By Joey Alarilla
INQUIRER.net

INQUIRER.NET reporter Lawrence Casiraya interviewed El Nido Resorts chef Rey de la Cruz and sampled the exotic delicacy known as tamilok.

While it looks like a worm, the tamilok is actually a mollusk that burrows inside the trees in Palawan’s mangrove areas. It’s supposed to be an aphrodisiac, hehe

Video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Alex Villafania at Miniloc island on Nov. 17.

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LAGUNA has its own version of Marikina City in this quaint little town called Liliw, famous for its handmade shoes and slippers. Liliw is among a cluster of towns located at the southeastern side of Laguna and sits at the foot of mystical Mount Banahaw, partly hidden by clouds in the picture.

As mentioned in Wikipedia, Liliw has a shoe industry that can rival Marikina. There are two main streets lined with shops like these on both sides. I bought my Grandma two pairs of abaloryo slippers, with sequins and have a soft feathery feel, which I found out from her, can rarely be found elsewhere.

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By Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net

IT was simply the hugest beach I have ever seen in my entire life. Boracay Beach isn’t even half the size of the beachfront at Surfer’s Paradise, the most popular stop in Gold Coast.

This is how it looks like once you step into the beach at Surfer’s Paradise. Notice how long the stretch of sand is before it breaks into the sea. The waves are simply astounding — no wonder they call it Surfer’s Paradise. I can spend an entire day just listening to the crashing waves.

After much prodding, I had to take a dip. Lunita, a fellow journalist from Singapore and an avid surfer, said it’s a must that anyone who visits the Coast should at least “be one” with the ocean by dipping one’s feet in the water. Our plan was to get in the ocean but we got there late and it was a bloody cold spring night, and the strong waves made me think otherwise. The waves are so strong you need to be a strong swimmer or else the undertow might throw you back into the sea.

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By Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net

WHAT’S the difference between alligators and crocodiles? Apparently not so much says this guy at Hartley’s Creek Crocodile Farm in Cairns.

The video below shows him feeding these nasty-looking crocs while telling us guests a thing or two about these reptiles.

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