=j(oe) + (l)izz + travel
the bohol bee farm… where do i start? well to kick things off, their website is pretty bad. i probably could have built a better one within my first month of being a webdesigner. 14 years ago. it’s not very informative nor does it accurately show what facilities they have on-site. with that said, we […]
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We had it good at the Bohol Bee Farm. It was pretty easy to while away the day being lazy and eating ice cream every day. We did manage to do some water activities. Being the non-swimming Asians that we are, Frank, Joe and I tagged along with a diving group to do some snorkeling. […]
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We came to Bohol to visit the famous tarsiers and chocolate hills. Bohol is a pretty big island so we hired a van to take the six of us instead of going by scooters as previously planned. This turned out to be an excellent decision as it took us almost an hour to get to […]
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ah yes. weird food. i’ve heard much about balut but have never had the pleasure of seeing it up close and personal. for clarification, balut is a partially formed duck egg that is ideally served at 16 days old. from my limited research, i’ve found that duck eggs hatch in roughly 28 days so at […]
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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. cebu (one night, palu palu), hong kong (uncle’s apartment, five days, aberdeen) q. favourite meal a. oddly enough, hong kong has been a nice break from the gluttonous eating out we’ve been doing for most of this trip. i want to put peking duck […]
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i must be a loner at heart. las cabanas’ crowds almost singlehandedly ruined sunsets for me and while bohol’s sunsets were quiet amazing, i wanted more solitude. haha and i woke up at 430 one morning to head out to catch the sunrise. we still had our scooter rental so our plan was to drive […]
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well that r&r that i’ve been crying about for weeks has finally happened. i’m leaving el nido feeling recharged and ready to hit the road once my leg heals up. i forgot how easy it is to fall asleep in hot weather but in this 30+ degree heat, i’m half asleep as soon as i […]
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joe: what do i like? -we got exactly what we asked for. didn’t leave the bohol bee farm for the first day, ate all our meals here (in which all vegetables are grown on-site) -cheap and good massages. first one of the trip for me and man do i miss my rmt back home, camelia […]
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aside from the small beach out of town, one of the more common beaches in the el nido area is las cabanas. if you walk around town in the morning, trike drivers will consistently ask if you’d like to head to nacpan beach. by the afternoon, all of them will have changed their tune to […]
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after napping until a late lunch on our first day in el nido we hired a pair of tricycles to head out nacpan beach about 45 minutes out of town. we were able to get them down to 800pp per trike (two people per trike) but i feel like you could definitely get them lower […]
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now that we’re on the island/province of palawan, taxicabs are nonexistent. we’re now in the land of tricycles. might not look like much but these little bikes can pack it in. i’ve seen families of six fit on here with luggage in the back with a couple kids jammed into the cab side. it doesn’t […]
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this seems to be a recurring theme for the last few weeks. we find a great place to eat and have revisted them at least once before leaving the city. i usually prefer going somewhere different for fear of missing out but i haven’t had regrets over any of the places we’ve gone back to […]
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jojo: what do i like? -beaches – i’ve never seen white sand this fine -food – lots of tourist trappy food in el nido but also tons of locals only shacks. we stumbled on a killer bbq joint to get some lechon but found something even better… -r&r – i’m starting to feel pretty run […]
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so our layover in manila was unexpected. we arrived in the international terminal and had to transfer to the domestic terminal 15 minutes away to catch our connector to el nido. we made it with plenty of time to spare but noticed that the first flight to el nido that day was delayed to our […]
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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how longa. a. hong kong (uncle’s apartment, aberdeen), manila for one night (hotel, pasay) q. favourite meal a. so i just got done writing about brickhouse below as my fav meal and i had completely forgotten about the buffet at the marina club. i’m definitely not one […]
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