I hereby dub Panglao as Boracay lite, and in the best way. The powder-white sand of Alona Beach is perfect for barefoot walking in the day. In the evening, restaurants bring out chairs and tables, and you can have the freshest seafood for dinner under the moonlit sky. It is not the deserted white sand… Continue reading A Panglao Island Hopping and Land Tour (plus a bit of airport misadventure)
The temporary title of this blog post was, “How to take pictures of your Bohol day tour with a 50mm 1.8f manual focus lens,” because I may have destroyed my go-to 18-55mm zoom lens for good when I went to Sagada before Christmas. It’s really hard to shoot with a fast lens when traveling, but, as… Continue reading Bohol Island in a Day Tour
When you’re a budding traveler and you’re thinking of traveling locally, Bohol is probably one of the first things you’d put in your bucket list. It’s in everyone’s radar, travel is relatively easy and affordable, and yet, there are so many sights and activities packed in a small area. I’d always wanted to go to… Continue reading Bohol and Panglao
“Humans are awesome,” I said, “for having invented…houses.” My epiphany was met with laughter. It was midnight, I had less than ten hours of intermittent sleep for two days already, and we’d just come from a cold, nearly sleepless night on Mt. Pulag and a three-hour jeepney ride from Bokod to Sagada. Now, we were in the very… Continue reading Things to do in Sagada (if you’re not adventurous)
Let me reminisce a bit about my first climb, way back in August 2013. With some friends, I climbed a mountain in Daraitan, Tanay, Rizal. It has been called Mt. Daraitan, though upon registering, we were told that it was called Mt. Samit (samit, summit, you know). I can find no reference online saying that… Continue reading Climbing Mt. Pulag (with a prelude on Mt. Daraitan)
I considered it a big problem, the fact that I hadn’t handled a camera in three months except to take 1×1 photos. I also needed a break from the gray contours of the city, and I longed for air that smelled of the sea. But where to go during monsoon season? Edison and I alternately suggested places… Continue reading A Weekend in San Felipe and San Narciso, Zambales
The day didn’t start off as ideal. Our boatman woke up later than our 5:30am call time, and to the east, there were gray clouds foreboding rain. I was getting stressed out by the many boats going back and forth White Island and Camiguin. Then when our boatman arrived, we had to wait till he’d… Continue reading White Island in Camiguin
Parts one and two of my Camiguin Day Tour can be found here: Part One | Part Two “Walkway to the Old Volcano” is kind of a misnomer because Mt. Vulcan basically built itself in 1871 to 1875, which makes it the youngest volcano on the island. (Or maybe it is because it is only a… Continue reading A Camiguin Day Tour, Part Three: Trekking Mt. Vulcan
Parts one and three of my Camiguin Day Tour can be found here: Part One | Part Three In the town of Catarman is the Sto. Niño Cold Spring Resort, which was packed with people on that Saturday morning. I almost didn’t want to join so many people, but the water looked so inviting on that hot afternoon. And… Continue reading A Camiguin Day Tour, Part Two: Cold Springs, Old Church Ruins, and the Sunken Cemetery
A day tour of Camiguin is much like many day tours of smaller provincial islands in the Philippines: you hop on a jeep or multicab, stop at certain points of interest, and sightsee all day. I went around Guimaras and Siquijor this way. But I was astounded by the many things one can do in Camiguin! For our… Continue reading A Camiguin Day Tour, Part One: Katibawasan Falls and Mantigue Island
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