The Sinulog Festival is held every third Sunday of January each year in Cebu City. I haven’t been to any of the previous Sinulog except this year wherein it was my first time to experience such a colorful spectacle, rain or shine it didn’t diminished the zest of the Cebuanos to partake in such a grandeur event as witnessed also by countless visitors from the Philippines and other countries.

I rarely blog about the foods I gorge on during my travels, but this time I made an effort in writing these fine places in Cebu where one can enjoy a laid back environment and one finds additional joy in eating not only these sumptuous but otherwise can cause high blood-so please eat in moderation, foods but also find a suitable place to mix both hanging out with friends and pleasing one's appetite to the fullest.

I never knew beforehand that there is another heritage village located within my backyard. When I say backyard, this refers to an area within a '3 hour bus ride' radius of where I live - which is in Meycauyan, Bulacan. Alright it's give or take 3-4 hours from my place to Taal, Batangas. Well, I'm also unaware of the fact that aside from Taal Volcano, there's this town called 'Taal' that is located in Batangas. Last Sunday, I finally visited the place - not the currently sleeping volcano but the town itself.

Even if you're fond of visiting old churches in the Philippines and you happen to wander into Taal town, there's a good chance you might overlook this smaller church, which is merely a walking distance from the massive Basilica of Saint Martin de Tours (the Basilica of Taal). However, since I visited with people who had prior knowledge of the place and its rich history, I was able to discover and appreciate the Shrine of Our Lady of Caysasay.

Our long Bonifacio weekend trip to Palaui Island was far from easy. It took a severe toll on my buttocks, which became numb five hours into our bus ride from Cubao to Tuguegarao—and that was only the first half of the ten-hour journey. We left the Victory Liner terminal in Cubao around 10 p.m. and arrived in Tuguegarao around 9 a.m., with brief stops in Tumauini and San Pablo, Isabela to visit two historic Spanish colonial churches.

I had a hard time pronouncing Pinacanauan River. When I first told a friend about it, I simply described the experience as, "Like a scene straight out of a Stephen King novel, where millions of bats flew out of the cave, completely covering the dusk sky with darkness."

There are many massive cave systems hidden within the town of Peñablanca in Cagayan Valley. The most famous of these is Callao Cave. Another cave worth visiting nearby is the Sierra Cave—a network somewhat similar to the spelunking caves of Sagada, where one has to twist and contort their body to squeeze through tight openings. This stands in stark contrast to the absolute vastness of Callao Cave, which boasts a huge underground dwelling with a cathedral-like entrance as wide as the gates of a Gothic palace.