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El Nido Travel Guide

El Nido is one on my bucket list and supposedly, I should have gone here last year already but canceled it. But finally this year, I have decided to book again with my little sister who is coming home from Australia to celebrate her birthday as well. El Nido is known for its beautiful beaches, limestone mountains, caves, lagoons, and marine life. Many people want to visit El Nido to experience its beauty, but they often think it is expensive. However, that turned out to be wrong when we went there with only ₱10,000 as pocket money for two people for 4 days and 3 nights. With our El Nido travel guide, we hope to help you plan your future trip

September 14, 2016

Ka-tingo Falls in Catmon, Cebu

I’ve wanted to visit the spectacular hot spring of Cebu, for it is so rare to have something like this here. Considering that there are no active volcanoes visible anywhere in Cebu, it really gives you the question, “how?” But since there was a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook Bohol and Cebu last October, the hot spring pool was damaged and was closed for the meantime. However, it still didn’t stop my desire to try it out. I also just discovered that there’s a not-so-known waterfall below the spring, and the good thing is that I recently had this kind of bucket-list-thing to visit all (though not really all) falls in Cebu province. So together with my friends, off we went

May 17, 2014

Moalboal with CAPUCHON!

Summer is here!!! And since Capuchon is also celebrating our 1 year of friendship and regularization at work, off we go to Moalboal.

April 2, 2014

Mabua Beach Resort of Surigao

Mabua Pebble Beach consists of pebbles instead of sand. Unlike the usual sandy beaches, Mabua has large, smooth, pebble-like stones. This has been a phenomenon, as they say, since no one can really explain why the stones are so smooth. This is what the stones here look like.

March 18, 2014

The famous Boardwalk, Cloud9 of Siargao Island

One of the known surfing spots in the Philippines is Cloud 9. Big surfing competition events are also held here. As what Kuya Roel (our tour guide for the day) said, them as locals doesn’t care about the waves at first. Until foreigners went to visit the place and discovered that it was one of the best spot for surfing. And so it began.

March 16, 2014

Ocean 101 Resort, Siargao Island

When I arrived at Sayak Airport, I didn’t have any reservations yet. Even so, I had already planned where to stay, and it was a “come-what-may” decision if there were no available rooms at the resort.

March 16, 2014

Sunshine Shin Beach Resort

Summer has come, which means it’s time for team building! Our first choice was Singli Mountain Resort in San Fernando, but we weren’t too impressed with the place. One reason we chose Singli was because of the team’s budget. Another reason was that we have two pregnant members on our team, so traveling to far places wasn’t an option. The team kept looking for another venue, but just in case we couldn’t find one, we had no choice but to stay there. Good thing my supervisor had attended a reunion at a resort in Danao, Cebu, and said it was a nice place for team building. I had never heard much about the resort, but when I checked their website,

March 5, 2014

Dapitan City’s Dakak Park and Beach Resort

My parents are from Dipolog City, and we’ve been to Dapitan many times since we were kids. Dapitan City is also known as the place where Jose Rizal was exiled. Aside from that, it’s famous for Dakak and Gloria’s Fantasyland. My mom once said that before Dakak became popular as “Dakak Resort,” part of it was owned by their family. However, they didn’t know how to manage a resort, and maybe because of the cost, they decided to sell it to Mr. Jalosjos instead.

January 7, 2014

Adventure in Danasan Eco Park

I’ve been itching to visit this place for a while, and finally, my family decided to go since I treated them to a waterfalls trekking adventure. They even thought it would be postponed because I still had a hangover from my company party the night before. But tadaaaa! We’re here! One of the reasons I wanted to go there was because of their wakeboarding. I had always wanted to try it. We were also able to try ATV riding, waterfalls trekking, and wakeboarding. I wanted to try rappelling and the zipline as well, but I didn’t have enough money left since I treated everyone to the waterfalls trekking.

September 1, 2013

Friends at Portofino

We’re bored and we want to have fun. So this is it. After graduation, we seldom saw each other or had fun, so we planned a get-together at Portofino Beach Resort. Portofino Beach Resort is located on Mactan Island in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. It is one of the most affordable resorts in the area. The resort is the perfect destination for team-building activities, as well as bonding with friends and family. For only 100 pesos on weekdays and 120 pesos on weekends, you can enjoy their white sand and relaxing atmosphere.

January 8, 2013