Another province has been ticked off my PH 81 province list when I visited the southernmost province in the island of Mindanao: Davao Occidental. There are a lot of beautiful places that I wanted to visit in this province like the Olanivan Island and Balut Island along the Mindanao Sea. Because we had time constraints,…
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Exploring DAVAO DE ORO: Davao Region’s Golden Province
It has always been a mystery to me why the province of Compostela Valley changed its name a few years ago. On December 2019, a plebiscite ratified the law that proposed to rename it to Davao de Oro. When I got the chance to visit the province recently, I finally got to learn why. As…
Exploring Isabela’s BLUE LAGOON: Palanan’s Mysterious Natural Wonder
Have you ever been to a place where you were really stunned by its beauty even though you’ve already seen a lot of natural wonders before? I can say without apprehensions that I actually felt this when me and my travel barkada, the Shembot Squad, visited the mysterious lagoon in the coastal town of Palanan…
Exploring PALANAN: Isabela’s Hidden Paradise
Ever since my traveler friends and I traveled to the town of Calayan in Cagayan (where our travel group called Shembot Squad was formed) back in March 2016, we’ve been thinking of going to other places in the country that are considered off the beaten path. We’ve been to one the following year – Balabac…
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