Tag: Philippines
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Baler: A Photo Diary
“Pics or it didn’t happen” is what people these days shout out when you’re heading out the door, into your car or a bus, on your way to another adventure. Unfortunately, I have no photos of my first surfing experience. Or my second. Or third. As soon as I hit the waters and got on…
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Of Colorful Homes and Flying Suman
Project postponed indefinitely. And with those three beautiful words my two colleagues, my best friend and I packed our bags and drove all the way to Quezon for the Pahiyas Festival. We had less than a week to plan it, but by a stroke of good luck (that came in the form of Dijo’s dad and…
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Serendipity in Coron
I started the year with plenty of doubts about myself and my decisions. I had quit work to chase after an ideal – as early as October of last year, I had started booking at least one trip for every month of the following year. In between trips I freelance as a writer, and I…
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Take us back to Boracay
When my little sister, Dani, was five years old, my mom brought her to the beach. It was her first time and she ran excitedly towards the waters exclaiming, “Mom, look at that big swimming pool!” I wasn’t there to hear it, but my mom told me all about it and we laughed at that…
Trish in Transit 