Into Uncharted Apayao
Storytime is a series of stories about my most memorable travel experiences. Read more here.There was a mighty roar but the path did not give. Tires kept spinning and engine kept revving but the...
View ArticleRunning An Online Store While Traveling: Tips For Eco Digital Nomads
When you were in grade school and were asked what you wanted to be when you grow up, the typical answers were along the lines of fairy princesses and firemen… But never in the days of early childhood...
View ArticleWhere My Pieces Fall In Place
The day’s early rays are glorious on my skin and the patter of water from the plant box is a heartbeat.On our humble balcony, I take in my slice of peace: a quirky patchwork of foliage and tin roofs,...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and Resolving an Existential Crisis
Like always, bird songs – wild and domesticated – pour into the late afternoon. The March sky is exactly how it should be, cloudless and crisp and ever so bright. Here, in my quiet piece of this lake...
View ArticleHappiness Is An Extremely Uneventful Subject: My 2019
This feels funny.Been a while since I wrote here – not that I didn’t want to. There just hasn’t been any compulsion to do so. For what it’s worth, I’m still telling stories – just not here. Elsewhere....
View ArticleTop Vegan Restaurants in Manila
While Filipinos may not have a good understanding of vegetarian and vegan foods, it doesn't mean that you cannot enjoy those options in the country. So, for all those vegetarian people looking for...
View ArticleIt's That Time of the Year Again When I Don't Like Myself
I hate myself.That's it.That's all I really wanted to say.If you came here expecting some motivational crap because you're going through the same thing, well, buddy, all I can really offer you is some...
View ArticleSojourning in San Remigio, Antique
This is the twelfth installment of the Spread the Impact series – a collection of travel narratives and guides to less-traveled places in the Philippines, with the aim to spread human impact to the...
View ArticleThe Pleasures of Pandan, Antique
This is the eleventh installment of the Spread the Impact series – a collection of travel narratives and guides to less-traveled places in the Philippines, with the aim to spread human impact to the...
View ArticleWhere to Stay in Antique
Aboard Philippine Airlines’s flight to San Jose from Clark and chauffeured by Katahum Tours across Antique, I was able to experience some of the province’s offerings. I also got to stay at some of the...
View ArticleAcross Antique: Things to See and Do
Antique is one of the four provinces that make up Panay Island. It belongs to the Western Visayas region and opens up to the Sulu Sea.The province’s geography runs at an almost straight line, but its...
View ArticleTo the People I Love
Hey.What’s up?This here is an attempt. An effort to explain how much each of you means to me. Because I fear I may not be doing enough.Let me start by saying this: every night I go to bed secretly...
View ArticleRound Marinduque: 15 Places to Check Out
The island province of Marinduque is underrated. It deserves so much love for the variety of natural, cultural, and historical treasures it harbors. Located between the Tayabas Bay and the Sibuyan Sea,...
View ArticleWhere to Stay in Marinduque
The last time I’ve been to Marinduque – which was, what, five years ago? – it felt like a family vacation. I went with a grad school classmate of mine and stayed at their place so I wasn’t able to...
View ArticleMt. Igcoron and Tears For Me
Storytime is a series of stories about my most memorable travel experiences. Read more here.“I want to look my best,” I announced to my roommates, a bit defensively. “I’m going up the mountains.”My...
View ArticleDIY Guide to Mt. Igcoron
After spending almost a week combing through Antique’s offerings, from tracing historical sites to spending my birthday at Seco Island, I decided I have had too much water and not enough ground. And...
View ArticleSoldiering On at Seco Island
Storytime is a series of stories about my most memorable travel experiences. Read more here.To be still when all is in flux, to not move when all there is is motion, is a pleasure not everyone deigns...
View Article6 Historical Sites to Visit in Antique
I don’t know what exactly happened down the road but I’ve always associated Antique with aswang, tiktik, and manananggal. For some reason, and I take it I’m not alone in this, I remember feeling a...
View ArticleDIY Guide to Gaspar Island
It has been five years since I’ve first been to Marinduque. The island province has been one of the first places I’ve traveled to, and one of the spots I got to check out back then was Gaspar...
View ArticleDIY Guide to Mt. Malindig
Getting to Marinduque has never been easier thanks to Cebu Pacific’s thrice-per-week flights from Manila. The flight cuts the almost 6-hour land/sea trip to just under an hour – you’ll spend more time...
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