Travel Theme: Glow.

Last week I got the opportunity to visit the Manila Ocean Park. I was able to take photos of some of the different kinds of aquamarine life inside. Most of these fishes seem to glow so, I think, it’s apt …

Corregidor: A Trace of History.

Yesterday, April 9 is the “Araw ng Kagitingan” (Day of Valor) for the Philippines. On this day we pay homage to the fall of Bataan to the Japanese troops in 1942 during World War II. A part of this history …

Autumn In Summer.

Because the Philippines is a tropical country, we only have two seasons – summer and rainy. I’m not counting fall because most of the trees here shred their leaves regardless of the season. Some, like those in our yard even …

Remembering Bohol.

It was September 2007 when I traveled to Bohol. I was still getting to know my new DSLR then, so I decided to practice with it there. Bohol is widely known for the tarsier, the Chocolate Hills and of course …

Travel Theme: Sculpture.

An indigenous sculpture I came across to in the Mountain Province. I found these two while walking along the shops at the Heritage Village in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. A sculpture in the park of the a cathedral At the park …

Flowers From The Summer Capital.

Summer is almost over here on this side of the planet. And to cap off my summer flower series is this collection of flowers from Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines. While walking around I stumbled upon several wild …

Travel Theme: Beaches.

Being an archipelago of 7,107 islands, there is no doubt that the Philippines were known to have some of the finest beaches all over the world.  And for this week’s travel theme by Ailsa, I’m presenting a few of the …

Weekly Photo Challenge: Above.

Wasn’t able to post for a couple of weeks now regarding the Weekly Photo Challenge. Sorry about that. Here’s my entry for this week: Heavy traffic anywhere in Manila is not an unusual thing, and I don’t know anybody from …

Travel Theme: Green.

Mossy green rocks on the stream that runs along the forest at Kinabalu Park. A tall grass I found during one of the walks I did at Kota Kinabalu. Part of my lunch at a waterfront restaurant at Kota Kinabalu: …

Travel Theme: Roads.

Here’s my post for this week’s Ailsa’s Travel Theme… except for the first two, I consider these roads as my ‘road less-traveled’ since I only got to pass them once in my life. On the road going to the northern …