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The light rain, while our plane lands on the runway of Tacloban Airport, brought qualms in visiting the first item on my schedule that weekend. It was my first time in Eastern Visayas region and paying homage to San Juanico Bridge, the longest bridge in the country, was the first thing I planned to do….
Pahiyas Festival was probably one of the most stressful festivals I’ve ever attended. Food establishments were not prepared with the influx of tourists, and most of all, traffic management was at its worst. It is a bad idea to attend the festival when the schedule falls on a weekend. Expect that a lot of people…
Going to and out of Mactan Cebu International Airport is one of my major challenges every time I need to utilize the airport for my travels. There are several options but you need to shell out a bit from your budget; more cash to spare relates to convenience. Rent-a-car services are available just at the…
Enough of the summer heat because you can now use the marks on our body as a substitute to a city map with the lines we got from successive weekends spent in any place, perhaps beach, we wanted. It was time to relieve those burns and stay under the shades, even just for a weekend,…
Houses from different parts of the Philippines; some were restored, some were replicated. This is the only description I know about the first heritage resort in the Philippines, Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, located in a peninsular province of Luzon, in Bataan. When drafting my weekend itinerary, I made sure that this should be included…
February and summer already kicked in. Feisty heat of the sun invades every part of Cebu. It’s again time for some beach and island hopping. The crystal clear waters blending with the blue horizon will again dominate social media feeds. Unbearable heat inside the house needs to be cooled down by the inviting waters of…
South Bus Terminal at 2 in the morning was the agreed rendezvous for the much awaited traverse. From work, I just left my stuff at home, tossed some items in my bag that I believed to be trekking essentials, and took a jeepney ride to the bus station. The labyrinth of chairs required the group…
There are companies here in the Philippines, with main site in the US, that observe their federal holidays instead of the local holidays. What makes it good is that non-working days usually fall on a Monday, or sometimes Friday. It was noon of Monday when we arrived in Butuan City from Surigao Del Sur. After…
Surigao Del Sur is one of the provinces in the CARAGA Region together with its Norte counterpart, the Agusans, and Dinagat Islands. The province boasts various natural attractions that are indeed perfect for some thrilling adventures. With its geographical location, Surigao Del Sur is previously considered as an off-the-beaten from the commercial tourism due to…
Bislig City is around 40 kilometers away from Hinatuan. The distance is too long if you’re just on a motorbike. The weather went well that afternoon after a short tour in Hinatuan and a brief lunch break in an ordinary barbeque house in Hinatuan, we traced the Surigao – Davao Coastal Road for us to…