My Gabii sa Kabilin experience: the usual Cebu museums and some surprises in between
“If you could turn back time and see Parian at its most glorious, at what century would it be?” I asked this to one of…
Memories of Siquijor: from Bandilaan to Salagdoong (last of 2 parts)
View part 1 of the Siquijor series here. On our second day in Siquijor, the ‘engineer’ unrolled before us a map of the island. His neighbors…
Memories of Siquijor: beyond the mystery, magic and myth (first of 2 parts)
View part 2 of the Siquijor series here. Many, many summers ago, my friends and I found ourselves in a beautiful, laidback island called Siquijor.…
Mt. Apo: at the rooftop of the Philippines (last of 2 parts)
Part 1 of the series here. Aside from taking the mandatory jumpshots, there are so many things you can do at the top of Mt.…
Mt. Apo: at the rooftop of the Philippines (first of 2 parts)
Part 2 of the series here. It was not yet raining when our small Mt. Apo team met at the Davao City airport one Thursday…
Calauit: A delightful and complicated anomaly
Among the many beautiful tropical islands in the Philippines, Calauit is a delightful and complicated anomaly. It is part of the Calamianes, a cluster of…
Dinagat Diaries (first of 2 parts)
I am not sure if my travel companions sensed my relief as we boarded M/BCA Seahorse Express at the boulevard in Surigao City. We were…
The Sounds of Buscalan
Buscalan, in Kalinga, was very much alive when Andrew and I arrived there one Sunday morning in September. We were greeted with the curious stares…