Surreally Heavenly: First Momma Chewing Experience in Sagada

I got this penchant for exploring new things whenever I’m travelling, especially when it is something that is deeply etched in the psyche of the locals. As for the Kankanaey-Igorots of Sagada, chewing betel nut or momma is a tradition that has been in their culture for generations. And for the ...
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Visita Iglesia: Basilica Minore de Santo Niño de Cebú

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Basilica Minore de Santo Nino de Cebu While traditionally it has been seven Catholic Churches that has to be visited during the Visita Iglesia on Holy Week, I’ll be featuring only two...yet these are the closest to both my heart and soul. The first one would be the Philippines’ first ...
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Kiltepan: Sagada’s East of Eden

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Kiltepen, Sagada's East of Eden Two days to go before 2013, and it was also our last day in Sagada. Wouldn’t it be nice to symbolically embrace a new beginning by watching the sunrise in the Cordilleras, as the golden rays gradually touch the mountains while the clouds embrace the earth? The ...
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How’s the Weather in PAGASA Baler?

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PAGASA Baler Weather Station “Typhoon (insert name here) is estimated XXX kilometers east of Baler, Aurora...” Most of us Filipinos have heard or read about this announcement every time there is an upcoming weather disturbance in the Pacific, and the capital town of Baler in Aurora Province is the reference point. ...
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Dahican Beach: First Sunrise in Paradise

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Dahican Beach Surfer It was my first sunrise after my birthday. I was in Mati City, Davao Oriental Province to accompany my dad for his project in the mountains of the province. That morning, I went to the beach that has been popular to backpackers and surfers alike—Dahican Beach. For ...
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Mindanao Saga: Return to the Land of Promise (2011 Year Ender)

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Mindanao—the second largest island in, down south of the republic…very far yet so close to my heart. For most of the urbanites, it is a place that most should avoid because of adjectives associated with it: war-torn, poverty-stricken and home of the “terrorists.” Indeed, the notion of the island has ...
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Bukidnon Provincial Capitol: Heritage, Governance and Cool Mountain Air

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  Bukidnon Provincial Capitol Bukidnon Provincial Capitol stands majestically in front of a wide football field, backed up by pine-covered hills, misty after rains. While we look to Luzon and Visayas for anything colonial heritage structures, Mindanao has handful of them as well. In Northern Mindanao, we thought that most civic ...
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