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“Igganam dayta bag mo ta baka matnag.” A language I rarely hear in the Visayas which is dominated by the Cebuano language. I looked at the direction of the other group and eavesdropped with their conversation. Yes, they’re Ilocanos, like me. While our boat sashayed from the port to Kalanggaman Island, I asked where they’re from,…
Tinago Falls of Iligan City was already featured on this website. The waterfall that I consider the most beautiful that I have seen so far. Just so you know, there is another waterfall named as Tinago Falls which can be found in Biliran, a province in Eastern Visayas. Right after we got back to mainland…
Travel time to Kawayan Port, one of the jump-off points to Sambawan Island, from Naval, Biliran will take you 30 minutes at maximum. That is if you will avail services from habal-habal drivers. On our case, since we were not in a hurry, we utilized the jeepney and just paid Php30. The ride was one…
Quirky interiors, picturesque facades, and colorful fixtures are the major things, except for good food, to consider when opening a restaurant. Few years ago, Yolanda hit Eastern Visayas and the rebuilding process inspired local restaurateurs to hype up a bit their cafes and food places. Every time I search for places to eat in the…
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….
Finally, after exciting all people with that “soon to open” tarpaulin in SM City Cebu, Vikings Luxury Buffet already landed in the Queen City of the South. Weeks before April ends, a sponsored ad in Facebook appeared on my timeline, their page started announcing their opening planned a day after the scheduled presidential elections. With…
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,…
Three seconds. That’s the suggested time for you to decide. Don’t take too much time standing on the edge having second thoughts whether to jump or not. I constrained myself on that rule, that if I will try Kawasan Canyoneering in Badian, I need to jump after the count of three. “Usa, duha, tulo, ambak!”…
In busy Tacloban City, still on the stage of recovery from the havoc few years back, is a new structure in one corner of Burgos Street. Ironwood Hotel joins the reinforcement in bringing the prior charm and oomph of the city in Eastern Visayas before the devastating super typhoon Haiyan. Despite being new, the hotel…