Philippine Travel Guide

Me and my family spent the holy week in the city of pines, Baguio city. We left Manila at around 4am last March 20 yet arrive 2pm in the afternoon due to the traffic in several areas like NLEX, Mabalacat, Tarlac and Pangasinan as there’s a lot of travelers wanting to spend the lenten season to provinces.

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If you are about to visit Paradise Philippines soon, it pays if you know some tagalog words. Though we are good in english, it is still better if you know how to speak some tagalog words which are mainly used. This will help you dealing more comfortably with the locals.

Here’s some of the basics:

A. Greetings (Pagbati):

The word “maganda” means “good” or “beautiful”. And “po” is a syllable that radiates “respect”·

Good morning – Magandang umaga po (pronounced: Ma-gan-dang u-ma-ga po)·

Good noon – Magandang tanghali po (Ma-gan-dang tang-ha-li po)·

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