A presence in the Internet
It is easy to be deceived by appearances. Dumaguete city appears to be a place that sleeps, not caring at all for the rat race of the big cities like Cebu or Manila. That motorcycles outnumber cars in terms of numbers in Dumaguete seems to cement the notion that this southern city is indeed a sleepy place. This notion will easily be disabused if one is to use the search engines to search for websites relating to "Dumaguete" . I was pleasantly surprised to find over 48,000 pages being reported by Google on the keyword "Dumaguete". I had expected a handful of result pages but the actual count is closer to a hundred pages.
This simply goes to show that Dumaguete has plenty of websites dedicated to it in the Internet. Going over the results of the search I find diverse topics being discussed aside from the ubiquitous news and information pages detailing statistics like land area and population. I found a great number of pages relating to travel and hotel accommodations. This is quite obvious and one can easily see that Dumaguete is a favorite destination of Americans and Europeans. Take a stroll along the Rizal Boulevard and one can see many Caucasians enjoying the quiet pleasures of this easy-going city. It is also a common sight to see American and Europeans who have chosen to settle down in Dumaguete; little toddlers with their white fathers and Filipina mothers going shopping or taking s lazy walk along the boulevard in this wonderful city called Dumaguete. .
Dumaguete has become a melting pot of cultures and peoples. Many Dumaguete residents have relatives who work abroad many of whom have also gotten married there. This brings closer distant lands and the Internet is a wonderful way to bridge distances. No wonder then that there are many websites dedicated to Dumaguete. They extoll her beauty and quality of living which is very high indeed compared to the stressful lifestyles one can find in a highly-developed metropolitan city.
This simply goes to show that Dumaguete has plenty of websites dedicated to it in the Internet. Going over the results of the search I find diverse topics being discussed aside from the ubiquitous news and information pages detailing statistics like land area and population. I found a great number of pages relating to travel and hotel accommodations. This is quite obvious and one can easily see that Dumaguete is a favorite destination of Americans and Europeans. Take a stroll along the Rizal Boulevard and one can see many Caucasians enjoying the quiet pleasures of this easy-going city. It is also a common sight to see American and Europeans who have chosen to settle down in Dumaguete; little toddlers with their white fathers and Filipina mothers going shopping or taking s lazy walk along the boulevard in this wonderful city called Dumaguete. .
Dumaguete has become a melting pot of cultures and peoples. Many Dumaguete residents have relatives who work abroad many of whom have also gotten married there. This brings closer distant lands and the Internet is a wonderful way to bridge distances. No wonder then that there are many websites dedicated to Dumaguete. They extoll her beauty and quality of living which is very high indeed compared to the stressful lifestyles one can find in a highly-developed metropolitan city.
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posted by webnight | 11:21 PM
1 Comments:
It seems that all who visit Dumaguete have plenty to say about their experiences. Even Filipinos from nearby islands seem to be quite enchanted by this little seaside town. I flew 10,000 miles and rode the SuperCat for 3.5 hours to taste of its unique charm, and it was certainly worth the effort.
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