Osaka Kaiyukan is an aquarium famous around the world because of it’s star attraction, Ten-chan, a giant whale shark. It was there that I first ever saw a whale shark, let alone heard of one, but I was hooked. There is something awe-inspiring about these magnificent creatures who are as big as a bus, yet […]
The Philippines has a wide variety of landscapes, and what better way to see them all than from a plane. Almost every trip I’ve taken over the past two years had me flying to and from my destinations in the dark. Finally, our flights to Cebu had us coming and going both during the day […]
It’s hard to talk about Bohol without mentioning the Philippine tarsiers. Upon returning from my trip, the number one question I was asked was if I got to see those “tiny, freaky monkey-things”. I had to reply that while I did see some tarsiers, they actually aren’t monkeys at all. Yes, Filipinos boasted them for the […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of a starfish in the Philippines. It’s probably no secret by now that I love the ocean and marine life. One of the reasons I was so excited to visit the Philippines was because it has long been known as the epicenter […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of the beaches of Oslob, Philippines. Being a nation of over 7,000 islands, the Philippines is bound to have some beautiful beaches. While people often flock to the well-traveled areas of Boracay or El Nido, we were surprised by the […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of children in the Philippines. The hospitality we experienced from the Filipinos is incomparable to anywhere else I’ve traveled so far. Everyone was incredibly kind, and welcoming. They were often curious and wanted to talk with us, but always in […]
To be honest, before traveling to the Philippines, I didn’t know a whole lot about the country’s history. It isn’t really a subject US schools cover, despite the fact we ruled the Philippines for almost 50 years. I at least knew about the US ruling (which is something most Americans don’t even seem to know), and I […]
Easter and Holy Week are a pretty big deal in the Philippines, which is one of the most religious countries in the world, with over 95% of the population actively practicing religion. Their religious roots trace all the way back to around 1500 thanks to Magellan accidentally landing in Cebu during his search for the […]
This week we would like to welcome back Agness of eTramping. Agness and Cez were some of the first travel bloggers I interviewed for my Travel Tuesdays segment. At eTramping you can find plenty of budget travel tips on how to travel the world with $25 in your pocket. They both have been traveling and living in different Asian countries since […]
If you watch the world news, you’ve probably heard of Bohol. Located east of Cebu, Bohol is the 10th largest island in the Philippines, and was once a popular tourist destination for both local Filipinos and foreign visitors. Tragically, in October 2013, it was devastated by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The whole region of the […]