Is it oppressively hot and humid where you are at? Like you’ve just step off the shower yet beads of perspiration makes a neat trail on your brows and back? Now, imagine you are slowly submerging your body in freaking cold spring water that goosebumps appears in your arms. And when you look around you,…
Laguna Philippines Tourist Sites
Nagcarlan Bunga Falls and A San Miguel Beer Commercial
Did that get your attention? 🙂 When Titus and I were discussing places to explore in Laguna, Nagcarlan’s Bunga Falls was among the destinations on the table. What sway the vote in favour of this “twin falls” in Nagcarlan? The San Miguel Beer Commercial in the 1990s. “Baby yung falls na yun pinakita sa San Miguel…
Christmas Décor Shopping in Paete: Santa Overload!
Ber months shopping in Paete is fun and worthwhile, first because you can buy more affordable Christmas decors compared to those for sale in the malls, second the distance between you and the local craftsman is shorten, you can even go to the makers themselves and buy direct from them, supporting them, supporting their family…
Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery – National Historical Landmark
Beads of perspiration were trickling down my forehead; my shirt was also getting damp. We have just walked all the way from Nagcarlan’s St Bartholomew Parish, passed by Presidencia, the town’s municipal hall and now faced the commanding facade of this town’s most famous national historical landmark, the Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery. It’s not my first…
Quick Getaway to Liliw: Tsinelas and Sandals Bargain Hunting Tips
I have written post about Liliw before, their famous Tsinelas Lane as well as Chef Mau and Cafe Arabela but it seem like I can’t get enough of this Laguna top tourist attraction and here I am writing about our quick getaway to Liliw last December. We arrived there on a Sunday morning and we…
Lake Pandin of the 7 Lakes of San Pablo: A Getaway Near Manila
For those who fly to Manila from Mindanao and Visayas provinces at midday, try to have a seat beside the window on the right side of the airplane. Why? So you’ll have the chance to make out below the Seven Lakes of San Pablo. 😉 I have seen this lake system many times from above…
Pagsanjan Falls & Shooting the Rapids
I lived in Laguna for 5 years, one of the great things about my job then (which I am grateful for) was that it took me places. And Pagsanjan with its Shooting The Rapids river adventure ride was one of those job perks I’ve come to enjoy. (Pagsanjan Falls geographically is really ‘Cavinti Falls’ as…