When I was a kid, one of the first books I owned was Nick Joaquin’s “Manila, My Manila: A History for the Young“. Being the foremost chronicler of 20th century Manila, Joaquin dedicated his life …
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Travelling in the Philippines during Rainy Season?
Summer in the Philippines has ended and we are now bracing for monsoons and typhoons. But before you keep your backpacks, cancel all your local out-of-town trips or travel outside the country, you might want …
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Davao City, the Premier City of the South, the City in Bloom and the Royal City, is the largest city in the Philippines and South East Asia in terms of land area. It is one …
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It ‘s been raining in Metro the past days but on the day we left for Tuguegarao, I saw sunset in Manila Bay. Positive sign… Good vibes ahead, I thought. True enough, the good weather …
Continue readingDive Weekend: Back in Balingoan
Finally, I got a chance to dive again in Balingoan. It has been a year since I last visited the place when Ate Claudia and I dive in Mantangale and Mantigue Island in 2010. Since …
Continue readingAlma Jane: A Wreck Dive Site in Puerto Galera
The first time I saw her, alone and merely a silhouette from afar, my heart anxiously beat fast. The urge of seeing her up-close, touching and feeling her grew stronger. Excited as a child, I …
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