Pinoy Lakwatsero

Postcard: Manila

Lakwatsero — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:33:56 +0000

I guess you don’t have to go abroad to shoot a scene like this. This photo was taken at the dock near the Cultural Center of the Philippines. You can see the Manila Yacht Club and the stretch of buildings along Roxas Boulevard in the background.

AirPhil Express’ Palawan AdvenTours

Lakwatsero — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:13:18 +0000

If you may have noticed, the last three posts that I made was all about Palawan. You see, a couple of weeks ago, we were invited to experience AirPhil Express‘ newest adventure product, the Palawan AdvenTours. The Palawan AdvenTours is the second installment of the adventure tours and packages that they started to offer since [...]

Snorkeling at Pambato Reef

Lakwatsero — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:39:07 +0000

After our lunch at Pandan Island and fish feeding in Snake Island, we went to our last stop in our Honday Bay tour — the Pambato Reef. You would be surprised that beneath the pair of floating cottages lies an underwater paradise. You don’t need special training or special equipment to have a peek at [...]

Snake Island

Lakwatsero — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:33:35 +0000

Snake Island is one of the most popular destinations in any Honda Bay island hopping tours. I have been here last year during my first visit in Puerto Princesa and the best I could remember about the place is that my left leg was bitten by an aggressive fish (or maybe it was hit by an [...]

Lunch at Pandan Island in Puerto Princesa

Lakwatsero — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:37:38 +0000

It was raining hard the night before we left for Puerto Princesa. The announcement of the typhoon Falcon in Metro Manila scared us that the trip to Palawan might not push through. The streets in Pasong Tamo and Buendia in Makati were already knee-high that night and another set of heavy rains might bring the [...]

Cruising the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River

Lakwatsero — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:55:45 +0000

One of the attractions in the country that automatically translates to Puerto Princesa City is the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park. The underground river which was once known as the St. Paul Underground River stretches itself within the 8.2-kilometer cave. It is also considered as one of UNESCO’s natural heritage sites and was nominated as [...]

Spending a SMART weekend in Boracay

Lakwatsero — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:39:09 +0000

Who could say no to a free all expense paid weekend in Boracay? No one, right? Last weekend, Smart flew us to Boracay to test their newest innovation, the Smart LTE (Smart Evolution). In the previous weeks, Smart had been sending batches of bloggers to Boracay to give Smart LTE (4G) a try. We were [...]

Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon

Lakwatsero — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:33:52 +0000

Pahiyas Festival is an annual celebration in Lucban, Quezon to give thanks to their patron saint San Isidro Labrador for the year’s bountiful harvest. The locales usually celebrate it by decorating their houses with colorful kiping or rice wafers, crops, fruits, flowers and vegetables. This festival is usually celebrated every 15th of May and the locales [...]

Photo Fridays: First Boracay Trip (July 2006)

Lakwatsero — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:17:56 +0000

Chicken Charlie, my favorite chicken in town

Lakwatsero — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:12:31 +0000

It was in August 2010 when I first tried Chicken Charlie. After we did a tour within the University of Santo Tomas campus, the Redors brought us to Banawe for an unknown treat. And that was the first time I tried Chicken Charlie. Just like in a fancy romantic love song, it was love at [...]