Restaurants in Batanes are few, and Cafe Tukon is someplace place you shouldn't miss.

Back in a tricycle, we spent the day driving to sites around Batan Island, including the Chawa Viewdeck, the towns of Mahatao and Ivana, Honesty Coffee Shop, and the picturesque Rakuh a Payaman hills.

We travelled to Sabtang Island and that boat ride was memorable, with real gale force winds. What a day!

On a long-awaited, must-be-a-dream visit to the northernmost province of the Philippines, I fell in love, yet again, with the immensity of the country’s food and cultures. Off to Basco!

In Bohol, I tasted ube kinampay and visited an Asin Tibuok salt maker - highlights of my year-long trip across the Philippines!

On a journey to Danjugan Island, I immersed fully in a landscape special in so many ways. This experience has a deep place in my heart!

On a day trip from Dumaguete City, I joined a boat tour to the Manjuyod sandbar, someplace I’d seen on social media. Swam in cerulean waters, had the freshest sea urchin ever from a fisherman’s boat. It was the perfect morning.

At the Dumaguete Cathedral, over 400 years old, I sat in the pews and watched the hum of a Sunday afternoon, people alone and in groups, stopping by in between errands.

On my first journey to Cavite City, I went to the public market for breakfast and tried bibingkoy. A tasty bite of what’s to come!

At Perfect Loaf to start the day, breakfast was in true Pinoy style.

On an epic food trip through Pampanga, we visited eateries, museums and traditional product makers…and I got to meet Atching Lillian Borromeo!

All I knew was to expect the unexpected, and that some of the most amazing places had the power to shift your perspective.

Alone, again, I joined a group and set off for a canyoneering excursion to Kawasan Falls.

We started the day at a viewpoint that looked over a seemingly endless expanse of coconut trees, and ended at Sugba Lagoon.

I met a friend and flew to Siargao Island for a week in one of the Philippines’ most popular beach destinations today. Beyond excited!

Every day of this visit brought an unexpected, special experience that left its mark on me.

Spending several days in the Balabac Islands was a dream.

What I mainly knew about the Balabac Islands were that they were geographically closer to Malaysia than Palawan’s capital city of Puerto Princesa.

Would cross islands and cliffs in El Nido again, any day.