Bigger, Badder, Better
Way back in 2006, I mounted a surf event for beginners in San Juan, La Union. It was called “Surf’s Up!” and it was an event of GO! Travel Magazine (R.I.P.). The event was a unique concept then because it was a surf trip specifically for beginners and anybody could sign up. It was also on that particular trip that I met Tikoy and Leia who would later on become my good friends and business partners at Travel Factor. At ...
Jose Rizal The Traveler
When the PNOY government announced a June long weekend, we at Travel Factor didn’t waste time in scheduling tours. This 2011 has been a rather tough summer season because almost all the holidays fell on weekends. Couple with that PNOY’s abolition of Gloria’s holiday economics and you got a competitive domestic tourism industry clamoring for extended weekends. We have 7 trips ongoing this weekend all over Luzon. I pray that the arriving tropical depression doesn’t make its presence felt as ...
And I’m Back
I can’t believe it’s been three years since I had some semblance of a blog. Almost three years ago, I ran a photoblog called Pinas or Bust! It was during that time that I was so engrossed with photography. It was also during that time that I had begun to travel the Philippines. And I traveled a lot. A whole lot. Looking back, I now find that I am a traveler first, a photographer second. Now my camera sometimes doesn’t ...
