Category: travel

  • Sun, Sea, and Snorkeling: Day 4 Island Tour in Coron

    Sun, Sea, and Snorkeling: Day 4 Island Tour in Coron

    February 5, Monday – Coron, Palawan | Day 4 It was time for our island tour! The Airbnb we stayed at offered tour packages, and since we didn’t have an itinerary, we…

  • Day 3 in Coron: Hot Springs and Mountain Views

    Day 3 in Coron: Hot Springs and Mountain Views

    February 4, Sunday – Coron, Palawan On our third day, we continued our land tour around the area. We woke up early to prepare for our trip to the Maquinit hot spring.…

  • Road Trip Adventures: Exploring Busuanga on Day 2

    Road Trip Adventures: Exploring Busuanga on Day 2

    Feb 3, 2024, Saturday – On the Road in Busuanga Day two was all about going with the flow. Instead of signing up for a guided tour, we grabbed a rental car…

  • Travel Diaries: Day 1 in Busuanga

    Travel Diaries: Day 1 in Busuanga

    Feb 2, 2024, Friday – Day 1 of our trip was mainly about traveling from one place to another. When we reached Busuanga, we settled into our Airbnb home, where we’ll be staying…

  • Snapshots from Mt. Pulag: A Photo Collection

    Snapshots from Mt. Pulag: A Photo Collection

    December 16 – 17 | Mount Pulag, Playground of the Gods Photo dumpA collection of random photos, some captured on my phone and others taken by my friends.

  • Journey to the Top: Mt. Pulag’s Playground of the Gods

    Journey to the Top: Mt. Pulag’s Playground of the Gods

    December 16 – 17 | Mount Pulag, Playground of the Gods After nearly nine years, I revisited Mt. Pulag. Back in March 2015, I climbed my first mountain with my family, but…

  • Quick Getaway: Malunay and Alibijaban Island

    Quick Getaway: Malunay and Alibijaban Island

    May 5 – 7, Friday – Sunday | Malunay, Quezon & Alibijaban Island The day after returning from Siargao, we headed to Malunay, Quezon with our friends to visit Aurin and his…

  • The Last Hurrah: Wrapping Up My Siargao Trip

    The Last Hurrah: Wrapping Up My Siargao Trip

    It’s time to wrap up my Siargao trip posts. I realise these entries are lengthy and may seem somewhat uninteresting, but I really like to record mostly what happened that day before…

  • Siargao Day 6: Hidden Cold Spring and Country Roads

    Siargao Day 6: Hidden Cold Spring and Country Roads

    Day 6 – May 2, Tuesday Asis and I woke up later than we used to. We hit the road around 7 am with our gear for our day 2 land trip.…

  • Siargao Day 5: From Scenic Views to Nighttime Adventures

    Siargao Day 5: From Scenic Views to Nighttime Adventures

    Day 5 – May 1, Monday Asis and I strolled to the nearby beach from our Airbnb at the crack of dawn, hopeful to catch the sunrise, but heavy clouds just covered…

  • Rainy Day Explorations: Siargao Days 3-4

    Rainy Day Explorations: Siargao Days 3-4

    Day 3 – April 29, Saturday Asis and I were out and about on our rented scooter around 5 am. We made a pitstop at the Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish church.…

  • Siargao Escapade: A Two-Day Island Adventure

    Siargao Escapade: A Two-Day Island Adventure

    Day 1 – April 27, Thursday Asis and I were off to Siargao, our first in-air trip for this year. We met up with our friends who had been on the island…

  • Mount Purro Nature Reserve Day Hike

    Mount Purro Nature Reserve Day Hike

    May 13, 2023 I’m back with another long-overdue post. This day hike trip happened five months ago, on May 13th. It was yet another planned trip arranged by my EG family. My…

  • Mt. Balagbag 2023

    Mt. Balagbag 2023

    March 11, 2023 – EG peeps like to organise activities for us to do outside of work, so we decided to go for a hike! As a person who is not physically…

  • Bicol 2022

    Bicol 2022

    December 25 – 29, 2022 | Legazpi City, Albay, Bicol & White Pebbles Beach Resort, Minalabac, Camarines Sur December turned out to be an unfavourable month to explore Bicol. It was consistently…

  • El Nido pt. II

    El Nido pt. II

    Oh wow, it took me almost three months to write this second part, and I’m not sure if the things I’m going to write here are accurate. I have a terrible memory…

  • El Nido pt. I

    El Nido pt. I

    This is a photo-heavy post. Photos were captured using my phone, instax, half-frame film camera (Kodak H35), and DSLR (from APE Tours) // phone and dslr photos were post-processed by moi November…

  • Rainy Weekend Getaway

    Rainy Weekend Getaway

    September 3 – 4, 2022 This trip finally pushed through after planning it for quite a while! We, bisprins, wanted to spend our time together away from the city, but I honestly…

  • Family Getaway: Pico de Loro

    Family Getaway: Pico de Loro

    I couldn’t remember when was the last time the whole family went on an out-of-town trip. Was it when I was in college? Or maybe in high school? It was certainly ages ago. Life…

  • Tali Beach, Batangas

    Tali Beach, Batangas

    It had been almost 5 months since this trip happened, and honestly, I’m not sure if what I’m going to write here really happened or if it’s all accurate, but whatever. I’ve…

  • Elyu 2022

    Elyu 2022

    March 10 – 12 | La UnionPhotos are in random order; Cameras used: Canon AE-1 Program and Lomography Reloadable Camera; Films used: Rollei Crossbird Creative 200 (sepia, old vibes, heavily grainy), Lomography…

  • Bambike Tour

    Bambike Tour

    November 20, 2021 – With the success of the EG Walking Challenge in the Sydney team, the Manila team also had our own version of the initiative. EG created this activity for…

  • ZambaWork with the ZambaCrew

    ZambaWork with the ZambaCrew

    In December of last year, our plans to go to Zambales to work and at the same time, to travel/getaway finally pushed through. We were initially 6 in the group, but Sha…

  • Rollei Crossbird 200

    Rollei Crossbird 200

    September 11 – 12, 2021After so many months, I finally got to be somewhere away from the city. It was so nice to be surrounded by nature, and to get some fresh…