Towards the Lighthouse of Capones Island

Since we booked an all-in package for this tour, we didn't really have to worry about anything. Well, don't take "anything" too literally. I meant the important stuff, like the transportation, the food, the itinerary and all those things. It would be an awful lot of work to get this together by ourselves (especially this group of lazy kids)....

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A Weekend at Anawangin Cove - The Plan

Anawangin Cove in San Antonio, Zambales In the summer of 2012, my college friends and I wanted to go on a vacation at the beach. Just a short and sweet weekend getaway, without the need of a plane ride and nothing overly planned. We didn't have enough moolah and time to plan for something like that anyway.  From my experience,...

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Travel Madness Expo 2012 - An Aftermath

Its only my first time to attend a travel expo. I've always wanted to go but something always kept me from attending similar events in the past. Anyway, I had my expectations but I kinda hoped for more. Most of the booths are from travel agencies that offer THE SAME tours and rates. They even give out the same freakin' flyers. Speaking...

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Bellarocca Island Resort: A Beautiful Rock

Inside our villa, my dream home, everything was perfect. It was like everything else didn't matter. But of course it did. We had to go out at some point. For one, we had to eat. We brought in enough snacks, but not real food. Besides, I really wanted to try out their restaurant The only negative comment of this resort is about the food...

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Bellarocca Island Experience - The Villa

From the reception area, one of the staff assisted us to our villa. We could actually walk from there but he insisted we take the golf cart instead. All the villas were named after Gods and Goddesses, still aligned with the Greek Theme of the resort. Ours is named Aphrodite and oh how appropriate of a name it was. Upon entering the huge...

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The Journey to Bellarocca Island

The day has finally arrived. All our bags are packed and we are so ready to go. Our bags, by the way, contain loads of goodies. We brought as much food as we can to save some money because we expected that the meals in the restaurant would be expensive. We weren't charged for corkage or anything so I guess its not prohibited.  to...

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Our Travel Checklist from 2010

Found this list from one of our email exchanges dated June 20, 2010. These are the places that we wanted to visit together. Wanted - being the operative word. I mean, capiz? Who the hell goes to capiz? I didn't even remember that we made this. But its fun though. Especially the part where we cross out some of them. After 2 years. We have visited a couple more places that are not included here (might not have imagined we could...

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Bellarocca | A Dream in the Making

Photo courtesy of Bellarocca Island Website I couldn't take my mind of Bellarocca ever since I found it on the internet while searching my next destination. It became on the top of my list of places I wanted to see before I die. Their rates are crazy high and it would take me forever to save up for it. But then, forever came too soon.  When...

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Pearl Farm Beach Resort | Savoring Our Last Day

For our last day in Pearl Farm, we woke up a bit earlier to have breakfast and take a dip in the pool before we check out.  They have different dishes laid out that morning. But same as the day before, i hovered all the bacon i can get and also snatched up a couple of yogurt cups. Yummy. By this time, the waiters already knew our...

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