The Poor Traveler and his college friends had not been together in over a year. We had always wanted to meet up and hang out but because of our tight schedules as corporate slaves, it just couldn’t happen. Last April, somewhere in our Twitter exchanges, the idea of going to Lucban, Quezon for the Pahiyas Festival came up. Unfortunately, as [...]

The Poor Traveler didn’t know how to react when I received the itinerary of our Davao Familiarization Tour from Airphil Express. The fastest-growing local airline is now offering tours and packages for different destinations in the country and they wanted travel and lifestyle bloggers to get the first taste of it. I was glad that I was part of the [...]

Before this Davao City tour, I had never tried any zip line. I guess I was chicken like that. After all, I am the Poor Traveler, not the Brave Traveler. But since Zip City is part of Airphil Express Davao Highland Adventure and since we were already there, it would really be a shame to not push through with it. [...]

After the Davao Wild Water adventure, our group headed back to Davao Crocodile Park (where the Davao Wild Water Adventure is based). Because we were such a big group, it took so much time for every one to take shower and change clothes. Since the Poor Traveler was one of the first to line up at the shower rooms, I [...]

White water rafting was something I had always wanted to experience. In our recent Camiguin trip, we tried to spend one day in Cagayan de Oro (since the airport was there) but, unfortunately, we couldn’t find a way to squeeze it in our itinerary so we just let it go and planned to come back to CDO in the future. [...]

After a fiery experience at Tribu K’ Mindanawan, we walked a short distance to Riverwalk Grill. Located in the Crocodile Park Complex, this outdoor restaurant is popular for their chicken barbeque. And more. Apparently, that’s not the only thing tourists who visit this place want to try. Riverwalk Grill offers exotic dishes. Their specialties — crocodile and ostrich meat. Damn. [...]

The first stop of our highland adventure in Davao was Tribu K’Mindanawan. It was the first time I heard of this place so I really didn’t know what to expect. Just a few minutes from Microtel Davao (and 15 minutes from downtown), Tribu K’ Mindanawan is located in the Davao Riverfront Corporate City (along Ma-a Diversion Highway), which is also [...]

The Poor Traveler had always wanted to try Microtel. One of the reasons was that most of their branches were newly built and I just love how they position themselves in the market — budget hotels that won’t feel low-end. In fact, when I was planning a trip to Puerto Princesa, I seriously considered booking rooms with them. Unfortunately, they [...]

For the longest time, I felt like a part of me had been missing. Whenever I come home to my hometown, I’m appalled by how much the place has changed. Even our house is completely unrecognizable. The trees that I grew up climbing, the grass covering our backyard, they are gone. Long gone. What’s there now are pavements. Concrete floors [...]

“Tito, what time are we going to board the plane?” My niece and nephew were getting more and more impatient as we were waiting for our boarding call at the NAIA Terminal 3. I couldn’t blame them. I was extremely excited myself. Although it wasn’t my first time to travel abroad, it was my first time to travel out of [...]