Posted By:  ivanhenares Posted On:  Jan 11, 2008	Microtel Boracay in Diniwid Beach
Up to now, I can't stop raving about the chiropractic-approved beds of Microte l ! I was able to get the much-needed quality sleep worthy of a grand vacation. As soon as the second batch arrived, we went straight to the ferry that would take us to Boracay . Remember, that there are fees...... [view]

Posted By:  ivanhenares Posted On:  Jan 14, 2008	Puka Beach in Boracay
There's more to Boracay than White Beach. Yesterday morning, we were scheduled to go snorkeling and have a lunch picnic in Puka Beach . But since it was raining, that did not materialize. But we went to Puka Beach anyway and had lunch indoors at a nearby restaurant called Tesebel Ihaw-Ihaw ....... [view]

Posted By:  ivanhenares Posted On:  Jan 17, 2008	Lomo in Paradise Island & Nassau, Bahamas
Since Nassau, Bahamas is sandwiched in between two of our great beaches in the best beaches list, I'm posting photos taken by my younger sister Ria in Paradise Island and Lighthouse Beach in Nassau the other week. She's my first guest poster in the blog. The beaches were...... [view]

Posted By:  ivanhenares Posted On:  Jan 17, 2008	Boracay and Cebu top popular beaches list
Yahoo! Travel came out with a list called The Most Popular Beaches of 2007 , the ten top-rated beach destinations by Yahoo! users last year. And look what we have here: 1. Boracay Island , Philippines 2. Nassau, The Bahamas 3. Cebu, Philippines 4. Phan Thiet, Vietnam 5. Montego...... [view]

Posted By:  ivanhenares Posted On:  Oct 26, 2007	Overnight in Borongan, Eastern Samar
They call Borongan, Eastern Samar the City of the Golden Sunrise. I finally arrived there after a four-hour van trip from Tacloban City. I asked the van to drop me off at the beach house of my brod, Councilor Jesse Solidon, where I was to stay for the night. After getting settled, we...... [view]

Posted By:  ivanhenares Posted On:  Oct 21, 2007	Surf's up in San Juan, La Union
I just came back from a great weekend in La Union. I trooped to the San Juan Surf Resort with my brods and other surfer wannabes on Travel Factor's Surfvivor Surfing Tour. We left McDonald's El Pueblo at 12:30 a.m. on three vans loaded with surfing beginners. It was a coincidence that my...... [view]

Posted By:  ivanhenares Posted On:  Sep 24, 2007	Old houses and powder-white sand beaches in Glan, Sarangani
The next day, we drove to Glan, one of the southernmost municipalities of the island of Mindanao (Jose Abad Santos, Davao del Sur seems to edge it out by a few meters). In the town proper, we checked out the old houses which are mentioned in the DOT website. They have intricate wood designs...... [view]