It's about time that I visit Puerto Princesa in Palawan. Puerto Princesa is the capital city of Palawan, the world's best island, as voted by the internet year by year. It's also home to one of the New 7 Wonder of Nature, Puerto Princesa Underground River. It has long...
Like everyone, you would like to stay at Microtel Palawan when in Puerto Princesa. It's perfect because you're technically still in the city, yet you have the magnificent Emerald beach outside your hotel room. And it's not just some patch of sand I'm talking about,...
Puerto Princesa Underground River Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) was voted as one of the New7Wonders of Nature on 11.11.11. It has brought great honour not only to the City of Puerto Princesa, the province of Palawan, but to the entire Philippines. In 2014,...
I've gotten very nationalistic since I became a serial traveler. I'm a Philippine ambassador when abroad, promoting the Philippines every chance I get and inviting people I meet around the world to visit the Philippines. I've also actively work with the Philippine...
I don't know why anybody are required tourist visa to Tonga (the Kingdom of Tonga). I was there for about 6 weeks and I didn't see how a foreigner could take jobs from the Tongans. If anything, the foreigners I met were volunteers and aide workers in Tonga. But it is...
There's a better way to apply Australian Visa in the Philippines, click this picture to be redirected to my new blog post on Australian visa is one of the easiest visas to apply for, based on all my visa application experiences. The VSF Global website is really...
Malo e lelei! I'm constantly planning to go somewhere, this is a fact. But I'm still amazed how sometimes I ended up somewhere that has been totally out of my radar 6 months before. Like my surprise trip to South Africa last year and now, here I am in Tonga, sitting...
To Infinity and Beyond This is an adventure that has been long time in the making for me. While on my round the world trip in 2011, with no fixed itinerary, I contemplated on going home with a boat. Though the plan didn't pan out, I learned about the website...
Diving Panglao Bohol Divers Club is a good place to stay when diving Panglao. Their dive shop will be our diving host as well as those joining the MAD about US photo competition. It's the type of resort I would typically book to be my base when scuba diving. It's...
Anilao is considered as the birthplace of Philippine scuba diving. The first dive resorts setup operation in the 1960’s and while various islands in the Philippines have also been known for scuba diving, Anilao remains to be the most popular weekend dive destination for Metro Manila folks. It’s where most of us got initiated into the wonderful underwater world. And it only takes 1.5 hours drive south of Metro Manila via the SLEX-STAR (TR3) connection.
"Nudi" is short for nudibranch, a sea species known for it's extraordinary colors and varying form and sizes. No wonder it's one of the favorite macro subject of many underwater photographers. And NUDI is the name adapted by a group of avid diver-photographers in...
We have our own Sardine Run in the Philippines! my friend Beth twitted me during the time I was obsessing about the Sardine Run in South Africa--after seeing it in BBC. Really? Where? Moalboal, Cebu. And so my obsession shifted. It's obviously easier to attain this...
