Travel Photos: The best Quiet Beaches in the Philippines
With growing tourism in the Philippines, it becomes harder and harder to find those unspoiled beaches or your private beach moments. Most beaches are so crowded that every selfie you take or every photo includes strangers or belongings of strangers. …
How to get from Bantayan Island to Bacolod
Early morning start here, for it is time to leave Bantayan Island and move to Iloilo City. I’ll be travelling to Bacolod first, then take a ferry from there to Iloilo. Since I’ve come from Iloilo to Bacolod a few…
Travelling from Puerto Galera to Iloilo, via Caticlan – costs, time schedules etc.
Time to move. I’m going to Iloilo for Christmas and New Year. So I say good-bye to the Badladz Beach Resort in Small Tabinay and a tricycle brings me to Puerto Galera Jeepney terminal. There I take a UV-Express Van…
Brownouts in the Philippines
A brownout is an intentional or unintentional drop in voltage. Usually, in the Philippines, that means there is no electricity, sometimes for hours. Most brownouts are unscheduled. But the long ones that involve maintenance can take up to 10 hours…
Traveling to Semirara, Caluya and/or Libertad in Antique
From San Jose on Mindoro Island not only the ferry to Coron departs, but also to the Islands of Semirara (the mining Island) Caluya and even Libertad on Panay Island. All Island is located in the Province of Antique. San…
How to travel from Caticlan to Roxas with a motorcycle
The busy port of Caticlan, gateway to Boracay Island holds more ferries than only the shuttles to Boracay. Ferries leave to all destinations there, for example to Roxas Port on Mindoro Island. A 4 hours crossing with Starlight Ferries. They…
How to get from Bacolod City to Iloilo City with a motorcycle
In Bacolod City, the RoRo departs from Banago Wharf. A port area in the north of the city, close to the North bus terminal from Ceres bus company. Be aware that before you can take a motorcycle of an island…
Traveling from Dumaguete to Boracay by bus
Time for some travelling, from Dumaguete to Iloilo and on to Boracay. By bus, as usual. I think Ceres Bus and also Dimple Star, and on some island even local buses, offer a great opportunity to travel cheap, reasonably comfortable…
