by Erica

Vietnam-visa.com grants US passport holders free visa

December 16, 2016

The September 1, 2016 Vietnam visa policy requiring all
US Passport holders to obtain a 1-year multiple entry visa for their trip to
Vietnam, regardless of their length of stay in the country encountered a lot of
complaints from US travelers.

US Passport holders who wished to stay in Vietnam
even for a few days must pay a large amount of money for their visa.

Free Short-term Visa and Lower Stamping Fee

With this, Vietnam-visa.com is happy to announce that US
passport holders who have obtained the visa approval letter for 1-year multiple
entry visa with Vietnam-visa.com but
wish to stay in Vietnam for a shorter term can get a short-term visa approval
letter processed by the Vietnam Immigration Department for FREE and then get
visa stamp at Vietnam airport at a lower stamping fee.

For details, please check out this link.

Online Application for Vietnam Visa on Arrival

If you are a US Passport holder and you wish to visit
Vietnam soon get your visa processed by Vietnam-visa.com.

With over 10 years experience, Vietnam-visa.com is the 1st and premier commercial website providing
online application for Vietnam Visa on Arrival. The cost of applying visa on
arrival with Vietnam-visa.com might be higher or lower than applying at Vietnam
Embassies as the prices at the embassies vary from one to another. In case you
wish to obtain a full-stamped visa before travelling, you are advised to
contact the nearest Vietnamese Embassy in your country. In Vietnam-visa.com website, they provide full information regarding your needs to obtain a Vietnam Visa.

You can contact Vietnam-visa.com
at +84.946.583.583 or +1 (559) 922-2468 (Ext. 1) | Office +84.473.005.333
(ext. 221) or Email them at sales@vietnam-visa.com | support@vietnam-visa.com |

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BUS FARES – Philippines

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November 12, 2015

Here is a summary of schedule, fares and routes for bus transport around the Philippines:

BUS FARES

BUS LINE	CONTACT		ADDRESS
AB LINER INC.			3167 Magsaysay Boulevard, Sta. Mesa, Manila, Philippines

Route	Fare		Schedule	First Trip	Last Trip
Manila to				7:00 AM	3:00 PM
Lucena to Guinayangan
Guinayangan to				12:00 AM	5:00 PM
Lucena to Manila

BUS LINE	CONTACT		ADDRESS
ALPS The Bus Inc.	Trunkline: +63437239033		#721 EDSA Southbound Fronting Nepa Q-Mart
	SMS: +639175046042
	ONLINE RESERVATION:
	https://www.pinoytravel.com.ph/
Route	Fare		Schedule	First Trip	Last Trip
LRT Taft Buendia / Cubao to				3:30 AM	5:30 PM
San Juan, Batangas

Cubao to Polangui, Albay	PHP 699				8:00 PM
Legazpi, Albay to Cubao	PHP 699				6:00 PM
Cubao / Alabang to
Naga / Legaspi / Tabaco / Sorsogon

Alabang to Batangas City Pier

Cubao to Batangas City Pier	PHP 165			3:00 AM	8:00 PM

BUS LINE	CONTACT		ADDRESS
Baliwag Transit Inc.	Tel No. +6329123343		EDSA Cubao
	Tel No. +6329123349
	Tel. No. +6329123361

Route	Fare		Schedule	First Trip	Last Trip

Cubao / Divisoria (Tutuban Central Station)
/ Caloocan (Grace Park) to
Caloocan City
Cubao, Quezon City
Baliwag, Bulacan
Hagonoy, Bulacan
Guagua, Pampanga
Jones, Isabela
Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija
San Jose City, Nueva Ecija
San Jose del Monte, Bulacan
Santiago City, Isabela
Solano, Nueva Vizcaya
Tarlac City, Tarlac (from Cabanatuan City only)
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
Expo Pilipino, Clark Special Economic Zone

