Yato Island and Rio Hondo encounters were a hit and I saw that people love to read my unexpected meetings with strangers. Now let me continue the feature with another story from Mindanao more particu...
I will not be afraid to call Boracay island “the most touristy destination in the Philippines.” Ask any Korean (or any tourist visiting the Philippines) if they have been to Boracay and the answer wo...
First, I want to thank you dear readers for the prayers and well wishes I have received for the past week after that Tragic Accident in Bohol during my Visayas Trails journey. Your comments meant a l...
Itching for adventures like these: White Water Rafting in Kalinga. Kayaking in Laoag. Ghost Hunting Tour in Baguio. Bangus Harvest in Pangasinan. Jungle Survival in Clark. Off Road 4×4 in Angeles. An...
Tucked in one of the coves of San Joaquin, Iloilo is a resort called LSDC (Lhetz Snorkel and Dive Camp). If you are looking for a post-card perfect scenery then you are in the wrong place. But if yo...
WARNING: I’m posting this just for myself and for my future kids and so on… PLEASE DO NOT READ. I’m just typing what I wrote in my travel notebook. This is very raw, a personal reflection of w...
This is a true story. Day 20 of Visayas Trails Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011 Location: Tagbilaran City and Carmen, Bohol Times are just estimates. Jess is an American I knew thru CouchSurfing. A w...
A lot has been asking how heavy my backpack… Hope this helps to answer the question. I cannot say much that it is important, even vital, for a backpacker to really travel light. I learned alot ...
“Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it.” – Steve Jobs I guess its best to open this post with a quote from the iMac guy. Now let’s go to business (...
No, I’m not fooling you this time as I did with “My Last Ode to Sienna.” Almost everyone was intrigued when I admitted to have a travel companion– only to find out that it was...
Dear Calaguas, You Are So Worth It… “Time stops in Calaguas” is my one and only tweet while I was in the island. Not that there is no cellphone signal (the island has 3 signal sites, called “si...
Travel Blogger friends recommend Calaguas and more people are raving it, now it’s time for me to really check the island out. As I’m not a fan of tour packages, I did some research for a DIY trip to ...
Kuya Miguel, the buko vendor at the foot of Ligñon Hill told me that if I really like to taste the best Pinangat, I should go to Camalig. So from Cagsawa Ruins, I hurriedly went to Camalig and when I...
I need to maximize my short stay in Legazpi and visit as fast as I could the touristy places in Albay: Ligñon Hill, Daraga Church and Cagsawa Ruins. All of these tourist spots have the picturesque Mt...
The first tweet, “She showed her full regal (and deadly) beauty. Lovely Mt.Mayon!” was enough to describe the most active volcano in the Philippines. I was just staring at her for minutes; I can’t be...
I lied when I said that I travel solo. Now it’s time to face the truth, to say goodbye to my travel buddy, oh by the way, she’s a hottie too. She is actually half-Italian and half-Chinese, slim and r...
<< Rewind: 2008 I was discouraged by the locals of Zamboanga City to even try visiting Rio Hondo. During that time, kidnapping is so rampant that just 3 days before I arrived, a Chinese busin...
They say that “people make the place;” and now I understand that we are living in a “lonely planet.” Its a lonely planet if you take away the encounters with locals along the ...
So you think toploading is cool! I have countless toploading stories. But hey, look at this: Actually, I am having a hard time making a good caption. Can’t believe it? Me too! But I saw...
Weeee! (Oh, it should be YEAHBOY!) Finally, I will meet the “chick and sexy” SoleSisters and Estan of Langyaw.com in person! Ok, I’ve met them before but this one is quite different. Why? Because I w...
Because I have a new theme, thanks to my friend, Andro, I will be having a new feature too here in my blog called STRANGE[R] ENCOUNTERS. It is as simple as this: I met these individuals as strangers ...
Hello dear reader! First, I want to thank you for reading this blog. I appreciate that you continually support journeyingjames especially by retweeting my tweets and sharing my l...
I noticed that I don’t have much material on Manila except for my kinda controversial “Manila Dream.” So I decided to ask Ivan of BatangLakwatsero. Boy, I tell you this kid is a pro...
The farther, the better? I’m beginning to think that the best destinations in the Philippines are located in the farthest areas. Batanes is at the northernmost of the country, Northern Samar a...
Hmmmm… I’m thinking of traveling with a group. Travelling solo rocks, no doubt about that. But sometimes during a sun downer in a foreign land, you miss your friends (those bums si...
I was surprised when an elementary classmate tagged me on Facebook with this: After that, more photo tags happened and I was happy that I was included in the August 2011 issue of...
To Whom It May Concern: I’m just dreaming and if this post proved to be disrespectful in any way, I will delete it. Still, here are the 10 Dreams I have for Manila, our beloved capital ...
Only two weeks from now and my younger sister is headed to Germany for her further studies, she told me that she will also tour Europe during her breaks. I have to admit that I’m kinda jealous...
As promised last week, i’m sharing with you my tried and tested skills on how I always get to spend the cheapest way possible. I assure you that you can do all of these: 1. Buy yo...
Confession #1: I have to watch Nemo so I can write this. I was already on my Day 15 during my Mindanao Backpacking Challenge when I saw these being sold in a talipapa (public market) at Lingig...
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