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When in Davao City: Visiting and Learning from Museums
How to make Davao City an educational experience? Visit the Museo Dabawenyo and D’ Bone Collector!
A-Z Blogging Challenge: C is for Camping at Tingko Beach, Alcoy!
A week before our short Davao getaway adventure (read about it here, here, here, here and here), the partner had a scheduled beach outing with his teammates from work. We were short on budget and would not have gone there but the chance to go camping by the beach with...
Beach Bumming at Isla Reta Talicud Island
In my last post from our Davao City adventure series, I wrote about the resort that we stayed at in Talicud Island. Our experience there was pretty great, let me give you a recap of how our stay there went: First things first (after arranging our accommodations,...
A Taste of Slow Travel at Isla Reta Resort in Talicud Island
Did you know that all of the Davao travel posts I have written so far, including this one, happened in one day? Yes folks, that was how the three of us got to be in five islands in a single day: from leaving the house in Cebu then going to the airport in Mactan...
Short and Sweet Samal Retreat in Davao del Norte!
We arrived in Davao City at around 9AM on a Sunday morning, just in time to find a good accommodation and get a glimpse of the Araw ng Dabaw 2014 festivities. But, despite wanting to follow the slow travel mantra that day, we had to act all tourist-y and make the most...
A Glimpse of Araw ng Dabaw 2014 and The Journey to Sasa
Our recent Davao City trip is perhaps among the most memorable trip I have ever had. It was our first out of town trip as a family - just the three of us - and the first without any hotel reservations made or itineraries carefully planned out. Okay, maybe the latter...
When in Davao City: Our Favorite Transient House in Buhangin
Accommodations always take up a huge chunk of the budget during travel. Hotels are always the best way to go, of course, but only if you want the ultimate luxury (not the way to go when you are a proclaimed backpacker) and you have the moolah for it. Otherwise, you...
Honda Bay Island Hopping in Palawan
Finally - because this post has long been overdue. So we spent our last whole day in Puerto Princesa at Honda Bay. We set off around 8AM in the morning because I wanted to make sure that we ate our breakfast at one of Puerto Princesa's famous eateries. Our friendly...
Experiencing the Puerto Princesa Underground River in Palawan
Our second day in Puerto Princesa was spent at the famous Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR). We had initially opted for the DIY approach of getting there but being with an infant and her grandparents, that was apparently an impossible thing to do. Instead, my...