After a couple of months spent in Panglao Island, Bohol, I decided to impulsively quit my dive master course. I was at the verge of completing it with only a few tests pending. For some personal reasons, I don’t wanna stay in Alona Beach anymore, my feet is dragging me away from the tiny island … More Puerto Galera Dive
A quiet but not-sleepy town in Cebu, Moalboal will always be one of the best spots in the Philippines for adventurous souls. During my corporate career break, I spent a week in Moalboal enjoying my solitude. Here is my top 5 things/spots I recommend everyone to do/visit while in Moalboal. 1. A day tour to … More 5 Things to Do in Moalboal, Cebu
From Malapascua Island, I took a motorised boat going to Kalanggaman Island. It costed me P800 for the day trip inclusive of lunch at the island. Located South East of Malapascua Island, Kalanggaman is most famous for its photogenic long sand bar stretching at the end of the isle when the tides are low. Apart … More A Day Tour to Kalanggaman Island, Leyte, Philippines
Malapascua sunset skies have swept me off my feet. The little island up in the north of Cebu province, brags its beautiful white sand beach and friendly locals. The home for thresher sharks, it also has beautiful dive sites teeming with life and a number of unique marine species that are rare to find. I … More Malapascua Island, Cebu, Philippines
Malapascua island located north of Cebu Province, Philippines is a tiny gem. The reef system around Gato Island and the Monad Shoal – home for the famous year-round sighting of thresher sharks – are just amazing. A big shout out to Sea Slug Dive center in Malapascua, they have the most affordable dive packages in … More Cebu, Philippines Dive Trip 2016
I was a total advanced open water newbie when I flew to Coron, Palawan in early 2016. My buoyancy was still a work in progress that time so please bear with the dizzying shots (I’m still a newbie now though! 🙂 ). Clips were taken with Gopro Hero3, with no vid light, only red filter. Coron is … More Scuba Diving: World War II Shipwrecks in Coron, Palawan, Philippines
An island in an island in an island – islandception, it is. . 🙂 In my younger years, every time I go to Tagaytay in Cavite, I’ve used to wonder if people could actually go to Taal volcano – coined as the smallest volcano in the world seated in the middle of a lake which view … More Taal Volcano Trek… Islandception!
“Music saves the soul.” Play softly while you read. People think we are fearless. We are not afraid to wander to places we’ve never been; walking anonymously along the dusty road of a rural town and smile to people as if you’ve met a familiar face. We have all the fun in the world; we celebrate life with … More Solo Travelers’ Bittersweet Fate (featuring Banaue, Ifugao, Philippines)
http://www2.padi.com/blog/2017/02/02/scubasura-cleaning-waters-puerto-galera/ I wrote an article for one of my favorite dive centers in the Philippines – Scuba for Change in puerto galera. PADI has published it, use the link above. Yey! Congrats again SFC peeps for the SCUBASURA success. More power to you guys, and continue diving for a cause. . ————– Written by Denice … More SCUBASURA: Cleaning up the Waters of Puerto Galera
It’s been a year since I, with my family, explored the Ilocos Region, Philippines. I can vividly remember how we rode the extremely cold sleeper bus for the first time and endured an almost 10-hour long trip. I’ve been to Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte a long time ago but I didn’t mind traveling back there to … More Ilocos Region, Philippines – Photo Diary Part II
It’s been a year since I, with my family, explored the Ilocos Region, Philippines. I can vividly remember how we rode the extremely cold sleeper bus for the first time and endured an almost 10-hour long trip. I’ve been to Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte a long time ago but I didn’t mind traveling back there to … More Ilocos Region, Philippines – Photo Diary Part I
“Music saves the soul.” Play softly while you read. She worships the euphoric sun and weeps with the melancholic rain. She spends her days staring at the infinite ocean and listening to the crashing of waves. She is made of sand and water; she is meant to swim away unreservedly. She is the island and … More The Secrets of a Modern Mermaid (featuring Anda, Bohol, Philippines)
My most favourite place on earth during my early youthful innocent years, Enchanted Kingdom, the theme park in the town I used to live in, has been one of my most joyful day-long refuges where I balanced my teenage negative outbursts and acquiescence, tried to forget a superficial young romantic love that failed, and developed a gradual but deep-rooting friendship with the people now … More Nostalgia – Coming Back to my Home Town and Enchanted Kingdom – Laguna, Philippines
It was the 1st day of 2016 when I thought of starting the new year with a dive adventure. The underwater world has given me the inexplicable calmness I crave, my way out to temporarily escape the bustling and hustling corporate concrete jungle. I thirst for the slow movements of the “zero gravity”-like universe while I … More New Year Dive – Anilao, Batangas, Philippines
“Music saves the soul.” Play softly while you read. 🙂 I just love these guys! I can’t remember if I have ever written any getaway that featured this group of sultry and clamorous ECE students in Lyceum Institute of Technology (presently Lyceum Of The Philippines University – Laguna). Actually, I can’t really remember if we … More Cheers To Never Growing Old! Pico De Loro Cove Photo Diary
“Music saves the soul.” Play softly while you read. You, woman, are a beautiful creation, whether you believe it or not. You’re as beautiful as the sunset sky and floating petals of dandelion blown by the wind. You have struggles that strengthen the littlest bones and smarten the tiniest cells that make you. You have unbelievable … More Mantra: Every Woman Is Beautiful (featuring Cebu, Philippines)
Denice, Aubrey and Bing, feat. Jhulz. . We changed the plans and hardly followed the itinerary. Upon reaching every destination, for a split second, we decided “extend!!!”. We chased the sun and burned our skins. . We drowned ourselves and gulped sea water. . We traveled from North to South and met people, some may … More Wild and Free – Cebu Adventure with my Crazies
“Music saves the soul.” Play it first. . 🙂 I’ve known Rachel to be a restless traveler who, like me, worships the beach while embraces the pricking rays of the sun as if this combo is the best thing God has ever created. We’ve been planning our beach trip together for a very long time and for some reasons … More Trusting Buoyancy in the Raging Sea – Windsurfing in Anilao, Batangas
“Music saves the soul.” Play it first. . 🙂 Valentine’s Day is only for cheesy couples. Wrong! 🙂 As early as January (or sometimes, December of the previous year), I contact all my single female friends (there’s actually not a lot, by “single female friends” you must already know I refer to my trusted travel buddies Myrna and Aubrey) to plan … More V Day? Let’s go girls! – Boracay, Philippines
“Music saves the soul.” Play it first. . 🙂 Don’t get me wrong, I still recommend tourists to go and visit El Nido in Palawan so they can be stunned with what Philippines has to offer them. It’s just we went to El Nido in December when the rain showers slightly spoiled our family trip. … More The Heart Pounding Sails – El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
The Restless Firefly 