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Tao Open Expedition | Redefining Escape

Tao Open Expedition | Redefining Escape

Joining the Tao Open Expedition in Palawan has always been on my active bucket list. Yet again, in my February 2015 exploration of the island province, the stars were not aligned & I missed it for the 2nd time. But gladly, I met Ross, the first person who has...

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Accommodations

Places to Stay in Port Barton, Palawan

Places to Stay in Port Barton, Palawan

Port Barton is home to many cozy and well-spaced guesthouses. Here, the elements of comfort & design, however simple the place is, are always put into thoughts. Accommodations usually come in bungalows by the beach with in-house cafes and they vary from backpacker rooms to exclusive villas. While there...

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Travel Guide

Travel Guide to Port Barton, Palawan

Travel Guide to Port Barton, Palawan

Port Barton is a small beachside village located in the northwestern part of Palawan. It is about 150 kilometers from Puerto Princesa in the south and 90 kilometers from El Nido in the north. While it may seem to be in between 2 popular sites in this island province,...

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Top Destination!

Port Barton | Palawan’s Best Retreat Beach

Port Barton | Palawan’s Best Retreat Beach

If your kind of beach fete is tranquilly basking on supple white sand with a burrowed beer, breezily lying on a hammock with a book or composedly regaining your flow of energy through sunrise yoga, then you must come to Port Barton in San Vicente, Palawan. Somewhere in between...

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Backpacker Place

OMG House | Puerto Princesa

OMG House | Puerto Princesa

  The OMG House in Puerto Princesa, Palawan actually stands as an acronym of the hostel’s owners. But for its price, comfort & service, OMG has lived on to take the expression’s meaning, it being surprisingly awesome. OMG is a modest guesthouse for backpackers who are seriously traveling on...

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Holiday!

Celebrate Summer in the Philippines

Celebrate Summer in the Philippines

  The Philippines is more than just a cluster of islands floating on the Pacific. It is THE DESTINATION when you mean wonderful tropical holiday — great sights, good food, interesting culture & happy people. As we welcome the summer season, the entire nation celebrates 2 months of awesome...

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City Guide

Puerto Princesa | Your Gateway to Palawan’s Paradise

Puerto Princesa | Your Gateway to Palawan’s Paradise

While airborne bound to Puerto Princesa, I was seated beside two young Spanish-speaking backpackers who were very busy reading their guidebooks. The uncomfortable silence was broken when I heard one of them said “vamonos directo a el nido” (let’s go straight to El Nido). With my 10-pieces of Spanish...

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Donate to Travel Trilogy

Donate to Travel Trilogy

They say S*%t happens! But do you abandon a dream just because it did? Travel Trilogy is authored by a single person only and all the travel stories you’ve read on the site were personally funded. Over the past few years, it has managed to survive the blogosphere without...

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Indian Festival

Holi Festival 2015 Manila | Coloring Namaste & Mabuhay

Holi Festival 2015 Manila | Coloring Namaste & Mabuhay

I hopped, I wiggled. I jumped, I jiggled. I tapped, I squiggled. I screamed, HOLI HEY! Yesterday, the vibrant Indian community in Manila with the Asia Society Philippines staged a very colorful cultural event dubbed as the Holi Festival. Now on its 3rd year, this cultural attraction gathered thousands...

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Travel Tips

Long-Term Backpacking Guide in Southeast Asia

Long-Term Backpacking Guide in Southeast Asia

They march on their flip-flops with huge nylon tubes on their backs searching for cheap guesthouses. They hem the blinding white sand beaches for that awesome holiday tan. They fill the party venues and they do it hard and wild. We see them year-round in Southeast Asia. They’re the...

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