el encuentro: paul y flip

it has been a while when i last had this feature and just in time to return as here's a head to head encuentro to two great travel bloggers who explores beyond the usual travel spots. both has an...

first day in yangon

forget ice cream. forget taxis with air-condition. forget fast internet connection. for now, Yangon may lag in many aspects but the way this country is changing in the past months would make our...

mingalaba myanmar

"Mingalaba!" best way to greet the hospitable Burmese people. they will return you with the same greeting but with a genuine smile. before we share our experience of our trip, i hope that this...

why am i going to myanmar?

around November last year over an internet chat. Ron opened up of planning to go to Myanmar. the conversation was short and actually sounded more like a football game. Ron: ano game? Dong: game....

lagu towels

summer is here and the roads lead to islands and coastal beaches around the country. every year i would go for a pre-summer beach trip or as one would call it a summer kick-off beach trip. i chose...

majestic nagsasa cove

listening to stories of Mang Ador convinced me that prior to Mt. Pinatubo's eruption in 1991, this cove was already majestic. the expansion of land and the towering Agojo trees just made it more...

orion hotel manila

for quite a long time, there has not been a decent hotel to Manila's busiest bargain shopping area of Tutuban. thus it has been a concern for one to shop there without getting trapped in the heavy...

hot air balloon 2013

here comes another weekend of everything that flies. i remember attending this event three times years back. there's always something new and exciting to look forward to this annual event. new...

mt pulag summit part two

woke up by my phone's alarm. set at 3:30am. i then checked with my tent mate Rhoel while i was preparing the gears for the trek. "i am staying" he replied. i was not surprised because who wouldn't...

conquering mt pulag part one

there were several adventure trips listed under Victory Liner and Travel Factor's partnership but it was an easy choice to pick Conquer Pulag. to see the grassland of Luzon's highest mountain would...

to luzon's highest point

opening the year with an adventure tandem with the country's most innovated adventure tour group Travel Factor and the efficient and reliable Victory Liner. this time to trek Luzon's highest peak...

twenty of my most memorable trips in 2012

it is a year of returning to old trails to regain memories and exploring new places that i've been longing to visit for years. the funny thing is that each time a place is explored another spot...

bongao tawi tawi

flying over several thousand feet over the islands in the archipelago's southernmost group of islands was unforgettable. a kind of feeling where you would point to one island and to another and say...

travelers abode

we know travelers love to run away out of their abode but it is interesting to see their own favorite spots in their four-cornered homes. this time featuring three Mindanao based travel bloggers...

taluksangay mosque

the Philippines as a country geographically divided into islands and regions also embraced a diverse cultural mix. democracy strengthened the right of the people to be part of a religion and...

sta cruz pink sand beach

every time i go home to Isabela City in Basilan from Zamboanga i would often see the Great Sta Cruz island from afar but never the chance to go there. just this year along with Chyng that we made...

the cold truth

let us together get first hand tips from the one and only Filipino who conquered the world's seven summit. Recreational Outdoor Exchange brings us climber Romi Garduce on September 27, 2012 at...

malamawi island

the timing and the mode of getting there will be the most important factor. generally, tourists going to the island of Malamawi would always go there to visit White Beach. the island's nicest beach...

the road to three sixty

i just returned to my room from a day around the city of Harbin in China last February 14 when an email with a subject "Hello from 360PHL" popped from my laptop screen. an invitation to be a cast...

somethings wrong

el encuentro: jerome y marky

two good friends of mine who has consistently inspired me to explore more. jerome, whose first trip to Mindanao, joined a nine-day backpacking trip in 2008 along with nine other friends from...

seventeen not so secret things about basilan

mindanao - a bigger picture

whether youve been to or have never been to Mindanao there is always something new to discover. lets set aside all the issues and conflicts and lets give way to the better side of the countrys...

the mindanao series

the Southern islands of the Philippines has been on the spot light for conflicts and recently natural disasters. yet a different perspective of the islands should be revealed. in this series it...

launched

travelers abode

we know travelers love to run away out of their abode but it is interesting to see their own rooms. featuring the second batch of travelers, a climber, a mission worker in Sudan, and a photographer...

Azalea Residences Baguio

Baguio has been a great stop to most of my favorite spots in the Cordillera region. setting out or returning from these trips can be too tiring that one would require a stay in the city of pines. a...

mt timbak kabayan benguet

7:00pm we had our dinner. 7:45pm we were already on our rooms. not that we run out of things to do but it felt like it was getting colder by the minute. headache and chills. i had one of the...

PHL360 traveling soon

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kabayan mummies timbak

"where do you think the mummy caves are?" our guide Vince asked while we were looking at wide vantage of the mountain range. pointed at one hill with a farm on top "no. thats the witch mountain"...