Ola! I just recently came back from a four day B-I-G adventure. Well, it was really an Ilo-ilo – Guimaras – Bacolod adventure because airfare was cheaper that route, but you know. Semantics. Now here’s something that you probably should know about me: I’m the finicky sort of tourist. While…
Month: January 2016
After spending a couple of hours lounging in Daranak Falls, we were more than a little bit hungry. It was already mid-afternoon and our last meal had been the McDonald’s breakfast five hours ago. Since the whole trip was more on the ‘play it by ear’ side, absolutely no research…
I love my car. It allows me to go wherever I go, without the hassle of commuting – a Godsend, since I live down south and it would take multiple transfers before I even get close to Manila. As long as I have money for toll and gas, I am…
Last July I managed to do something really important: I finally got to scratch out Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar off my ‘places to visit’ list. [caption id="attachment_3355" align="aligncenter" width="300"] very old timey-wimey[/caption] Las Casas Filipinas is a hotel/resort in Bagac, Bataan. What makes it so special? Well, twenty-seven (27)…
Sometime in March last year, my friend who left for Australia four years ago spontaneously invited us for a trip to his new home in Sydney. Since my budget for travelling internationally was severely limited at the time, I was very much hesitant to say yes. After all, the…