This was no ordinary trip. More than anything, this trip was a reunion. My college friends and I had not met one another in years and it was the first time that all of us would be going on a trip together. Needless to say, the trip was bound to be memorable primarily because of the people I was with. [...]

I’m not sure but local folks said that the name Borawan was a portmanteau, a blend of two words — Boracay and Palawan. The island was named so because it possesses white sand similar to that on Boracay and rock formations reminiscent of Palawan’s limestone cliffs. The question is, is the island worthy of its name? Well, I’m not the [...]

Camping isn’t really my thing. Although I was a boy scout back in grade school and high school, I never got used to tents and, well, mosquitoes. I was even an Eagle Scout (the highest rank a boy scout can attain) but really, give me a bedroom with a restroom. My dislike of camping may be coming from the fact [...]

“Where the hell is Frances?” It was 2am and everyone was ready to hop into the van and hit the road. Everyone, that is, except Frances, for whom we were still patiently waiting. “She said she’s on the way. She should be here any second,” said one of my friends. This was no ordinary trip. It was our very first [...]

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 [...]

It was The Poor Traveler’s first time to join the country’s most colorful and most vibrant festival. And I will tell you exactly how much this trip cost me. Viewed 8498 times by 2615 viewers