The sun’s rays kissing the white sands of Salagdoong Beach in the late morn was blinding my sleepy eyes. I just stepped out of Hotel Agripino. I yawned and stretched (and heard my idle bones crack) and trudged to the shore. Blinding white.Shervin, equally sleep deprived but already donning his board shorts, walked beside me….
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Siquijor: Surrendering to Serenity
I sat to compose myself. The sweltering midday heat was infuriating my hormones. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy and there I was in Dumaguete Port battling morning sickness yet brushing off the idea of slowing down. We were waiting for our ferry to Siquijor. A calming welcome. View of Siquijor’s shore upon docking. Shervin and…
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Casaroro Falls
I swallowed hard. It’s going to be one tough ride. Amidst the pandemonium of habal-habal drivers offering tours in our faces, I was fidgety and dazed. I was never comfortable journeying aboard motorcycles, let alone riding it with another passenger aside from the driver on an unpaved road and two months pregnant. Nevertheless I was…
Bantayan Island-Cebu City: Losing My Temper
I shamelessly snapped at someone, which rarely happens by the way. Whenever I’m on the road, my head almost always floats inside a sunshine-y bubble. Ecstatic to satisfy my hunger for a new adventure. And sadly, I blame my 2-month pregnancy for the short fuse. So how did this happen? About to leave Bantayan Island’s…
Rushing Through Sta. Fe
This was not how I envisioned my Bantayan Island visit. Our entire trip was enveloped with time constraints. Not to mention I was two months pregnant which forced me to move a bit sluggish and overly wary. Sta. Fe was the only municipality we set foot on. And this is where the island’s white gleaming…
Manila-Cebu City-Bantayan Island: Nothing A Preggy Backpacker Couldn’t Handle
Voyaging Visayas: A Prelude
Cebu-Dumaguete-Siquijor-Bacolod may be a common route for Pinoy backpackers, but a bit insane for the preggy traveler. Had I known I was on the way, I wouldn’t have planned such intense trip. The initial itinerary primarily revolved around meeting up with a couple of hubby’s friends (whose sole purpose for visiting the Philippines is a…
The Travel Junkie Is Now a Nomad Mommy!
Happiness [is] only real when shared.– Chris McCandles, Into The Wild Yesterday, at 8:23 AM, in a hospital which used to be a hotel… the Pinay Travel Junkie turned into a nomad mum. Meet Luna, our new backpacking buddy!Now I gotta get the hang of this motherhood thingy soon, so we could again hit the…
