Philippines Travel Blog

The Baler Adventure

I finally have enough time to do a more decent report on my Baler trip. The last post I had about this place was so hurried and using the awful Globe Tattoo connection that there’s pretty much little I could say. Anyway, here it goes; Baler is not something that you travel 6 hours for [...]

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Baler – Surfing Paradise For Newbies

Lady luck certainly smiled upon me today. I was worried all week long that my trip to Baler, Aurora in Quezon Province would be welcomed by showers of rain. Manila has been a wet place the entire week and I was concerned that such condition would extend over the weekend. Fortunately, it did not. [ad#336] [...]

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Lake Mainit Is Hot!

Lake Mainit is part of Kitcharao, Agusan Del Norte and no, I haven’t morphed into a Paris Hilton wannabe all of a sudden. Mainit translated into English is ‘hot’. Not much subtlety there.[ad#link468] [ad#336] Surigao City bound travellers are treated to a marvelous view of Lake Mainit as they go down the winding mountain roads [...]

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Cagwait White Beach – Cagwait, Surigao Del Sur

Instead of an overnight visit, we made a daytrip out of our Cagwait adventure. A downpour early in the afternoon got us all drenched and cold and wanting to go home badly. Nothing like the weather to start raining in your parade. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

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I Left My <3 In San Francisco, Agusan Del Sur

The amazing thing about life is that you never know what happens next.  Yep just like what Forrest Gump said. I was bent on going to Lake Mainit for Good Friday, instead I found myself spending the night in San Francisco.  Don’t get fooled by the name, this is in Agusan Del Sur, where one [...]

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What To Do In Butuan City, Philippines

Note: featured photo from Butuan City Today By some unforeseen circumstances, this blogger will find himself spending the holy week in the historic City of Butuan, the capital of Agusan Del Norte. It shouldn’t be a surprise since I’m from there though I happen to work here in Manila. [ad#336] I say unforeseen because this [...]

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Beating The Cebu Pacific Passengers Queue

Here’s a little tip for you harrassed Cebu Pacific Passengers. You don’t have to camp out at NAIA 3 just to make sure you catch your plane. Just read on and you should be fine.

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One World. One Disqussion.

But not to worry, I have remedied that situation and installed the Disqus commenting system here, which sort of pretti-fies the comments section and allows me to thread comments. Which means that when I reply to your comment, it automatically is linked to your comment that I’m replying to. Sounds cool doesn’t it? Another good thing about this as well is that even if you don’t have a Disqus account, you can still comment. This is a really cool thing because people are often turned-off by anything that requires them to register. So that should take care of that.

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