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Travel Tales: Caramoan is something like paradise
One day last week, while I was thinking about the beaches I should see next, I got a text from my friend Edison. The message went something like this: “Join ka Camsur? Caramoan. Eto ang maganda dun sa...
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Travel Tales: The breathtaking Angkor and the laid-back Siem Reap
This trip was months in the making following a frantic scrounging for money when Cebu Pacific announced its summer seat sale. Andy, my friend and co-teacher, had planted the idea of going to Cambodia...
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Travel Tales: Tonle Sap and the Angkor’s great circuit
This is Part Two of my Vietnam-Cambodia trip blog entries. You can find other entries here: Part One: The breathtaking Angkor and the laid-back Siem Reap Part Three: A Ho Chi Minh City Walking Tour...
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Travel Tales: A Ho Chi Minh City Walking Tour (plus some travel tips)
This is Part Three of my Vietnam-Cambodia trip. See the other parts here: Part One: The breathtaking Angkor and the laid-back Siem Reap Part Two: Tonle Sap and the Angkor’s great circuit We left Siem...
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Poetry Wednesdays: Pablo Neruda, “Sonnet IX”
The following is something like my official summer poem. It evokes to me those images of sea waves and lovers, in a background of the sunset or of moonlight reflected on water. But unlike in the...
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Some colored chicks
Yep, you read that right. Real live chicks, dyed I took this picture in Binondo during the Chinese New Year. I couldn’t get a better picture, though. For the uninformed: this is quite a common sight in...
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Travel Tales: Bulusan and Barcelona, Sorsogon
Sunrise at Subic na Malaki, Calintaan Island, Sorsogon. Here’s what many a morning boat ride in the Philippines is like: You wake up at dawn, take a bath, and pack your things as the rain...
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Travel Tales: Zamboanga City
Months ago, there were a few who were somewhat worried when they learned that I was going to Zamboanga City for a three-day trip. There was always the misconception that it’s unsafe, that there were...
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Travel Tales: The Great Sta. Cruz Island and the Zamboanga City Hall
Day 2 of my Zamboanga trip took us to the Great Sta. Cruz Island, touted as one of the best beaches in the Philippines because of its pink sand. I’d already been to Subic Beach in Sorsogon so I was...
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Travel Tales: Mt. Abong-Abong and Pasonanca Park, Zamboanga City
When Joey took me around Zamboanga City on our first day, he first explained what he’d meant by the city not following the rules. He was mostly talking about traffic and public transportation, and by...
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