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My heart skipped a beat when I learned that I got into the shortlist of Filipino bloggers joining Anton Diaz of Our Awesome Planet and Mica Rodriguez of Senyorita.net on a special journey with international travel bloggers. As a baby blogger, it is one of my dreams to meet...

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Living a full-time life of travel, I am often asked how I keep up with good food on the road. Well, there’s really nothing special about my on-the-road meals. I just pack my basics like water, biscuits, candies & 555 Tuna Rice foil packs ‘til I get to my...

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My mind is a glut of ancient temples & castles, incredible landscapes & powerful portraits all banked through my life-long affair with travel. Now in between 40 and death, I look back to the times of firsts—first passport, first plane ride. And to IPAG, the theater that fired my...

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Mayor Duterte, soon to be honored as the 16th President of the Philippines loves native chicken adobo & dried fish. But I wonder if he has a sweet tooth too because in Iligan City, a small town café named Pinch is all-out with its sugary goodies should His Excellency...

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INFINITY FARM, announced our guide. In 1-2-3, my eyeballs compulsively rolled of what was ahead of the road. It could probably be a place adorned with all the sickly sweetness promise of forever, of boundless love & eternity. Yaiks! I got wary, I admit. Not doing my research was...

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Lanao del Sur? I have never had so many people express their worries about my kind of adventure not until I announced my trip to Lanao del Sur. “Is that on your death wish?” asked my friends whose ideas of the place are all about its unpleasant stories. Why...

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I have lived more than half of my life in travel bags. From polished suitcases to dusty backpacks, I think I live to pack & unpack. But however my travel styles have changed, the things I cannot travel without stays the same. Beyond the basics like money & IDs,...

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Festivals in the Philippines are as abundant as there are islands to this country. And we aren’t shy about expressing our love for fiestas. In fact, we always have one happening somewhere everyday giving us more reasons to celebrate! Festivals in the Philippines: MARCHing in Fun March signals the coming...

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Agoda is one of the most popular hotel booking sites there is on the Internet today. It rolls up on the first page in any search engines. It stalks your online movement & pops like window clocks with screaming cockatoos—book me, book me now! Is Agoda really a smarter...

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Long neck women, giraffe ladies, bizarre, freaks. They’re called many names but these indigenous people are actually the Kayan Lahwi, a sub-group of the Karen tribe. I have been following their stories for many years. Their cultural oddity & persecutions are what fueled my desire to find them in...

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Festivals in the Philippines give us more reasons to love the season. In the Philippines, February is not only a time for Valentine soirees, but also a month full of art & cultural festivals. Fill your love month with more festivals in the Philippines Dubbed as the national arts month,...

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Sinulog Festival is by far the grandest fiesta in the Philippines. Surely, it is unmatched in terms of pageantry, audience & commercial value. In fact, many fiestas around the country have been inspired or patterned after the spectacle of Sinulog. Because its popularity is seemingly beyond scale, Sinulog became...

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“What can we do in Manila for a day?” asked Marina & Tatiana, my German friends whom I met on a vacation in Palawan. Honestly, I haven’t really done a full-day tour of Manila that captures all of its character in just one sweep. I admit that I may have...

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In the past, even before we could breathe from the longest celebration of Christmas in the world, festivals in the Philippines immediately roll in. The feasts of the Black Nazarene & Sto. Nino used to usher the start of non-stop fiestas across the country throughout the year had the...

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Bohol is pretty —- unspoiled beaches, exciting sights & marvelous heritage architectures. Hailed as one of the prime tourist destinations in the Philippines, truly this island province is a paradise. But behind its beauty & wonders are serious ecological problems that threaten Bohol’s survival. Underneath its turquoise water are...

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With more exciting domestic destinations becoming more accessible, budget accommodations have also sprouted especially in key cities. Whenever I am on a budget travel, I check at 3 simple standards in looking for places to stay: affordability, proximity & basic guest services. And in Cagayan de Oro, Loft Inn meets...

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