#SailEast Sohoton Caves and Natural Bridge Park: Basey’s Natural Gem
This was stuff I only read on textbooks when I was still studying. I remember reading about Sohoton Coves and Natural Bridge Park before and has always been fascinated by this place in Basey, Samar....
View Article#SailEast Chronicles: Adventures in Samar, Leyte and Southern Leyte
Admittedly, the regions of Eastern Visayas are some of the areas I haven’t visited as much. Joining the #SailEast fam tour with Tourism Promotions Board was a great opportunity to familiarize with the...
View ArticleBanaue | Museum of Cordillera Cultural Heritage
“Did someone turn this wooden staff around?” I asked. There were only three of us in the museum. I can clearly remember when I first passed by this wooden staff with a carved bulul (wooden carved...
View ArticleOriental Mindoro | Island Hopping in Bulalacao
There’s more to Oriental Mindoro than the famed white beach of Puerto Galera. At the southern tip of the province is the municipality of Bulalacao. A place locals used to fondly call “Bula-layo” (layo...
View ArticleOriental Mindoro | The Hanunuo at Panaytayan Mangyan Settlement
The island of Mindoro is also home to the indigenous people of Mangyan. There are eight tribes scattered around the island, from Oriental to Occidental Mindoro. I’ve encountered several tribes already...
View ArticleLuzon Datum of 1911 : At the Geodetic Center of the Philippines
If you’ve ever wondered how the shapes of the islands, the elevation of peaks, the depths of seas are measured and translated into easy readable maps that common people can understand, it’s all about...
View ArticleEnchanting Isla de Gigantes Day Tour
It took Typhoon Yolanda’s devastation to bring this beautiful archipelago in Northern Iloilo to light. Carles, Northern Iloilo was one of the hard hit areas. Rescue aids and volunteers went out of...
View ArticleStay | Apsaras Tribe Siargao
Hearing the word apsaras readily reminded me of the elegant female figures carved at the Khmer temples in Cambodia. Generally, apsaras are celestial maidens represented in different interpretations...
View ArticleNagpatong Rock Hike with UNHCR and Atom Araullo
Tanay is becoming a hiking haven near Manila with several climbing destinations in close proximity with each other. One destination which has fascinated me for a time is the unique looking limestone...
View ArticleAqua Planet Clark: Splashing Good Time All Year Round
I love water parks. It brings out the kids in all of us. Especially me who enjoys water. I just can’t resist towering and colorful slides and cooling down at pools. With this stifling summer heat, I’m...
View ArticleStay | The New Beach Head Resort in Carles Iloilo
Carles in Northern Iloilo is steadily getting a good stream of tourist nowadays. The municipality, once ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan is now a popular jump-off point for Isla de Gigantes island hopping...
View ArticleAningalan: Highland Adventures in Antique
The beach and the sea may be my playground but I always felt more at home in the mountains. The nippy air, being among trees and soothing greens is a balm to the senses. Upon learning that in my return...
View ArticleMararison Island: Antique’s Sandbar and Rolling Hills Island
Like the Isla Gigantes in Carles, Iloilo, Mararison Island, got under the tourist radar after Typhoon Haiyan. This little known island just 15 minutes off the mainland of Culasi, Antique used to be...
View ArticleSeco Island: Sandbar Bliss at Tibiao
Setting off to a distant island across rough seas and under intermittent weather in the wee hours of the morning aboard a large fishing vessel may sound like a romanticized adventure. But that’s...
View ArticleTonton ng Sto Niño de Romblon: Opening the Biniray Festival in Romblon
The idyll coastal poblacion in Romblon Island, Romblon becomes festive beginning the 2nd Friday of January as revelers flock at the 400-year old St Joseph Cathedral. Devotees gather in front of the...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: Biniray Festival Street Dance 2020
The day following the Tonton ng Sto Niño de Romblon, the Biniray Festival continues with a street dance parade. The festival re-enacts how the Señor Sto Niño was attempted to be taken away from Romblon...
View ArticleSun Setting at Bonbon Beach Romblon
There is no shortage of spectacular beaches in Romblon. While “good beaches” vary to taste on a personal level, for me the qualifications comes down to the sand quality, the surrounding environment,...
View ArticleWaterfalls of Sibuyan Island
Sibuyan island is one of the most fascinating in the country in terms of biodiversity. Its 445 square meter area is home to more than 123 species of trees (54 are endemic), estimated 700 vascular...
View ArticleCresta de Gallo: Sibuyan Island Sandbar Paradise
Found at the southern tip of Sibuyan Island is one of Romblon’s raw gems worth daring the often tempestuous waters of Sibuyan seas for. Cresta de Gallo, named after its shape resembling a rooster’s...
View ArticleCantingas River: Cleanest Inland Body of Water
It seems there are several title holders for the “cleanest inland body of water” in the Philippines. Good thing about this is it shows how many natural clean body of water we have. Bugang River in...
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