SMF2011

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 ...

JR The Traveler FI

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 ...

Go! Just Travel.

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 ...