The trail to Tineg, Abra’s Kaparkan Falls, our travel organizer warned, is “physically and emotionally taxing”. This was reiterated by the tourism representative who did the briefing for all travelers before we were allowed to load ride 6×6 SKW Military Trucks. Now, sometimes the tour organizers and tourism officers would exaggerate for safety reasons. This time, though, it really […]
I missed Carmel Youth last August because of a supposed trip to Kaparkan Falls in Abra. They discussed Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation released March, 2019, addressed to everyone especially the youth entitled “Christus Vivit“. I spent some days reading this piece and inspired by Pope Francis’ teachings and the beauty I saw at Northern Blossom […]
At times, because of traffic and over familiarity, we run out of new things to see in Baguio City. But just a few hours away, there are still places within Benguet Province that offers spectacular view of sea of clouds and fields of flowers in chilling temperature. Such is the case of Northern Blossom Flower Farm in […]
EMPTY SPACES CAN BE SO LOUD I’ve got nothing to say but I have this nagging feeling that I got to write something today. During those months that I wasn’t able to publish anything on this blog, a lot of things were going on. And I’d say a lot! I didn’t even had time to […]
Diocesan Commission on Social Communications held its celebration of the 53rd World Communications Day reflecting on the theme, “We are members of one another (Eph4:25) From social network community to human communities. World Communications Day is usually celebrated between Ascension Sunday and Pentecost. Diocese of Malolos celebrated the occasion on June 1 by gathering its […]
FAST FACTS Location: MacArthur Highway, Agoo, La Union Direction: Waze-able. 1hr 5mins drive south of Urbiztondo, San Juan, La Union Parking Space: Plenty but not along the highway Price Range: Php250-Php300 per pax Menu: Filipino Dishes including goat meat Click here for more of our La Union Roadtrip.
Wanting to maximize an elusive long weekend and hotel late check-in time are just no match. We reached San Fernando, La Union at 9AM and check-in time at our reserved hotel room in Plaza de Castiel is not until 2PM. We had to kill time so after some google searches, we decided to do a sidetrip to […]
The start of the trail to Mt. Binacayan is a concrete road, with residential houses of a typical Filipino province on both sides. This uphill road is a challenge in itself and made me stop for rests at this early point of the climb. At the foot of the mountain, where the concrete road ends […]
Intentionally ignoring the time, I did not monitor the exact hours and minutes it took to climb Mt. Pamitinan. Based on how the sun shone that morning, I guessed it was still hours before noon when we went back to the jump-off point, plenty of time for two more mountains. For those who would like to […]
Photoshopped? Edited? I had a good time replying to comments when I posted the photo below on the right. I take it as a compliment when people can’t believe some of the things I am capable of doing. Photo was taken on the “buwis-buhay” rock formation on the first mountain I climbed during my Montalban […]
Stone Hand Gallery
Family Trip to La Union
Laki Beach: Sidetrip to Five Fingers
Space EDSA: An Urban Dorm Review
Paano Labanan ang Fake News
How to Conquer Montalban Trilogy v.1 Solo
Hospicio San Juan de Dios
Baluarte Watch Tower
A Dip at Malangaan Spring
Five Fingers of Mariveles Bataan
Bro. Carmelo Cortez and White Rose Petals
Valleypoint Campsite Travel Guide: New Must-See Place in Baguio
5 Perks of Staying at San Juan Surf Resort
Family Trip to Puerto Galera
Pope Francis on Fake News
