Northern Exposure is my second contribution for the Destination Philippines travel feature in the Filipino – Canadian magazine, Living Today for March 2010 issue. Here, I’ve written about San Juan surfing in La Union and on Ilocos Norte like the sand dunes, food and Paoay Church which we visited last January.
Read the full story »CNN Go contacted me to write about the 22-24 January weekend for the Boracay International Funboard Cup.
Langyaw.com wins in the recent Philippine Blog Awards 2009.
Ang Langyaw got featured in the country’s top broadsheet, Sunday edition, 17 May 09.
The habal-habal sped off down the slope in Damay, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon as I sat just behind the rambunctious driver…
What was a sunny afternoon across the open sea turned out to be a scary trip. Despite this, I arrived from Cuyo in one piece.
Joining the Black Nazarene procession in Manila on 9 January is madness!
If I’ve stuck to my original schedule of going on a Friday, I would not have come into problems.
Ilocos Norte is just more than churches, gigantic wind turbines and empanada. At it’s western coastline, a desert like landscape awaits the traveler who is bold enough to go to this out of the way geographic wonder. But once you get face to face with the Ilocos Norte Sand Dunes as it unfolds before you, just prepare to be bowled over.
Last January 2010, I was invited by the North Philippines Visitors Bureau to join a media tour of travel writers and bloggers to experience North Luzon for seven days starting in Cagayan province all the way to Pampanga to sample the various local cuisines and experience the attractions offered by the various provinces along the route.
Titillated at the Manila Ocean Park? It’s possible but that’s going ahead of the story…
I immediately confirmed my participation to visit the Manila Ocean Park upon the invitation of a friend for a media tour. Even if it has been open for sometime, I still haven’t been there since I was procrastinating time and again. When I did made the tour, I was wide eyed with wonder.
The Murcia – Don Salvador Benedicto road is my highway of dreams. It’s one of the best highway experience that I’ve had in the country that kilometer after kilometer, I can’t just help but be in awe at the natural scenery unfolding before me. Stunning mountain ranges, cool weather and the scent of pine trees make this a trip to remember.
My name is Estan Cabigas, an avid traveler, multiawarded blogger and photographer.
I enjoy the freedom that going to places entails, both the trip itself and the destination, revelling in the many things that the act of travel offers: the sounds, the sights, the people and the flavors.
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