After one has visited most of the major sights, there are still some sidetrips that the traveler and tourist can do: museums, night walks, markets and beautiful modern architecture.

The Venetian in Macau is bigger than it’s Las Vegas brother. The gondolas and faux facade gives you a taste of what Venice is about with singing gondoliers, multicolored building fronts and even a mechanically moving sky. Its a shopping mecca with a spectacular Cirque du Soleil production.

I got curious with it as I didn’t really understood what it meant. Even the supervisor or anyone at the restaurant was in a quandary. But the dish was infront of me in all its delicious splendor glistening and beckoning me to taste it.

I just miss going home to Cebu. I won’t mind riding the long way home via Bicol or Masbate or even Mindoro. The important thing is that I will just be in my old room for a few days or even for a few weeks.

Susie’s Cuisine in Nepo Mart is one of the popular restaurants in Angeles City, Pampanga. And a visit will keep you asking for more with its trademark tibok-tibok and other other dishes perfect for merienda and pasalubong.

Bahala nang mabaho basta masarap (Never mind the smell as long as its delicious).

No. I wasn’t talking about things in the nether regions. You. Dirty minded you.

With no other choice, we were at Angeles City’s red light district, near the infamous Fields Avenue for dinner as there were no other restaurants open. When we were about to leave, the owner invited us for some videoke. It was Good Friday.

Two old towns, Carcar in Cebu and Angeles City in Pampanga have antique Santo Intierro but less the attached rituals and the Good Friday procession is a bit solemn.

Across the country’s Catholic churches are full of the faithful and after the 3 PM activities, typically the Sieta Palabras and reenactments of the death of Christ, the people venerate the cross. Just like in Argao and Carcar.

It was my first time to witness an actual crucifixion, an unexpected experience as I didn’t know until I saw the poster in Angeles City. But like any other things, I was more curious on how it goes.

It was all over me, specks of red on my camera and camera bag, shorts, legs, arms and shoes as well as face. I was splattered with blood following the flagellants at Lourdes Northwest, Angeles City. Pampanga.

Taken from its storage place, the ivory image of San Pedro is retrieved, dressed and placed on its carroza for the Good Friday procession.

Mt. Marami is one of the accessible mountains in Maragondon, Cavite, an easy climb especially for beginners. Comprised of a series of stone pillars, thus its name, and another closer pillar called Silyang Bato, it has spectacular vistas in the morning.

I was dumbfounded when I learned about it that I just have to go and peek. No, take pictures and see for myself, one of the country’s rarest image in the lenten procession. What’s more, its antique and have the head and hands made of ivory.

In tandem with Simbahan.net, Langyaw.com presents some visita iglesia routes featuring the existing Filipino Baroque churches in each featured province that are still existing, except that of Intramuros where the lost churches are shown.

While waiting for the Santo Señor Sepulcro’s bier to arrive back at the church in Lucban, I was invited to have cooling halo-halo. What I didn’t expect was the unusual ingredient that they mix it with.

The latest issue of Langyaw, the photo e-magazine is now out and, like the previous releases, it is FREE to download!

I travel solo because I like the freedom it entails. Solo helps me think, ponder and discover more of myself.

Domingo de Ramos or Palm Sunday, is one of the significant days of the Semana Santa that marks the start of the Holy Week. It is a reenactment of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem when he was received by the people, waving palms while he was riding a donkey. And I witnessed this in Lucban, Quezon.