The Mountain Province and Sagada caught my attention when I read about Whang Od, the legendary tribal tattoo artist who is a ripe old of 102 years old already as I write this piece, and bugged my bestest fellow Philippines adventurer until the trip conceptualised. We cannot deny that our forte lies with finding our…
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Dinagyang 2019
Dinagyang is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo that first started as a feast confined to the Parish of San Jose in 1967 to honour Santo Niño and to celebrate the arrival on Panay of Malay settlers and the subsequent selling of the island to them by the Ati people. By 1977, it eventually…
Pidlisan (Fidelisan) Rice Terrace & Bomod-Ok Falls | Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines
The first morning after arriving in Sagada, we took a trip down to Sagada Municipal Tourist Information Center to find out more information regarding Whang Od. We were hoping we can find a familiar local who can tell us how we can get there and find her (without getting lost again). Unfortunately, no one was…
Mary Grace Cafe | Metro Manila, Philippines
After our road trip that ended up more like a whirlwind around, we reduced ourselves to simpler plans like recuperate before our very last day in the Philippines arrives… [Catanduanes & Luzon | Philippines October 2015] 16 & 17 October 2015 Mary Grace Cafe 16 October 2015 Woke up with only the friend and I…
Villa Escudero, Tagaytay & Taal Church | Luzon, Philippines
After spending the whole day settling down and resting after arriving from Catanduanes, we were all ready to hit the roads again! But little did we know that the moment we drove off from home, we will be on the roads for the rest of the day… [Catanduanes & Luzon | Philippines October 2015] 15…
Antipolo | Luzon, Philippines
I, for some reason, don’t have an issue getting out of bed early every time I am on a holiday. But I figured it might be because the sun rises much earlier in other parts of the world and my love for sun shine anonymously sets an alarm at those ungodly timing on my body…
Bato Church & Batalay Shrine | Catanduanes, Philippines
Our last day out at Catanduanes crept up quietly upon us and with that wee bit of disappointment that we are going to have to leave the sleepy town of Bato the following morning. We ended up taking a back seat, skipped the thought of visiting any other beaches and stayed home all day. Or…
Puraran Beach & PAGASA Weather Station | Catanduanes, Philippines
I cannot think of anything more glorious than losing connection on my phone every now and then when I was in Catanduanes last October. Well, I am actually quite happy that it makes it really pointless to try and poke at the phones (aside from using it as my handy camera) so there’s nothing else…
Sakahon Beach & Lighthouse | Catanduanes, Philippines
It was such a pity that all the fun and hype of the birthday fiesta simmered down when a big part of the family had to pack up and leave so that they are able to get back in time for work again in the new week. And with about less than half the people…
Twin Rock Beach Resort | Catanduanes, Philippines
Arriving at the island of Catanduanes… While traveling is primarily my way of taking a good break from everything I have on hand, I do enjoy traveling out just attend special occasions personally! And by far, I had only attended weddings overseas but this time round, a dear friend of mine invited me to join…