BUS LINE	CONTACT		ADDRESS
Bataan Transit Co.	Tel. No. +6327094049

DESTINATIONS	FIRST TRIP		INTERVALS	LAST TRIP
Cubao to Balanga	1:00AM		15 minutes	11:00PM
Cubao to Mariveles	12:00MN		20 minutes	9:30PM
Avenida to Balanga	2:00AM		20 minutes	9:30PM
Avenida to Mariveles	3:30AM		30 minutes	8:00PM
Balanga to Cubao	1:00AM		15 minutes	8:50PM
Balanga to Avenida	2:00AM		20 minutes	7:00PM
Mariveles to Cubao	2:00AM		20 minutes	6:00PM
Mariveles to Avenida	2:30AM		20 minutes	6:30Pm

FARE TABLE	REGULAR			DISCOUNTED
	PASAY BONI	CUBAO AVENIDA		PASAY BONI	CUBAO AVENIDA
	PASAY BONI	CUBAO AVENIDA		PASAY BONI	CUBAO AVENIDA
San Fernando	Php112	Php102		Php90	Php82
Bacolor	Php122	Php112		Php98	Php90
Sta Rita / Natividad	Php130	Php120		Php105	Php97
Basa / San Anton	Php130	Php120		Php105	Php97
Sto. Tomas	Php140	Php130		Php113	Php105
Concepcion	Php140	Php130		Php113	Php105
Pasbul	Php145	Php134		Php116	Php107
May Cruz / S. Bayu	Php146	Php136		Php117	Php109
Remedios	Php148	Php138		Php118	Php110
Sta. Cruz	Php150	Php139		Php120	Php112
San Roque	Php155	Php145		Php124	Php116
Lacpao	Php156	Php146		Php125	Php117
Prado Siongco / San Isidro	Php160	Php150		Php128	Php120
Prado Saba	Php163	Php153		Php130	Php122
Balsik	Php167	Php156		Php134	Php125
Daang Bato	Php168	Php158		Php134	Php126
Layac	Php170	Php160		Php136	Php128
Palihan	Php173	Php163		Php139	Php131
Culis	Php173	Php163		Php139	Php131
Hermosa	Php180	Php170		Php144	Php136
Talimundok	Php182	Php172		Php146	Php137
Tapulao	Php185	Php175		Php148	Php140
Orani	Php187	Php177		Php150	Php141
Lalawigan	Php192	Php182		Php154	Php146
Samal	Php194	Php184		Php155	Php147
Calaguiman	Php197	Php187		Php158	Php150
Mabatang	Php199	Php189		Php159	Php151
Abucay	Php202	Php192		Php162	Php154
Balanga	Php210	Php200		Php169	Php160
Pilar	Php219	Php209		Php175	Php167
Orion	Php224	Php214		Php180	Php171
Brgy. Sta Isabel	Php236	Php226		Php189	Php181
Limay	Php238	Php228		Php190	Php182
Alangan	Php241	Php231		Php193	Php185
BRC / Planters	Php245	Php235		Php196	Php188
Lamao	Php248	Php238		Php199	Php190
Batngas II	Php252	Php241		Php202	Php193
Lucanin	Php255	Php245		Php204	Php196
Cabcaben	Php264	Php253		Php211	Php203
Mt. View	Php265	Php255		Php212	Php204
Alas Asin	Php277	Php267		Php222	Php214
Karagatan	Php279	Php269		Php223	Php215
Mariveles	Php290	Php280		Php233	Php224

BUS LINE	CONTACT	ADDRESS
Dagupan Bus Co., Inc.

Route	Fare	Schedule		First Trip	Last Trip
Cubao to Agno	Regular: P432.00 (Aircon)	Hourly trips		1:00 AM	9:00 PM
via Camiling, Tarlac	/P330.00 (Ordinary)
	Senior Citizen/Student:
	P346.00 (Aircon)/
	P264.00 (Ordinary)
Cubao to Anda	Regular: P440.00 (Aircon)/	Hourly trips		12:00 AM	7:30 PM
via Camiling, Tarlac	P337.00 (Ordinary)
	Senior Citizen/Student:
	P352.00 (Aircon)/
	P270.00 (Ordinary)
Cubao to San Carlos	Regular: P321.00 (Aircon)	Hourly trips		5:00 PM	7:00 PM
via Bayambang/Basista	/P246.00 (Ordinary)
	Senior Citizen/Student:
	P257.00 (Aircon)/
	P197.00 (Ordinary)
Cubao to Dagupan	Regular: P350.00 (Aircon Only)	every 30 min trips		1:00 AM	10:30 PM
via Manaoag	Senior Citizen/Student:
	P280.00 (Aircon Only)
Cubao to Baguio	Regular: P445.00 (Aircon Only)	Hourly trips		12:00 AM	10:00 PM
via NLEx/SCTEx	Senior Citizen/Student:
	P356.00 (Aircon Only)

