeepneys, FXs and UV Express Vans. Now, before I give you the guide, please look at the following locations, listed in alphabetical order, to make sure your destination is included. Below the list is the guide, e.g. how to get to Trinoma Terminal from MRT-3 North Station and from the inside of Trinoma Mall (see the map at the bottom of this post), what vehicle to ride and the specific locations within the terminal of each vehicle headed to your destination. Note: There are places in the list which are common like Kapitolyo. You need to read the guide completely to make sure it's the Kapitolyo of your destination. Common names like this are given specific locations in the guide by way of their placement in vehicle's route.

Destinations of Jeepneys and UV Express Service Vans & FXs in Trinoma Transport Terminal:

Almar – Zabarte
Ampid
Apalit
Baesa
Bagong Barrio
Bagumbong
Balagtas
Balintawak
Blueridge
Bocaue Exit Crossing
Bristol
C-5
C5 – Libis
Calumpit
Camarin
Casimiro Road
Caybiga
Cielito Homes
Commonwealth
Congressional
Deparo
Double L
Eastwood
Erap (Sub-urban)
Espana
Fairview
General Avenue
General Luis
HBC
Heritage
Hilltop
Holy Cross
Holycross
Jem7
Kalaw
Kapitolyo
Katipunan
Lagro
LITEX
Loma de Gato
Luzon Avenue
Malarya
Malinta Exit
Malolos
Manila Hills
Marikina
Marilao
Marilao Exit
Merry Homes
Meycauayan
Mindanao Avenue
Miranla
Montalban
Monumento
Munoz
Muzon

NIA
Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife
NLEX
North Olympus
Novaliches
Novaliches – Bayan
NPC
Ortigas Center
Payatas
Philand Subdivision
Philcoa
Production
Project 6
Quezon Avenue
Quezon City Hall
Quezon Memorial Circle
Quiapo
Quirino Avenue – Bayan
Quirino Highway
Regalado
Republic Avenue
Robinson's Fairview
RP
San Bartolome
San Mateo
San Mateo Road
Sandigan
Sangandaan
Sauyo
Sauyo - C5
SB Road
Shorthorn
SM Fairview
SSS
St. Francis
St. James
St. Michael
Sto. Nino
Tabang
Tabing Ilog
Tagumpay
Talipapa – Prok 8
Tandang Sora
Tandang Sora – Palengke
Tungko
UP
UP Ayala Technohub
UP Campus
URC
Veterans Village
Vicas
Visayas Avenue
Vista Verde
Wakas
West Avenue

Trinoma Transport Terminal is located in the large chunk of open space right at the corner of EDSA and North Avenue beside Trinoma Mall. It shares the land with the pay parking area for Trinoma customers.

From MRT-3 North Avenue Station, walk along EDSA's north bound lane which also the edge of Trinoma building. At the corner of Trinoma building is the Exit driveway for all the public vehicles from the Trinoma Transport Terminal and there's a pedestrian entry to the terminal to the right of the driveway. Go get in and you're right there inside the public terminal. See map below

From inside of Trinonma, walk from activity center using the walkway to the right of Kenny Rogers until you get to the exit. Go down the stair outside the Trinoma Entrance. In the ground, go left and walk along the edge of Trinoma building past the pay parking area for private vehicles until you get to the terminal. See map below.

From SM City North EDSA, walk from Sky Garden and cross North Avenue using the pedestrian footbridge towards the opposite corner of North Avenue and EDSA. From there, you can see the Trioma Transport Terminal entrance. Just go down the stair, enter the terminal via North Avenue entrance. See map below.

Now, here's what vehicle to ride for specific locations. Some destinations are served by two different types of vehicles.

From the terminal entrance for commuters coming from MRT-3 North Station and inside of Trinoma mall, once you enter the terminal, this is what you see upon entering the terminal. Now, to the left of the terminal are UV Express Service Vans and FXs. To your right are jeepneys with some FXs and vans.

To your left, in the following order

UV Express Vans & FXs:

Novaliches - Bayan
Via Sauyo, Holy Cross, RP

Tandang Sora - Palengke
Via NIA - NPC, Visayas Avenue, Congressional

St. Michael - Marilao
Via St. Francis, Meralco

Muzon - Marilao Exit
Via Tabing Ilog, Loma de Gato

Sto. Nino - Meycauayan
Via NLEX, Heritage

UP - Ayala Land Technohub

Malolos - Apalit
Via Tabang, Kapitolyo, Calumpit

Balagtas
Via Bocaue Exit, Crossing, Wakas

Eastwood - C5 Libis
Via Katipunan, Blueridge, URC

Ortigas Center

Tungko
Via Quirino Highway, Hilltop, Malaria

San Mateo
Via Sandigan, Ampid, San Mateo Road

Almar - Zabarte
Via Merry Homes, Cielito Homes, North Olympus

Talipapa - Prok 8
Via Quirino Highway, HBC, General Avenue

Sangandaan
Via Shorthorn, Production, Baesa

Congressional - Luzon
Via Philand Subd, Miranla, Republic Avenue

Vicas

Deparo - Bagumbong
Via SB Road, General Luis, Casimiro Road

Holy Cross - San Bartolome
Via Mindanao Avenue, Sauyo, C5

To your right, in the following order

UV Express Service Vans:

Montalban
Via LITEX, Payatas, Tagumpay, Erap (Sub-urban), Manila Hills, Double L

Camarin

Quirino - C5
Via Mindanao Avenue, Tandang Sora, Jem7

Fairview
Via SM, Robinson's, Regalado

Kalaw - Quiapo
Via West Avenue, Quezon Avenue, Espana

Project 6
Via Mindanao Avenue, Visayas Avenue

St. James - C5
Via Mindanao Avenue, C5, Tandang Sora

Quirino - Bayan
Via Novaliches, RP, Holy Cross

Vista Verde - Caybiga

Malinta Exit
Via Mindanao Avenue, NLEX

Marikina

Jeepneys:

NIA/NPC
Via Congressional, Mindanao Avenue, Tandang Sora

Lagro
Via Commonwealth, Regalado, Bristol

Quezon City Hall
Via Veterans, Wildlife, Circle

UP Campus
Via Philcoa, SSS

Monumento
Via Munoz, Balintawak, Bagong Barrio

Trinoma Transport Terminal Location Map. Fallow walking directions from MRT-3 North Station, Trinoma Activity Center and SM City North EDSA