Philippine Travel Notes

There is that ubiquitous letter “S” again… this time (see item 3) attaching to an already plural world, aw word pala – ‘children’! Yun lang! I got more amused on item number two. Do you know how to do it? Well, I do now hehe. On that raft, anyone going for the john had to properly declare and excuse themselves – so the remaining folks could balance the thing. Yep, this was at the “Tago-Tago Food Garden” in the outskirts of Legaspi City. Ah, the complications of our times hehe!

Who said you can’t roam around town on rainy days? It’s just a myth, really! For anyone interested in seeing various places, you may like to know that there are a lot of things to discover during the rainy season. Of course, as with any travel on any kind of weather, there are necessary precautions that one must consider. And I have discovered wiser ways of roaming this country during various moods of our dear inang kalikasan! Technique: when the monsoons are a blowing in the Luzon area, head to the western and southern islands like Palawan or Mindanao. While some parts will be cloudy on some days, rains will usually be sporadic. Then again it’s always wise to check weather underground or weather.com or even the local PAG-ASA! Example: last August 1, some colleagues were surprised when I appeared in the office with a skin darker than usual cuz I literally burned under the sun in Samar during the weekend. That was a weekend where rains were pouring to the max in Metro Manila! But going ...