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Article: Way Up.(Travel)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- October 10, 2009
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"Were you with these, my prince, you’d soon forget the pale, unripened beauties of the north,” or so says a quote from English playwright Joseph Addison’s play Cato, written back in 1712. Had Mr. Addison lived in the Philippines in the era of cars and road trips, he would have swallowed his words and retracted his pen from such an idea had he been given a chance to explore some parts of North Luzon. However, in these modern days, time has become a luxury. In Mr. Addison’s case, if he was living now, his new version may have been that of an expat magazine writer who travels extensively but barely has a second to actually savor the essence of the ...