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Southerner’s photo-road trip to Camiguin
Aug. 20 | Planning the “roadtrip”. I’m itching to go to Camiguin ever since I saw Mt. Hibok-Hibok and White Island in someone else’s pictures a year ago. There were several instances I’d had to let go of opportunities going...
Save the Tarsier Fun Walk (T’mana tu di Linan) in Tupi South Cotabato
Jul. 14 | (Note: If not for this invitation, I wouldn’t have known there were actually tarsiers in the vicinity of Mt. Matutum.) T’mana tu di Linan are the B’laan phrase which means “walk to Linan”. And Linan, is a sanctuary for...
Hiker’s Itch Climb Preparations for the Outdoor Newbies
Mar. 20 | “Another post on climb preparations?” Well, for one, people keep asking about how I prepare for climbs specific to an itinerary. Also, the recent accidents that brought havoc on my “less prepared” climbs made me swore compulsion...
Agong House in photo jest! An artistic nosebleed for me.
Nov. 18 | The idea was simple, but the feat is astounding. The thought of a billionaire Turkish national building his”concept” vacation house here in the Philippines raised my eyebrows. But when he hired Kublai Milan to design and build one for...
Aren’t we there yet? Capones Islands as we visited it!
Oct. 17 | “Hold on to the boat side ate rain! So you won’t get dizzy from this trip’s wave dance!” I was more of reminding myself rather than everyone else- Joy, Rain and Mang Delfin (the boat man). I spent most of my premed, marine bio...
The Backpack: "House on your back" for mountaineers!
Aug. 11 | I’ve given a no nonsense foreword about mountaineering gears and equipments before. There I said it that any mountaineer’s equipment is actually a reflection of the owners individuality- a personality cult. Included among these gears and...
Reminiscing an old Baguio City "look alike" :The Bontoc Stopover
Feb. 26 | “The trip to Banaue, Ifugao from Sagada, Mt. Province takes about one and one half to two hours. We have to ride a bus then transfer to another bus or jeep in another place called Bontoc. The problem is, I don’t know where is that place nor...
Chronicles of Sagada II: Sagada-cious exploration of the highland paradise!
Feb. 10 | “We go back to the info center, ask specifically for places we can go nearby without a guide and transportation and explore those places first. Then we’ll hire a guide there after to go to places needing one. Ok ba yun?” I asked Joy....
Chronicles of Sagada I: Road to the highland paradise!
Feb. 8 | (Author’s note: The pictures posted on this article have permissions from the “models” and owners. Names and identifying details were deliberately changed to protect their privacy. The rest of the story are based on real life events.) “We...
