I’m not really sure what I’m doing in Taiwan. You ever wake up one morning and say to yourself, today I’d really like to go somewhere new?  Maybe a new part of town or a new restaurant you’ve never been to? Today I felt like that, but I wanted some “real deal” Chinese food, so [...]

Boracay is one of those places that unfortunately, isn’t very photogenic.  The real life Boracay blows these pics and video out of the water!
With a place as beautiful as Boracay, I’m sure to visit again soon.  Next up I’m leaving the Philippines for a bit.  See you in Taipei, Taiwan for some incredible Chinese food [...]

For Filipinos, Boracay is one of their biggest national prides.  It’s their version of Hawaii but to get to this famed island was quite a journey.
I booked a direct flight on SeAir out of Cebu. When I arrived at the check-in counter no one was there.  Next door at Zest Airlines the attendant told [...]

After 365 days of world travels, I’m happy to announce that today marks the 1 year anniversary of the beginning of my journey. It was a year ago today that I set foot onto a plane bound for Panama. My initial goal had been to visit most of the world’s countries in a 3 [...]

If you are looking for a way to get from Dumaguete to Cebu or vice-versa then I’d highly recommend taking the Ceres Liner (full sized air-conditioned bus) for the 4 hour trip over taking the Oceanjet “fast ferry”.
For one, you still get a 30 minute boat ride out of the transportation but better yet, the [...]

Filipinos say the island of Siquijor is mystical, enchanting and spiritual. It is further said to have magic potions, shamans, sorcerers and witches; and these superstitions cause many Filipinos to refuse to stay overnight on this island due to fear. For me, if I get the “pleasure” to see anything unusual occur it’ll be a great [...]

Apo is a top 10 world renown island for diving located roughly off the coast of Zamboanguita, Philippines. Unfortunately, I haven’t yet gotten the huevos to dawn a wet-suit with a tank of oxygen strapped to my back and plunge into the ocean so this will be a more relaxed “tame” trip to the island.
As [...]

Zamboanguita is to Negros Oriental, Philippines as Fallbrook is to California, USA.  Ah, never mind, the point is, the city of Zambo is a small, rural city. After over 4 hours of travel time from Cebu to Dumaguete on the “fast ferry” I was ready to be there but still had another 30 minutes of [...]

I had plans to goto Boracay until I got an e-mail yesterday from my 20 yr old Filipina friend Jenny. She is a Cebuana but is visiting her Sister in Zamboanguita on the island of Negros, Philippines.  After doing a Skype video chat session with her for nearly four hours she convinced me to put [...]

This is a list of the top 7 things to do in Bohol, Philippines.  I did all of them in one day and you can too.  My best advice is to grab a local taxi, turn the meter on and spend all day exploring.  The meter price at the end of the day should be [...]