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2025 Puerto Galera DIY Travel Guide (Itinerary + Budget)
Puerto Galera is not dead. While a lot and other provinces in the Philippines make its way into the list of top tourist destination in the country and in the world, this doesn’t make the other places seem less as people speak less of it. One of those in the latter sadly, is Puerto Galera. Consequently, people are missing out a lot on the wonders this town lowkey holds. If you wish to see and be amazed by these in flesh, here’s an updated Puerto Galera DIY travel guide to help you with! At the edge of the grotto in Virgin beach About Puerto Galera Puerto Galera is a Spanish…
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CAMIGUIN DIY TRAVEL GUIDE 2025 (Itinerary + Budget)
The white water kissed the shore as it washes away the grains of sand off my feet. The sound of the waves was resounding; the only sound I’ve been craving for to hear. The air was thick and salty on my skin but it felt good. I took a few steps and felt the brine up to my knees, making my heart beat faster as I take one or two more until my body is finally one with the ocean again. It is the only thing that my senses could perceive in the moment. I closed my eyes and realized that this is just one of the many things that…
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Puerto Princesa Underground River DIY Travel Guide 2025
I am a true sucker for the world’s greatest explained and unexplained events and things. I love the feeling of fascination, being curious and learning something new. This eagerness has driven me to explore one of my dream travel destinations in the Philippines, the province of Palawan. After diving into the lagoons and shipwrecks in Coron, admiring the spectacular rock formations, hidden beaches and lagoons of El Nido and basking under the sun in the impossibly perfect beaches of Balabac, I decided to do something new in my return to Puerto Princesa, the fourth leg and the last destination in my Palawan Backpacking. I visited the spot as to what the city…
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Balabac, Palawan Ultimate DIY Travel Guide 2025 (Itinerary + Budget)
My emotions started to well up at the sight of the island but extreme happiness took over. My insides fluttered with joy – ah, euphoria. I drowned into a whirlpool of words. A million drifted through my open mind but none escaped from my very mouth. My lips turned into an upward curve instead that only God knows how long it was like that. I was just staring, lost in the reverie – grateful for the moment, amazed by the incomparably pure and unspoiled beauty. So this is Balabac. How mornings are like in Onuk Island I hankered to run barefoot and feel the fine sand on my feet, the…
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Maragondon Fish Sanctuary 2025 DIY Travel Guide
I have been to Maragondon Fish Sanctuary twice and I can say that it would always be one of those places where I’d run to shall I crave for a breath of fresh air. The daybreak scene, the vast blue cradling the islands and islets, the stark outline of a proud mountain from a different region, the unpredictable harmony of the waves crashing into gigantic volcanic rocks and boulders at the shore, a stunning golden sunset melting into a star-sprinkled night sky – these are all enough to heal my emotionally and mentally-loaded being. While a lot may not see it the way I do, my intention for going there…
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ISABELA PROVINCE TRAVEL GUIDE 2025
Seated at the plains amidst the seemingly unending ranges of the north, Isabela province is actually a home to a lot of off-the-beaten path destinations in the country. With great efforts and a desire to introduce its hidden gems to the world, roads and trails have been started and opened to make these attractions accessible. Apart from the undiscovered natural wonders in its outskirts, the province also boasts a lot of historical, religious and cultural heritages that interestingly tell stories from the past that would make you know and understand Isabela even more. About Isabela Isabela province is situated at the northwest side of mainland Luzon belonging to the second…
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Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Visit Coron this 2025
The province of Palawan in the Philippines has been globally recognized by International travel magazines such as Conde Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure as among the best islands in the world. Even those who visited the place from all over the world could attest to that. The town is undeniably promising and captivating even from a top of the mountain to the deepest of the sea which is actually the very reason why you should set your foot into it! To specifically name some, here are the top reasons why you should visit Coron, Palawan in the Philippines. Pristine Beaches Since most of the islands do not accommodate tourists…
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Landingan Viewpoint, Nagtipunan, Quirino Province DIY Travel Guide 2025
We braved a long drive leaving the city behind with the holiday rush all around and headed to the off the beaten path in North Luzon. From the concrete jungles with the twinkling city lights at a distance, our views gradually shifted to a pitch black sky melting into a breathtaking shades of blue turning to pink and orange, the rays of the golden sun shining on the vast verdant plains and what seemed like a never ending hills of the landlocked province, Quirino. The drive was truly a feast for the eyes. We stole ourselves from this beauty for a quick shallow slumber just to rest our minds and…
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Mt. Pinatubo Day Trip Experience: What to Expect
My seemingly unending proverbial list of places in the Philippines to see before I die include hiking into volcanoes. It started when we went on a hike in Taal volcano, an active one that erupted just this 2020 (now closed) and told myself I should venture more into such. It’s more than just the thrill of being at the edge of a volcano’s caldera. As a true sucker for earth sciences and adventure, the awe-striking scene that the nature has formed and the fun in getting there got me drawn into it. Since then, I have set my eyes and intentions into meeting Mt. Pinatubo. So, if you’re also looking…
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2024 EL NIDO PALAWAN DIY TRAVEL GUIDE
I was welcomed by an extremely stunning sunset the moment I set foot in El Nido Palawan for the first time. The sky gradually turned into a gorgeous pastel palette. A few settled at the beach, too – in awe of the evenfall hues reflecting into the ocean creating an entirely calming mood. The restaurants ashore started to be filled with people who are tired and famished from exploring the best of the islands. I could hear distant chatters and merry laughter. The small waves softly crashed into the shore – a great music to my ear. I took it as El Nido’s way of telling me that I might…