SOURCES: Each Bus Line’s official website and Facebook page

Prices may vary/ change without notice

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Foodie Friday: Crabs with Salted Egg Yolk in Butter

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January 1, 2016

Happy New Year!

Today I want to share with you an easy-to-follow recipe for crabs using a Chefel pressure pan. But before that, let me just say that this recipe gives me two realizations: one’s (somehow) related to cultural exchange—it’s indeed difficult to immediately build a rapport with foreigners
when you’re a tourist in their land so if you want to engage in a stimulating (and productive) conversation, talk about food.

In my recent travel to Sabah, Malaysia I got to try different local foods including an impressive Crabs with Salted Egg Yolk in Lobster King Seafood Restaurant. Lobster King is a small diner located in Warisan Square. It’s rumored to serve incredible seafood platters as well as to have a very accommodating restaurant manager…

In fact, the manager is chatty but sustaining a conversation with him is a bit challenging especially when the conversation started with the unusual weather the city experienced during that time. I wanted to talk to him more but just couldn’t find an interesting topic until the crab dish was served on our table. I started to ask him about the dish and our conversation went on productively. He even taught me how I could prepare the dish myself.

Probably food is a light but fun topic and people will never run out of words to at least talk about their favorite dish… Again, to jump-start a conversation: talk about food.

Another realization is that cooking these days have really come in handy. Even nondomesticated adults like me can prepare an equally mouth-watering dish because of recipe blogs.

Although Mr. Lobster King didn’t reveal in detail how their celebrated crab dish is done, I could rely on the ingredients he enumerated and refer to some blogs. This time, I fairly adapted and pulled off my own crab dish thanks to Birds ‘N Chandeliers.

Really, thank you online people! Can’t help but mention Foozap here. It’s not a recipe blog but a site that houses a lot of reviews to help you find a recommended dish in your area or a restaurant to dine next… Anyway I’m gonna blog about Foozap and its smartphone app in a separate post.

Back to my point, do not be scared to try something new. You have the guide, you have your taste buds, you have the cooking equipment—start cooking!

Disclaimer: I have a puny cooking skill but I love to cook . I always cook whenever I get the chance.

So here is the dish I cooked after I did my Media Noche grocery-shopping just under the wire. Bought half a kilogram of crabs (alimasag) that is tagged Php489.00 per kilogram…

CRABS WITH SALTED EGG YOLK IN BUTTER

Ingredients:

500 g crab
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp honey
3 tbsp evaporated milk
1 clove garlic, minced
2 salted egg yolks
100 g chicken breading
Oil for deep-frying
Salt and pepper to taste
Lettuce and parsley

How to cook:

Clean the crabs. Trim the legs. Dry. Dredge in
chicken breading.
Deep-fry the crabs until color turns red. Drain. Set
aside.
Mash the egg yolks. Set aside.
Melt butter in the Chefel. Sauté garlic. Add parsley.
Add the mashed egg yolks. Add honey. Stir till aromatic.
Add milk. Then add pepper and salt to taste. Stir in the
deep-fried crabs.
Stir-fry for a couple of minutes. Dish out and serve with
lettuce.

By the way, I want to recommend Chefel pressure pan for those who like to explore different dishes! I’ve been really enjoying cooking these holidays because of the
Chefel pressure pan. It’s surprisingly good for roasting chicken, baking cakes (yes you can bake pan or cakes using the chefel), simmering vegetables and stir-frying the crab dish I just shared in this post! LOL!