Traveling to Sagada for the first time

What could be more perfect than spending an afternoon on top of a hill while waiting for the sun to settle down behind the arrays of mountains on the horizon. ...

La Paz Sand Dunes in Ilocos Norte

Immediately after we arrived in Ilocos Norte, our group headed to La Paz Sand Dunes in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. The place is approximately an hour ride from where we ...

The Underground River Adventure

This year’s summer was a bit exciting. The glaring heat of the sun was telling me so loud to go out and mill around the white sands of crystal-clear beaches ...

Latest Travels

Touring Sagada’s Echo Valley

On our first day in Sagada, we decided to take the light route – a walk within town. After we setting our stuff at Residential Lodge, we took our lunch and then decided to explore on-foot the nearby attractions within the town-proper. The weather was fine during that time. It was an hour past noon, [...]

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Sagada Sunset at Lake Danum

The sunset in Sagada is best viewed from Lake Danum. The area is not that far from the town. After taking our rest from the on-foot exploration of the town (Echo Valley tour in Sagada) that we did during our first day in Sagada, we decided to join the group of tourists headed towards Lake [...]

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Food and the other wonders of Bacolod

It was odd that after all these years that I have been traveling across the country, Bacolod never came up as one of my choice destinations. I have heard a lot of good things about this small city but it was only recently that I had the opportunity to visit this gem in the Visayan [...]

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Touring Kyoto by bus

Most of you, if not all, may agree that one of the biggest benefits of working for a multinational company is the opportunity of travelling to do business abroad. Though it’s official in nature, there will always be a point that during your business trip, you’d get the chance for leisure. And as an occasional traveler, taking [...]

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Visita Iglesia: Paoay Church in Ilocos Norte

Paoay Church in Ilocos is one of the four baroque churches in the Philippines identified as UNESCO World Heritage sites. The other three are the Miag-ao Church (Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Church) in Iloilo, the San Agustin Church in Manila and the La Asuncion de la Nuestra Señora in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur. The Paoay [...]

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Sunset at Bangui Windmills in Ilocos

Maybe it was of pure luck that the trip from Currimao to Bangui took a few hours due to distance and the stop over we did in Burgos to see the Kapurpurawan rock formations. If we had not arrived late in the afternoon, we would not have seen the rainbow hovering above the strip of [...]

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Kapurpurawan Rock Formations in Ilocos

I went to Ilocos Norte with a little idea on what awaits us. I was only excited about the wind mills in Bangui during our trip that afternoon. Little did I know that something astonishing awaits us. After driving a couple of hours from our hotel in Currimao, our tour guide brought us to the [...]

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Experiencing Mt. Apo from Camp Sabros

Every since I was in college, I always wanted to experience Mt. Apo. A lot of my high school and college friends who were into mountain climbing have already climbed the peak of Apo. As for me, the highest peak I have climbed maybe was the peak of some small mountain in Calinan, Davao. Also, [...]

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Photo Monday — Indonesian Roof

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Nagtabon Beach Cove in Palawan

Nagtabon Beach Cove in Palawan

Nagtabon Cove may not be one of the most popular beach destinations in Puerto Princesa. Being the second largest city in the country in term of land area, it’s for sure that now all beach destinations are discovered yet. During my first trip to Puerto Princessa, part of our itinerary was to visit Nagtabon Cove [...]

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