Archive for May, 2009

  • Pagsanjan Falls- Cavinti Laguna

    Pagsanjan Falls- Cavinti Laguna

    We started to walk in a well-paved trail amidst the lush forest and well-manicured garden. Then, we went down on concrete steps with safety railings and descended on top of the majestic Nakulo Falls gracefully cascading like a wide curtain on a narrower basin.

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  • Pahiyas Festival – Lucban Quezon

    Pahiyas Festival – Lucban Quezon

    Pahiyas Festival is an annual celebration that culminates on the 15th of May in honor of San Isidro de Labrador. It is a form of thanksgiving to the patron saint of farmers for their bountiful harvest. During the festivity each household engages in a friendly competition where they get to showcase their creativity by lavishly decorating their houses with their native produce or showcasing a livelihood display of their products. Pahiyas or "payas" literally means decorating the wall with Kiping ang agricultural products.

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  • Pandan Island – Mindoro Occidental

    Pandan Island – Mindoro Occidental

    I fell in love with Pandan Island, a private island with a small resort established by a French adventurer in 1986 located in the West coast of Mindoro Occidental. This very unassuming place has no TV, no ac or electric fan or even a decent lighting in its rooms. There is no night life, not [...]

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  • Batangas: Trekking Mt. Daguldol

    Batangas: Trekking Mt. Daguldol

    It was such a treat starting our trek along the shorelines of different resorts going to Aling Linda's beach house that offers rooms for overnight accommodation as well as campsite for trekkers.

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