Communing with nature is something I have been doing since I learned to recognize the value of it. My definition of it translates to what I call “nature therapy”. That is to recharge and reconnect with myself through the abundance of nature. I do it in a multitude of ways such as watching the sun…
Tag: Travel Stories Philippines
Lago del Rey: CamSur Watersports Complex’s Better Half
When I started working overseas in April 2012, there was not one vacation that did not take place during summer. I heart that season and I have been very vocal about it. One of the things I always do to celebrate summer since then is to visit the Camarines Sur Watersports Complex (CWC) to check the…
A New Place To Treasure: Cararayan, Naga City
Four years ago, the family and I moved from the humble province of Isabela in Northern Luzon to the touristy Camarines Sur in the Bicol Region. I actually had second thoughts about the decision. Isabela is where I grew up and two decades of memories from the hometown created reservations until I had my fourth…
Romanticizing The Ruins Of Cagsaua Church
The Cagsaua Ruins, just like the Pagsanjan Falls in Laguna (“Shooting the Roughly Blazed Paths to Pagsanjan Falls“), in the town of Daraga is one of those tourist places I had only seen on TV, postcards, stamps, and textbooks during grade school. A place I only dreamt of visiting when I was a kid. I…
My Chunk of Extreme Sports At The Best Cable Park In The World
One of the things that I dreamt to accomplish is to experience just one of the various extreme sports man has known today. The adventuresome spirit that possessed my wandering feet a long time ago has gone a long way that such inclination comes natural since then. I just thought that I should do one…
My Son’s First Hiking Experience And Mayon Volcano’s Perfect Cone
Whenever I go home for a short vacation to our province, I always allocate time for family bonding. Walking on a rice field, romping in the sala, going to the market are only some of my ways to bond with my son and wife. The pictures have been like that for three years since my…
Sinarapan, The World’s Smallest Commercial Extant Fish
Lately, one of the things that should not miss a spot on my itinerary whenever I go home to Bicol is to eat my new favorite, yummy dish, sinarapang paksiw. I accomplished this on the third day of my short vacation two weeks ago in our beautiful province, Camarines Sur. Fruedian Salivation Syndrome had entered…
The Pristine Water Around Capones Island
Whenever I blog about a particular place, what I usually write are the things I remember right there and then. The lighthouse was the first thing that crossed my mind; however, I did not actually have a decent picture of it. I only have one that is really a standout among the many. This sole…