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visayas backpacking: iloilo & bacolod

Jul 23

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we arrived in jaro city, iloilo around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. the vans share the terminal with the ceres buses coming from caticlan, it’s just a matter of spending a bit more on fast airconditioned vans.

we weren’t able to look around iloilo since i wasn’t able to do any research about it, the trip here was nothing more than a jump off to bacolod city. we weren’t feeling adventurous at that time and it was running a little late, so instead of riding a few jeepneys to the sea port, we took a cab and headed straight to the port.

there are 2 fastcrafts going to bacolod almost every hour, you may check their schedules by visiting their websites or call them directly if you want to be sure.

oceanjet
weesam express
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visayas backpacking: boracay

Jul 22

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two weeks ago, my sister and i went to the visayas for a little trip. since my sister wasn’t able to join me in my past “tripscapade”, we’ve decided to go on a mini island hopping spree. here’s a sketch of our route to give you an idea:

based on this experience, i’ll be posting some tips when traveling during off peak season (june – october). you’ll know why hehe!

GETTING THERE

there are many ways going to boracay, and since we have a lot of free miles, we used it to book PAL’s business class, devoured nice plane snacks and landed in kalibo. i personally prefer landing in caticlan because it’ll save you more time and money. there are lots of vans and buses going to caticlan at the kalibo airport, so it shouldn’t be a problem. vans travel faster than buses but it needs to be filled with passengers before it leaves. if you’re travelling during off peak season, expect to wait a little longer. vans going to caticlan charge P200 per person.

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the first timer’s easiest guide to enjoy boracay

Apr 25

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i’m back from sizzling boracay, still missing the beach bumming escapade and all those blahs. like all of my other out of town trips, expect a small trip review post. the usual rant and rave with pictures on the side.
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secrets of quezon province: villa escudero & kusina salud

Feb 14

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we never had “food trip” in mind when we went to villa escudero, but the food and experience was so good that we decide to stuff ourselves full :D villa escudero is located at the quezon and san pablo border, about 2.5 hours drive from manila if you leave early. (WARNING: post contain lots of photos)

for a fee of P800, you can:
1) go river rafting
2) have buffet lunch AT the waterfalls
3) tour the museum
4) get a short carabao ride to the resort proper
5) swim
6) watch some cultural shows (weekends & holidays only)
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bye humans and thanks for the fish!

Oct 17

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ok. as much as i wanted to prolong my stay in bohol, i’m now back to my cluttered little house in the big city. it was a really relaxing experience, and i’ve never been to a local destination where nature preservation is strongly practiced. anyhoo, what’s a trip without picture souvenirs? :D here are a few details and travel tips if ever you decide to visit panglao.GOING THERE

before november kicks in, airlines would usually give out cheap travel packages to tourist destinations nationwide. normally, these tour packages would take up 3 days and 2 nights only, which sucks if you intend to relax and really absorb the local atmosphere. planned a 4day-3night stay. we chose to take the route going to cebu instead of going straight to tagbilaran because there are a lot of available flight schedules. tagbilaran has only two direct flights to manila daily, both before lunch.
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