<em>Tamilok</em> (woodworm) actually tastes good!

It’s white and slimy, its elongated form, worm like, makes others squirm but dip it in spicy vinegar and its one hell of a tasty (raw) fare! Better than oysters.

Lush mangroves at Kalibo’s Bakhawan Eco Park

Visiting Kalibo’s Bakhawan Eco Park was one of the best places that I’ve visited during this trip. Walking along its elevated bamboo walkway amidst lush mangroves and to the sound of birds and the distant waves of the sea was just calming. For one who is Manila based, it was a very welcome respite from the concrete environment and pollution.

Eden’s Apartelle, where I stayed in Kalibo

As the name suggests, its an apartelle and the ground and second floors are actually inhabited. Room at the third floor on the other hand are still available and are being rented out per day.

Almost a failed hunt for crabs in Kalibo

After having seen so much cooked mud crabs, shrimps, fish and grilled chicken used as decor during the Ati-ati Festival in Ibajay, both procession and the street dancing, I was craving for seafood!

Beautiful waverocks & old church in Tangalan

A quaint old church built in 1889 and a beautiful beachside landscape of undulating rock formations and layers that reminds one of puff pastry. Only in Tangalan, Aklan.

Rowdy fun in Ibajay’s Ati-ati Festival

It’s just a small festival, colors are more subdued and less contingents than Sinulog but the Ibajaynons surely takes centerstage and knows how to have fun!

Boracay as a perfect windsurfer’s destination

Boracay is not just a sun worshiper’s paradise, with its fine, powdery white sand and azure waters, but for thrill seekers, its also one of the best places for windsurfing.

Ibajay’s indescribable Sto. Nino festivities

It was rather weird. People were holding skewered and grilled chicken or parts of it. Some with steamed crabs, fish, and, even strange, raw meat stuck to a man’s body or raised up on wooden sticks, waved and being agitated to the loud shouts of Viva! Senor Sto. Nino!

Uneventful day in Ibajay and Boracay, Aklan

A day’s trip to Barangay Naisud’s Mangrove Eco Park didn’t push through and erratic wind at Bulabog Beach in Boracay made this day trip disappointing.

Review: A Guide to Sinulog 2012 free ebook

It is the first time that this kind of ebook has been done for the Sinulog, actually, one of three projects planned. Is the information and content useful? Click to read and find out!

Sinulog and Cebu heritage goes digital

MyCebu.ph together with Smart brings a free Sinulog eguide and digital content information delivery when you visit the Parian district’s heritage sites and monuments in Cebu

It’s more fun in the Philippines!

Its more fun in the Philippines! It is just attractive, colorful and beautiful. Something that I’m sure Pinoys and most travel bloggers will support.

Puerto del Sol and Islandia Hotel in Pangasinan

There were two hotels where we stayed at when we visited Pangasinan during this time: Puerto del Sol Beach Resort and Hotel Club in Bolinao and Islandia Hotel when we were in Alaminos.

Boracay sunsets, worth waiting for

I was entranced, awed. The huge disc dipping into the horizon with sailboats becoming silhouettes in the foreground. It wasn’t just any kind of sunset. It was a postcard pretty sunset enough to make beach revelers stop and stare or take photos.

Sinulog? Ati-atihan? Or Dinagyang for 2012?

January is festival month in the islands of Cebu and Panay and, unfortunately, for the third Sunday of the month, one has to choose: Sinulog in Cebu or Ati-atihan in Kalibo.

2012, more travels, more destinations…?

Where to go? What to do this 2012? I was laying on my bed and pondered what my travel year will be.

Top 10 reasons why 2011 is my travel year

The year 2011 is coming to a close and it’s time to look back and assess how my travels went during the year. Below are my top 10 reasons why I can proudly say that this year is MY YEAR OF TRAVEL!

Travel history: 2010-2011

An update on my travel history for 2011

Passport renewal at the new DFA Mandaue

Some points that I have observed during this passport renewal process two days ago in Cebu