I have written articles that are in series that you might be interested to read. C’mon, these are one-of-a-kind adventures that I’m sure you’ll be green with envy! Great photography too.

Cebu-Sugbo Kini (Ongoing)

Not your usual dried fish market in Taboan or the guitar shop in Mactan. No mangoes, Malapascua beaches or the false white sands of Shangri-la Mactan. And definitely, no Taoist Temple this time. It’s much more interesting than visiting another pilgrimage site built by Henry Sy or Ayala. It is historically rich, has unique food concoctions and places and spaces that only locals know. Get first hand information also on two Cebu based bloggers as they tell you more about their beloved province. This and more in this series.

• Cebu-Sugbo kini!
• Death in Stone: Relieves of old cemeteries in Cebu
• Cebu flower market for the undas/kalag-kalag
• At the Calamba Cemetery during the day
• Luminous night at the Talisay Cemetery
• The twin bridges connecting Cebu and Mactan
• Dusk, Evening in Cordova, Mactan Island
• Cordova pabuto

Fortress of Empire

Crumbling watchtowers, ruined forts and walls of once fortified settlements standing as mute witnesses to the Philippine’s dark and hidden past. These Spanish colonial era structures have defended the towns and islands for more than a century of Muslim slave raiding and piratical activities. Unfortunately, utter neglect and indifference to these heritage icons are in danger of becoming lost forever.

• Tea + Sulu = Miag-ao Church
• The Impressive fortress-church of Cuyo
• Endangered Agutaya fortress-church
• Culion’s remodelled fortress-church

The Cuyo Loop

Cuyo? Agutaya? The former leper colony of Culion? What? Where? Yep, I went to the remote islands of Cuyo, those sprinkle of terra firma between the islands of Panay and northern Palawan and also passed by Negros, Iloilo and Coron. Discover these beautiful places and know its dark past…

• The Cuyo Loop
• A short detour in Negros
• Backyard cockfight in Valladolid
• Some Negros and Iloilo old churches
• Creepy? 5 cemeteries in Negros and Iloilo
• Around Cuyo
• Early fishing in Cuyo
• An idle afternoon in Magsaysay, Cuyo
• A few hours in Agutaya town
• MV Catalyn D, 8 months before her sinking
• Waking up to spectacular rock formations in Coron
• A stop in Culion
• Is Culion still the Island of the Living Dead?
• The impressive fortress-church of Cuyo
• Endangered Agutaya Fortress-Church
• Culion’s remodeled fortress-church
• End of the Cuyo Loop

The Luzon - Visayas - Luzon Loop

Madness? A masochist’s trip? Almost. But its an adventure that I have been wanting to do for years until I finally decided to take the plunge. Journey with me as I start my trip right at Philtranco’s Pasay terminal then spend the next 30 hours passing Bicol, the sunka highway of Samar, then Leyte and reaching my home in Cebu. After the holidays, I went back to Makati but this time, by bus via Western Visayas and Mindoro. Sound fantastic? You bet it is!

• Doing the Luzon-Visayas Loop: a Masochist’s trip
• The Philtranco bus terminal in Pasay
• From wet Legazpi to catching the ferry in Matnog
• The roro in Matnog, Sorsogon
• The historic San Bernardino Strait
• Across the National Sunka Highway
• Nearing home, Ormoc at last!
• Brief stop in San Carlos, Negros
• Along the north Negros highway
• SM City Bacolod
• Deco’s Special Batchoy with prewar pandesal*
• Impressive: Cabatuan and Sta. Barbara churches
• Pre Ati-atihan revelry in Kalibo
• An accidental foray in Boracay
• Boracay is no paradise
• End of the Luzon-Visayas-Luzon loop