Our plane was about to land. I looked out the window, expecting to see city lights. Siem Reap was, after all, a city. Instead, I only saw blackness dotted with occasional yellows and whites. I later found out that the blackness was one of Siem Reap’s vast lakes. A tuktuk driver picked me and my…
The moment I stepped into Danjugan Island, I was smitten by its raw, quiet – almost surreal – beauty. A clear green lagoon and swaths of mangroves greeted my arrival. What followed was nothing short of a magical experience. Hands down, Danjugan easily became one of my favorite islands in the Philippines during my three-day…
While I am looking forward to my seven-week backpacking adventure around Visayas, how I arrived at this starting point in my adventure is also a journey on its own that amazes me. It was October last year when I decided that I would travel long-term this summer. I initially thought of going around Northern Mindanao…
Traveling Light 