The TravelWhore
It all began when I got a pre-owned film camera as a gift from a distant relative back in 1996. I stared taking photos of almost anything that I find interesting and on each photograph, I always write notes at the back of the print and make it ala post card or I just simply post it in a photo album.
Everything have changed now, We now have what we call Travel Blogs (Web Log) where we can share our travel experiences. Traveling for me is the highest form of learning, I love discovering each destinations culture and heritage, arts and crafts, language, food and its lovely people.
Let me share to you the joy of traveling one step at a time. ....read more
Posted by
melo in Wednesday, February 3rd 2010
Philippines is really known for its never ending Festivities. While some festivals are religious in nature, some talks about cuture and some celebrates good harvest.
Cabanatuan City celebrates good food by holding a yearly festival called Longanisa Festival. Now on its third year, Cabanatuan also celebrates the City’s 60th founding anniversary.
This week-long celebration is being held in the [...]

Posted by
melo in Wednesday, February 3rd 2010
With only two hours of sleep, we left Mira de Polaris Hotel early for our Sand Boarding activity in La Paz. Located near the Paoay Lake, La Paz Sand Dunes is popularly known as the Dubai or Desert of the North and is a prime location for shooting local films.
Shoot Shoot Shoot
We arrived early [...]

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Posted by
melo in Monday, February 1st 2010
I was so thankful that our hotel was just few walks away from the church, our meet-up point for the Day 2 of Lakbay Norte Media Tour. As usual, I woke up early and went down to the hotel lobby to meet Izah of PDI Online who also stayed in Candice Hotel.
The Oldest Catholic Church Bell
After all [...]

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Posted by
melo in Thursday, January 28th 2010
Day 1 : After four bus stops and almost 11 hours of land travel, we finally reached the City of Tuguegarao in Cagayan Valley. It may take forever before you reach this northern province but I really don’t mind since its one of my favorite destination among all the provinces in the entire archipelago. For [...]

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Posted by
melo in Friday, January 22nd 2010
A tourism leader and member of the executive committee of the Baguio Flower Festival 2010, Anthony de Leon lauded the classification of the annual event by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as one of Philippines’ best events.
Earlier, Philippine Department of Tourism regional director Purificacion Molintas said that during the Cabinet meeting here, DOT officials revealed [...]

Posted by
melo in Friday, January 22nd 2010
The Museum and Cultural Affairs Office and the Makati City Government is now all set to celebrate the Caracol Festival 2010 this Sunday at 4pm at the Paseo de Roxas in the center of Makati City.
Makati’s Caracol Festival is the city’s unique version of the Mardi Gras, according to Mayor Jejomar C. Binay who will [...]

