It was my day off when I visited the Manila Post office last week to pick up the package I bought from Ebay. It took almost two weeks for them to send me the notice that my package has arrived, Oh well, at least it didn’t get lost.
Since most of my travel gears, travel books, [...]

A visit in the Islamic City of Marawi will not be complete without visiting a traditional Maranao House called Torogan. The Torogan is the ancestral house and the royal residence of the upper-class Maranao. It is commonly found in Marawi City and other areas in Lanao del Sur province.
Within the sultanate, no one can have [...]

I’ve been to Koronadal City twice already but I never got the chance to witness Hinugyaw Festival. Good thing I visited Intramuros last Saturday to checkout Clamshell since they are featuring Southern Mindanao’s arts, food, culture and festivals.

Hinugyaw Festival
At exactly 4:30pm, they started the show by showcasing the colorful and upbeat curltural dances of Hinugyaw Festival [...]

The 2nd Batobalani Festival of Bato, Leyte was deemed successful with the participation of seven festivals from different municipalities of Leyte and Southern Leyte.
Just like Ati-Atihan, Batobalani Festival is being conducted as a tribute to Senor Sto. Nino who is also the Patron of Bato, Leyte.
This year’s participants to the Batobalani Free Interpretation Dance Competition, [...]

Filipinos never run out of reasons to celebrate, in fact all of towns and cities in the entire archipelago have their own Festivals. Ati-atihan in Kalibo started it all, then equally colorful festivals followed honoring Santo Niño, the child Jesus.
The Kalibo’s famous Ati-atihan festival is considered to be “The Mother of all Philippine Festivals”, which [...]

This eastern Pangasinan town celebrated its annual ‘Talong Festival’ (Eggplant Festival) Sunday, with a cooking contest of the well-loved Filipino dish– pinakbet.
In the contest, only the five main ingredients of pinakbet – eggplant, okra, ampalaya, pepper and tomatoes – were given to the contestants. It is up to them to add other ingredients. Contest organizers [...]