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Travel Guide: Siargao

How to get to Siargao The most convenient way of getting to Siargao from Manila is flying to either Surigao or straight to Siargao.

Backpack vs. Daypack

You are a noob in the world called camping-slash-mountaineering and don’t know what kind of bag to use where all your stuff could fit in. Here, a little advice that…

No exit, No entry

I am handcuffed and being escorted by several security officers into a dingy cell. I can hear the word Filipino in a thick Malay accent mentioned a couple of times…

You Never Stop Learning: A Valedictory Speech

“Travel is like an endless university. You never stop learning.” – HARVEY LLOYD, Cruise Travel, Apr. 1985 To all of our beloved readers, good day. First, I’d like to apologize…

How to Survive the Patong Apocalypse

The Mayan calendar wasn’t exactly accurate when it said that we should be gone by the 21st of December last year. But come to think of it. What if doomsday is really…

Sex, Alcohol, and Bangla

I have been a Catholic since Lord knows when and went to Catholic schools with conservative teachings and rules all my life. My everyday experiences as a grown-up changed my…

Dear Maya

Dear Maya, How are you? You might think that I am mad writing this letter but you gotta read. I first saw you on a movie house when I was…

Where I have been this 2012

I asked for twelve wonderful blessings this 2012 and I got them all. Now, here’s how I rolled the past year. 1. Got lost. (Tarak Ridge) Went climbing the famous…