Ifugao: The Young Mountaineers

On a sunny morning in June, my thoughts to do the things I love to do most, travelled through the air and reached those cold mountains of the famous rice terraces of the Philippines. I love to G.I.V.E. – that’s Give Intensely Victoriously Enthusiastically. I do it randomly, secretly. And this is the first time I am sharing it. To inspire and to influence. Because I remember when I was in my youth, giving was my happiest moments. 

Cateel, Davao Oriental: Amazing Aliwagwag Falls

Aliwagwag Falls: Magnificent Waterfalls Overload!

The trickling sound of the water enlivens my spirits. The splashing sound of gallons of water that streams down those rocks is more than marvelous. 

It vanishes all my worries about the world and enchants my mind and leaves it with nothing. These words and so on will try to express this astonishment at this nature wonder of less than a hundred cascades, its water coming from high up above, which certainly is even more extraordinary.

This end part of it is so reachable.  It is exceptionally beautiful. I can get enveloped underneath. And be lost somewhere in these white waters.

I can stay here forever. Until my senses get back to reality. But this is genuine. So authentic. The most stunning waterfalls I have stroked my soul with. 

Aliwagwag Falls. You leave me breathless. But each time my mind ponders with your magnificence, I awaken and you give me life all over again.

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Located at Cateel, Davao Oriental


Thanks to Olan, The Travel Teller
& to his brother, Noy. 

Care for the Ocean and Its Great Resource

Lost But Found

when i travel, i just go. i don't have a map. i don't research. i don't have a notebook. and i don't know sometimes what's that place called.o r where that place is in the map. i don't remember the name of some islands and beaches i have been to. i do not know sometimes how i got there. am i a forgetful crazy lost traveler?or what do you call me?

like the other travelers/bloggers, recently, i start to research, look at Google map, try to write in a notebook, and recall the names of the places, how much i paid for the boat, what jeepney i boarded, what street. gosh - i found it a task. ahaha. that's not me. had so much tasks at my regular job. when i travel, i just want to. see people, places & savor. so if you notice that i have not been writing lately, it's not about writer's block. maybe it's because i am more of a traveler than a writer/photographer.

but if you think i am all, thank you. then i think i should catch up with my writing and take more photos. :)

happy reading, enjoy life and see you on the road.

Vigan: Where the Town Explorer Lives

Vigan had always been a romantic place for me. I love walking along those streets with parallel cobble-stoned houses, where you can sit and talk a while on those antique-looking benches lined up on the elevated sidewalk. The horse’s metal protective footwear creates a sound so ancient such that when it hits the pavement, it sounds like it is dancing on a percussive instrument. It is a place of special cultural and physical significance.

Here lives a young man, a passionate writer and traveller. I have been seeing his posts flooding this exclusive group account of travel bloggers. And it was all about those towns in Ilocandia that I get to pass through when I go home to Claveria, Cagayan Valley to visit my mom.

Simply Authentic

Travelling is my indulgence. Being immovable & trapped, is the most morbid that can happen to me. I cannot be restrained. Just like my feelings. The more I manage and conceal it, the more puzzled I become. My world was filled with “maybe-s” for a period of time. I coached my heart to bring to an end all the presumptuous judgment. I was inclined to think. Friends theorize but you see this case is with no proof at all. Who am I to even think that something exists at all? I wouldn’t fall for fancy for the sake of delighting my senses. Because it is unlikely for me pretending to affirm. I dislike to be jammed in qualms. I go for the genuine. This is no hypothesis. I am real. Authentic. And I like it that way. ♥ ♥ ♥