{"id":2645,"date":"2025-03-03T16:40:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeinphilbobbied.com\/LoveTrain\/?page_id=2645"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:19:30","slug":"philippine-travels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifeinphilbobbied.com\/LoveTrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style id=\"lt-videos\">.lt-vid img{aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover;width:100%;border-radius:8px;transition:transform .2s}.lt-vid a:hover img{transform:scale(1.03)}.lt-vid{margin-bottom:.5em}.lt-vid-title{font-weight:600;font-size:.95rem;line-height:1.35}.lt-vid-title a{text-decoration:none;color:inherit}<\/style>\n\n\n\n<style id=\"lt-hero-bright\">.wp-block-cover__image-background{filter:brightness(1.15) saturate(1.12) contrast(1.05)}.wp-block-cover .wp-block-group.has-background{max-width:680px;margin:0 auto 8px}.wp-block-cover .wp-block-group.has-background h1{font-size:clamp(1.6rem,3.2vw,2.4rem);margin-bottom:.3em}.wp-block-cover .wp-block-group.has-background p{margin-bottom:.6em}<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center\" style=\"min-height:640px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#1C0F0A\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-100\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinphilbobbied.com\/LoveTrain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/life-in-phil-bobbied-5.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 30%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 30%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinphilbobbied.com\/LoveTrain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/life-in-phil-bobbied-5.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/lifeinphilbobbied.com\/LoveTrain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/life-in-phil-bobbied-5-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lifeinphilbobbied.com\/LoveTrain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/life-in-phil-bobbied-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinphilbobbied.com\/LoveTrain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/life-in-phil-bobbied-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinphilbobbied.com\/LoveTrain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/life-in-phil-bobbied-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"border-radius:10px;background-color:#00000066;padding-top:16px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-37fd399f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center lt-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">THE LOVE TRAIN NATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">12 Years Traveling the Philippines<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Real stories, honest advice, and life on the islands &mdash; 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