It has gone far from being a hodunk town. A little past six in the morn on a hump day, barangay Santa Juliana was wide awake. Its municipal tourism office, the epicenter of the buzz. Sheltered in a small hut beside the office were two of the staff preoccupied with paperwork. A throng of guides…
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Snapshot Saturday: Island Romance
“As the ocean is never full of water, so is the heart never full of love.” -Anonymous With this gorgeous sunset, who wouldn’t fall in love?Nope, that ain’t me and hubby. This is a snapshot of Amir and his girlfriend who started steadily dating after their Magalawa Island weekend getaway. Neither is a friend of…
Magalawa Island: The Babymooners
The term “babymoon” these days pertains to the final vacation of a couple who are expecting a baby. Babymoons almost always are spent in luxurious resorts which provide pampering services, especially for the soon to be mom. In our case, it’s far from such. Even at six months pregnant, our weekend babymoon was the usual…
Anawangin Cove and Capones Island
A secret no more. This summer, my Facebook account is flooded with notifications of friends posting ‘Anawangin Getaway’ albums containing 100+ photos each. Even back in 2008 when we first visited the cove, it was already getting crowded during weekends. Now that two years have passed, you may ask, “Is it still worth going to?”….
Nagsasa Cove, Zambales: Camping Newlyweds
Fresh (and frozen) from our Hong Kong-China honeymoon-slash-backpacking trip, we headed straight to Zambales. And when I say straight, I mean landing at NAIA Terminal 3 around 12:30 AM then go home to unload my backpack of winter clothes and replace them with skimpy beach attire then hop on an Olongapo-bound bus at 5:00 AM….