By this time, we’d probably be checking in for our flight to Tiruchirappalli at Kuala Lumpur’s Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) already. For sure it will take some time before I get to write about my “Incredible India” experience, so for the moment, here’s something from the Voyaging Visayas series which I assume has a…
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Siquijor: Surrendering to Serenity
I sat to compose myself. The sweltering midday heat was infuriating my hormones. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy and there I was in Dumaguete Port battling morning sickness yet brushing off the idea of slowing down. We were waiting for our ferry to Siquijor. A calming welcome. View of Siquijor’s shore upon docking. Shervin and…
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Video: Casaroro Falls
An insane habal-habal ride is definitely worth this!One fine early afternoon in Valencia, Negros Oriental. Great picnic company consisted of local folks snacking on chips and intercontinental acquaintances gobbling dried mangoes. TweetShare This page was viewed times.
Casaroro Falls
I swallowed hard. It’s going to be one tough ride. Amidst the pandemonium of habal-habal drivers offering tours in our faces, I was fidgety and dazed. I was never comfortable journeying aboard motorcycles, let alone riding it with another passenger aside from the driver on an unpaved road and two months pregnant. Nevertheless I was…
Cebu-Dumaguete: Company of “Joes”
I traumatically underwent an onslaught of interviews by random Pinays as we roadtripped and roro cruised our way from Cebu to Dumaguete. Our entourage composed of two Pinoys (me and my friend Xhy) and three Aussies: Brothers Ari and Benn, plus my hubby Shervin. Backpacking around the Philippines with foreign travelers (or “Joes” as we…
Voyaging Visayas: A Prelude
Cebu-Dumaguete-Siquijor-Bacolod may be a common route for Pinoy backpackers, but a bit insane for the preggy traveler. Had I known I was on the way, I wouldn’t have planned such intense trip. The initial itinerary primarily revolved around meeting up with a couple of hubby’s friends (whose sole purpose for visiting the Philippines is a…