The travels and adventures of a girl from the islands.
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Paradise is clear blue water and flippers

Paradise is clear blue water and flippers

Want to beat the summer heat? Grab a mask and flippers and dive into El Nido’s clear blue water. It doesn’t get any better than this.
What does it mean to win Tourism for Tomorrow?

What does it mean to win Tourism for Tomorrow?

The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Tourism for Tomorrow Awards are one of the highest accolades in the travel and tourism industry. The Awards were established to highlight and promote sustainable tourism best practices worldwide. On behalf of the company, my boss received the Tourism for Tomorrow 2013 Award for the Community Benefit category...
Fishies and phoneography

Fishies and phoneography

First off, a big WHOOHOO!!! for being included in The Daily Post’s phoneography favorites for March! The staff chose my “My Neighborhood” post to include in the roundup of their favorite entries. It always feel good to be recognized Second: one good thing about working in an island resort is that the water is only...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime

Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime

Can I just say how much I LOVE this theme? Because seriously. FOOD! I love food! Our family’s life literally revolves around food. I love smelling it, I love watching people cook, and most of all, I love eating it! Confession time: I don’t cook This week’s phoneography challenge was to document “lunchtime”. Another confession:...
Phoneography challenge: my neighborhood

Phoneography challenge: my neighborhood

So this week’s photography challenge is “My Neighborhood”. To make it even more interesting, all the photos should have been taken using a mobile phone. At present, my “neighborhood” for most of the month is Bacuit Bay in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. It’s got to be one of the most beautiful places in the world....
Waiting outside

Waiting outside

When the water level gets too low, large boats can’t get into the Big Lagoon anymore. The boats end up outside the Lagoon and tied to a mooring buoy while their guests either kayak or snorkel + walk in.  
Going into the blue

Going into the blue

You have steps, then waves, then light blue water, then the dark blue of the deep ocean.
Where I want to live

Where I want to live

Definitely a bigger place but yes, something over the water.
PHOTOS: Fire on the beach

PHOTOS: Fire on the beach

After welcoming the new year with fireworks, our guides and their supervisor decided to pull out all the stops and do a firedancing routine on the boardwalk. They were originally supposed to do in on platforms in the water but the Engineering guys decided to ignore their advice and installed the platforms too far away...
My long absence and Christmas Eve on the island

My long absence and Christmas Eve on the island

My long absence from this blog is due to my graduate thesis. It’s all my thesis’ fault! I took 2.5 months off work so that I could work on it full-time in Manila. Unfortunately, those 2.5 months were not enough as my adviser had me do more analysis work to get the results we wanted....
Along the wall

Along the wall

I prefer taking landscape photos instead of wall photos but hey, if the view is nice, anything goes Thank you Sir Bobbit for being an excellent model! Lagen Wall, Lagen Island, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines.
Travel theme: Sunset

Travel theme: Sunset

I’d like to thank Ailsa for giving me an excuse to post sunset photos I didn’t want to torture myself trying to decide which of the numerous (and equally memorable) sunset photos I’ve taken over the years to post, so I went with just the newest ones instead. I took these last August 17, 2012...