I haven't posted these yet, and I keep reminding myself to but I always feel like I have something else to do once I'm seated and ready to type. But hey, better late than never! All photos are mine. Copyright 2014.
Photo Log: Kalinga
Tag: philippines
Philippine Travels # 6: Favourites
As is probably obvious from my Instagram photos (for those of you who took on my suggestion to virtually creep on me there, at least. Haha), I went to Cebu last week with one of my longest, closest friends, Erika.And inasmuch as I'm all averted to all things cheesy -- well, at least online --… Continue reading Philippine Travels # 6: Favourites
On Spontaneous Spontaneity (I am not lost to the redundancy of this title)
It was past 9 pm, and the best friend and I were already halfway through our store-brought breakfast burritos (breakfast food, we believe, can - and should - be served 24/7) when we decided to pack up and go to a beach because we haven't been out of town for the past year. After calling… Continue reading On Spontaneous Spontaneity (I am not lost to the redundancy of this title)
Kids grow better outside.
Photo taken in Buscalan, Kalinga, while we were on the topload of the jeep en route to Bontoc, Kalinga on May 30, 2014. Blog post about the trip to be posted soon.
Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (6)
Ah, Cagayan Valley. The centre of Region 2 and the place where 80% of my family is situated in. Because of its topography, the place experiences weather extremes, ranging from the hottest summers to the coldest... winters (winters being a very loose term, especially considering how this country does not have winters, and only has… Continue reading Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (6)
Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (5)
Pagudpod. Best known for its white sand beaches and pristine surroundings, the beach is famous the world over. However, when we got there, we were surprised (appalled is more honest a word, but it sounds too unforgiving) when we saw a great multitude of people and cars. Realizing we preferred silence (or noise in the… Continue reading Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (5)
Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (4)
Allow me to start this part of the GNE series by saying that at this part of the journey, we pretty much looked like grilled shrimp (forgive the metaphor or mental the image, just believe we look less than glamorous. Not saying, of course, that our natural state of being is "glamorous"). Anyway, after bidding… Continue reading Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (4)
Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (3)
Oh, Vigan. Or, because I am so smitten by this province... oh, Ilocos. Ilocos is another province in the Philippines and is divided into two: Ilocos Sur, and Ilocos Norte, mostly because they're on top of the other. It's the home of the famous empanada (it varies wherever in the world you are,… Continue reading Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (3)
Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (2)
The first province on the list was Pangasinan; apt, because Pangasinan is known as the gateway to Northern Luzon (how else to start a great northern escapade, yeah?). Pangasinan means "place of salt," because it's the major producer of salt in the Philippines, and it's biggest products involve the salty (and similarly delectable) "bagoong" and… Continue reading Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (2)
Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (1)
This is a map of the Philippines: And this, is a map of Luzon: On the last week of April, my friends and I (all newly grads) decided to go tour the northern part of the Philippines' biggest island, and see how that'll fare for us all. You see, unlike most of my trips where… Continue reading Philippine Travels # 4: Oh, the places you can go! (1)
Of perpetual finds 