Travel
From travel tips to inspiration, I have a plethora of information to travel junkies as well as those who are looking for ideas for their next trip.
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Mount Purgatory And The 6 Strangers We Meet In The Mountains
The first lie I ever believed was that I had time. Unfortunately, we all fall into this trap until the truth finally catches up to us. Somewhere between birth and death, we forget that the clock never stops ticking. That’s why I stopped waiting for the perfect moment and started chasing the things I thought were impossible, like hiking Mount Purgatory in Benguet. They told me the Mt. Purgatory traverse was long and unforgiving, with six peaks, endless ridges, and mystical mossy forests. What I didn’t expect was to meet 6 strangers who seemed to know me better than I knew myself. So, who were those strangers? Is Mt. Purgatory…
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National Museum Of Natural History: The Things We Miss While Scrolling
Most people don’t make it past the first paragraph. You probably won’t either. Or maybe you’ll just stop to look at the photos from the National Museum of Natural History, Philippines. That’s how we’ve been programmed these days. We are rewired to scroll, pause, swipe, and repeat. The algorithm decides what matters now. And if it doesn’t flash, move, or shout in under eight seconds, we move on. That’s why museums feel so irrelevant today. And it’s not because they’ve failed to evolve and adapt. They’ve renovated, rebranded, and redesigned entire exhibits just to hold our attention a little longer. But still, we scroll past them. Because museums offer depth,…
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Mt. Kupapey Proved That Burnt Toast Can Lead To Something Beautiful
What if everything that went wrong was actually going right? What if a cancellation was actually a redirection? What if the setback was really just part of the setup? Most of us have goals and trips we’ve mapped out for months or even years. We plan for months, picturing how everything should unfold. And yet, it takes just one storm, one cancelled flight, and one shift in the weather to throw it all off course. That’s what happened to us. We were meant to take the mighty multi-day Kibungan Cross Country hike. That was the dream. But the Universe had other plans. And somehow, we ended up hiking Mt. Kupapey…
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Mt. Kabunian: The Sacred Mountain That Secretly Changed My Perspective
I sold my soul to the Devil. In exchange for a small fortune and a taste of worldly happiness, I lost bits and pieces of myself. I didn’t even realize I’d made a deal with him until I noticed I no longer had time for the things I once loved. Then, one day, came Mt. Kabunian. Here’s the thing about mountains. They’re not just giants. Some are called gods or deities who will exorcise your demons and unveil the hard truths you never wanted to hear. And Mt. Kabunian, named after the sky god in Igorot culture, was the mountain that finally made me see how far I’d lost my…
