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 Thursday, March 12th 2009
SEAIR now flies daily to Batanes to serve tourists to this beautiful northern paradise. Visitors now have full flexibility on their itinerary and have more options on what day they want to go to Batanes and return to Manila.
The flights utilize SEAIR’s Dornier 328 planes which take vacationers comfortably to Batanes in just 1 hour [...]
Posted by
melo in Friday, January 16th 2009
Sabtang is one of the islands in Batanes known for its unique cultural heritage. If you are a true adventure lover, then a tour of the Sabtang island is a must for you. In 1994, the Philippine Department of Tourism chose Sabtang as one of the 12 best destinations in the entire archipelago.
Our adventure began [...]
Posted by
melo in Wednesday, December 10th 2008
Honesty Coffee Shop is a one of a kind store located in Ivana, Batanes. What makes this Ivatan store interesting? No one looks after the merchandise so each customer is pretty much free to move inside the store. Everyone is expected to be honest, the store owners trust the people enough to allow them to [...]
Posted by
melo in Friday, December 5th 2008
The town of Ivana is not only known for the most talked about “Honesty Coffee Shop”, it also has a Unesco heritage building that is popularly known as House of Dakay.
Lola Ida January 2005
The house of Dakay is probably the most visited house in Batanes. It is also the oldest house in Batanes which is [...]
Posted by
melo in Friday, November 7th 2008
Among more than a hundred of islands and destinations I have visited, I can say that Batanes is the best destination I have ever been to in the entire archipelago.
It’s my third visit to Batanes but I still feel that there are still a lot of places that i need to explore and discover. Batanes [...]
