Roaming Around

SYDNEY AUSTRALIA This to date, is the farthest I have been to in my travels. This though, is a bit different as this is a “workation” trip. This is also my first travel abroad. This is indeed a very big blessing to begin with as not only am I able to visit Sydney and see the harbor bridge and opera house live and all the other attractions, but I am also able to visit this beautiful country for FREE! Yes – absolutely FREE! How GREAT is our GOD! As I’ve mentioned above, this is a “workation” type of trip. It’s not everyday that you get a chance to visit AU for free so the explorer in me was so ready – after all, I had two weekends to roam around Sydney. We boarded an 8-9 hour flight from Manila to Sydney via PAL and arrived at around 9AM Sydney time. To those who do not know, they are 3 hours advance from Php time during their DST from Nov-April and will go back to their standard time from May-October which then will make them 2 hours advance from our time. This is, except fo

Malapascua This halcyon island is another gem Cebuanos are proud of and a haven for divers. The island boasts its marine life and hectares of reefs that divers will really enjoy. It is also home to thresher sharks that are present all year-round so I reckon this is a bonus to brave souls. If you just need a place to be away and do some soul-searching this is also a good place for you to unwind and just pretend to cease from existing from the busy city-life even for a short while. I and my equally dog tired friends arrived at the Island after our  Kalanggaman Island exploration. It was a layback Saturday afternoon and we went straight to our hotel where our very inviting beds were waiting for us to plop face down anytime we want. However, it isn’t justifiably right to just stay in one place considering it is our first time to visit this place so we headed out from our hotel to look for a place to dine. There are plenty of options as this island is a commercialized pla

Kalanggaman It is no doubt – the best way to start a brand new year! Yep - I kicked off 2018 beaching! Another “must go place” ticked off my list (hoorah). I will keep this blog short, but sweet. There are several entry points to get to this astonishing island, but I will discuss about our itinerary. We have a pre-arranged tour with a travel and tour company that took us on a two-day excursion to both Kalanggam & Malapascua Island. We spent our 1st day traveling northbound of Cebu and the driver dropped us at Maya Port where our boatmen were waiting for us to take us to Kalanggaman Island. The travel took about roughly 3-4 hours. I must warn the faint-hearted though that it was one bumpy ride, but hey – that’s actually normal as per the boatmen. I don’t know for what scientific reason, but according to them it is normal even on a beautiful sunny day (so what more during rainy seasons?). Anyway, so much for that folks! This revelation shouldn’t stop you from expl