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A long day tour of Siquijor (part two), and more musings on solo travel
Part One of my day tour of Siquijor can be found here. My next pit stop after Cantabon Cave was a viewdeck on Mt. Bandilaan, where I had an expansive view of Siquijor. I liked that these bare trees...
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Diving in Apo Island
The Baluarte rock formation of Apo Island, Dauin, Negros Oriental Apo Island is a 30- to 45-minute boat ride from mainland Negros. It’s tiny, just about 12 hectares in area. Everyday there’s about...
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An afternoon of eating at Cafe Antonio’s and Sans Rival in Dumaguete City
There’s only so much you can eat in an afternoon when you’re alone in a new city, so here I’m going to talk about just a couple of restaurants in Dumaguete. I was immediately attracted to the quaint...
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2013: A Year in Travel
If 2012 was the year when I rediscovered this repressed wanderlust, then 2013 was when I pursued it. I went to more places in a year than I did for a whole decade prior. I went on a road trip with my...
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Hala Bira! Ati-Atihan Festival 2014
The Ati-Atihan of Kalibo, Aklan advertises itself as the “mother of all Philippine festivals”. The name means “to be like the Ati”, the original settlers of Panay Island and much of the Philippines....
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Dear fellow travelers, it’s probably your fault that I’ve just quit my job
Right now, I feel as though I’m in one of the scariest places I’ve ever been in. I’ve been working since graduating from college, and I’ve been so used to counting my 20s based on school years. I’ve...
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Island-hopping in the Hundred Islands National Park
(A few of the) Hundred Islands in Alaminos, Pangasinan. View from Governor’s Island. My mom’s a native of Pangasinan, but this is actually my first time to go westward in the province. I always wanted...
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Bolinao beyond the Beach
I really dislike traveling during Holy Week if it’s not to do our yearly Visita Iglesia simply because there are So. Many. People. taking their vacations as well. I remember a short feature on one of...
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The Long Road to Camiguin (and back again)
The Island Born of Fire. I mean really, as far as provincial titles or taglines here in the Philippines go, Camiguin’s is the runaway winner for being the most badass. The title itself conjures images...
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A Camiguin Day Tour, Part One: Katibawasan Falls and Mantigue Island
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...
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A Camiguin Day Tour, Part Two: Cold Springs, Old Church Ruins, and the Sunken...
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....
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A Camiguin Day Tour, Part Three: Trekking Mt. Vulcan
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...
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White Island in Camiguin
A view from White Island of the mountains of Camiguin 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...
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Tokyo for Cheap: Backpacking Japan for five days with $400
Tokyo skyline at night. Taken from the Mori Tower Observation Deck at Roppongi Hills It was a school day in January when Edison, Angel, and I went knocking on our respective classrooms’ doors because...
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A Weekend in San Felipe and San Narciso, Zambales
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...
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Tokyo: Asakusa and Sumida
It’s been so long since I last posted here, I know! I’m ashamed to say I haven’t gone traveling in these past few months as real life (whatever that means) has really taken over. I know I still have a...
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Tokyo: A Morning at Ueno Zoo
For our first morning in Tokyo — our second day in the city — we went to the Ueno district. Ueno Park Edison and Angel came prepared, of course. But first, a Ueno fashion shoot! Now, we had a choice...
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Tokyo: From Akihabara to Roppongi, with the Imperial Palace and Ginza in between
Tokyo Day 2 Notes 08:30am from Tawaramachi Sta., take Ginza Line to Ueno Sta. (¥140) Ueno Zoo (admission: ¥300) alternative: Tokyo National Museum (admission: ¥300); temples (free) 11:00am from Ueno...
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The Island of Enoshima in Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture
Tokyo Day 3 Notes 07:30am from Tawaramachi Sta., take Ginza Line to Kanda Sta. (¥170) from Kanda Sta., take Chuo Line to Shinjuku Sta. (¥170), exit to Odakyu Line purchase Enoshima-Kamakura 1-day Free...
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Hase-dera and Kotoku-in: Two temples in Kamakura
One of the things I love about going to another country is exploring its houses and temples of worship. (I have had some annoyed travel companions because of this in the past, when they can’t keep up...
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