spooky adventures are always fun during vacations in these islands

when taking a vacation, there's often a scary or spooky element somewhere in the background. my bible disciple, jane, is often assigned by her company to attend conventions in the visayas and mindanao. and when she gets back to manila, she often tells me of some spooky encounters she and her friends had during their stay even in posh hotels.

were they scared and vowed never again to check in in those lodges? no! in fact, they're looking forward to being back there next year!

even my beautiful wife, linda, experienced the same during their stay in a tourist hotel in the north this summer. (why wasn't i vacationing with them? because i was tied up with work at home!). the room had an attic and overlooking the picturesque south china sea. that night, a strange thing happened. they felt a presence and the lights started blinking eerily.

earlier, a service girl knocked on the door and said "excuse me" even though the room was empty. accordingly, it was a sign of "courtesy" to the presence. nge!

were my wife and company afraid of the experience and vowed never to go back there again? no! they were excited and my wife begged that we vacation there next year!

my mom and sisters and nephews also vacationed somewhere in the far north and stayed in a posh "castillian" hotel. they, too, had their own spooky story to tell--and which they enjoyed telling. as if they wanted more.

if you've been paying attention, you'd notice that all my family went to hotels for their vacation adventure while i stayed home. why? i'm stiff scared!

so, if i were you, hotel owners, i'd make part of my promos some spooky adventures available in your lodges. and the best thing is that when guests come to ask you about it, neither confirm nor deny. you'd see how it'd up your booking! take advantage of free vacation adventure features!

nice marketing strategy, huh! lol

seems like every hotel has their own (sometimes similar)... uhmmm... "stories"

How about hotels and restaurants around Baguio city! there are a lot of ghost stories in this place right? i think this is because of the strong earthquake happened in the early 90's where there are a lot of buildings went down and a lot of people were stucked and died in the rubble.

And one of the restaurant/club was even featured in channel 7, the name of the place was i think "Spirit", they say there are waiters here who are assisting and serving customers that are actually ghosts! yiiikess. one of the customer was interviewed in the said program in channel 7, he ordered a drink to this particular waiter and it has been an hour and the drink wasn't served yet, so what the customer did was he went to the bar and did followed up his order and he was asked if he did get the name of the waiter who took his order, and luckily he was able to remember the name plate of the waiter, to his surprised! when he mentioned the name he was told that that waiter already died 5 years ago during the strong earthquake!(goosebumps..hihihi)..

So before checking in and dinning in to any hotels and resto in Baguio please be aware that not only living people wants to relax and eat..even dead people too =)

Enjoy...

What you have experienced are not actually adventures but part of the Pilipino culture. In the Visayas they call them "dili-ingon-nato" or unlike us mortals. So, there are areas along a highway where motorists have to blow their car's horns to ward off evil spirits by the time they would be passing by a balete tree.
Legend has it that balete trees are abodes of evil spirits.
When drinking tuba or bahalina, the first to drink the wine was to pour out a little of the liquor and spill the same to the ground as offering of the devil or evil spirit. Even in Quezon City, on the road in Balete Drive, you have to show respect to the spirits in the trees.
Myths and legends are part of the everyday life of the Filipinos.
Even waterfalls are not supposed to be place to take a dip. The falls are only for the diwatas and other unseen creatures. Early Filipinos were animists, thus they had respects for Mother Nature.
The recent incident that cost the lives of two brothers in Mag-aso Falls in Antequera, Bohol, would become another fodder to the legends and myths to thrive. Because the swimmers did not respect the abode of diwatas, they were taken away as a warning to those who would defy the law of nature.