YEAR-ENDER Twenty Twelve   
METRO MANILA Post-Christmas Dinner at President Tea House ◦ Ayala’s Lights and Sounds Show ◦ Microtel Mall of Asia Review ◦ Dinner at Microtel’s Roof Deck ◦ Microtel Breakfast Buffet at Millie’s  
POSTCARDS Bolinao Extended Play ◦ Godray Afternoon Down Kennon Road  
METRO MANILA The Demon of Malabon Cemetery  
16 DAYS ACROSS LUZON, VISAYAS AND MINDANAO 16-Day Trip Itinerary  
Metro Manila - Ilocos Norte - Ilocos Sur ◦ Bangui Windmills ◦ KangKang Windmill Café at Bangui ◦ Cape Bojeador Lighthouse ◦ Kapurpurawan Rock Sunset ◦ Currimao Rock Formations ◦ Kusina Felicitas at Grandpa’s Inn ◦ Calle Crisologo at Night ◦ EnRoute: Ilocos Sur-Manila-Batangas-Mindoro-Aklan ◦ Boracay at Last ◦ Boracay on a Budget ◦ Boracay’s White Sand Beach ◦ Boracay Starbucks Global Icon City Mug ◦ EnRoute: Aklan-Iloilo City ◦ Fortress Church of Miag-Ao ◦ EnRoute: Iloilo-Bacolod-Dumaguete-Dipolog ◦ Restreto Inn and Café ◦ Capitols, Lechons, Houses, Peaks, and Crosses ◦ Dipolog Cathedral ◦ Julie’s Halo-Halo ◦ Carbonara Sardines and a Bird’s Eye View of the City ◦ Dipolog Sunset Boulevard ◦ Goodtimes Café & Art Gallery ◦ Big Joe’s Café ◦ Sunrise at Galas Pier ◦ Hudyaka Zanorte Festival 2012 ◦ Erlinda’s Food House ◦ Rizal Landing Site at Sunset Boulevard ◦ Rizal’s Mindanao Relief Map ◦ Dapitan Church ◦ EnRoute: Dapitan City-Cebu City-Camotes Island ◦ Poro Church ◦ Cliff Jumping at Boho Rock Resort ◦ Lake Danao at Camotes Island ◦ Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Church ◦ Quick Snack at Cebu’s Harbour City Dimsum ◦ Virgin Beach Resort ◦ Mike & Diose’s Aabana Beach Resort Malapascua ◦ Island Hopping and Snorkeling at Malapascua ◦ Dinner at Ocean Vida Restaurant ◦ Malapascua’s Bounty Beach ◦ CnT Lechon ◦ Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral ◦ 16th Century Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño ◦ Magellan’s Cross ◦ Taboan Market  
ON THE ROAD: 15 DAYS FROM VISAYAS TO MINDANAO Postcard Summary  
Lechon de Cebu ◦ Ozamiz-Iligan-Ozamiz ◦ Sun Finally at Lanao del Norte ◦ Waterfalling 101 at Iligan ◦ Diyandi Festival ◦ Trek Jump Swim ◦ Farewell Iligan City ◦ Breakdown ◦ Back on Track ◦ Sunset Supposedly ◦ Biri Rocks! ◦ Dawn to Dusk at Biri Island ◦ Almost Home
ILIGAN CITY Diyandi Festival & Waterfalling Adventure Tour 
PALAWAN Coron vs. El Nido vs. Puerto Princesa  
EL NIDO POSTCARD The Karsts of El Nido ◦ El Nemo in El Nido ◦ Calitang’s Unspoiled Beach  
METRO MANILA Make it Makati: Capture it as it Happens Photo Contest  
ALBAY POSTCARDS Albay’s Ibalong Festival ◦ Misibis Bay ◦ Chasing Waterfalls at Mt. Busay ◦ Mayon from the Boulevard  
PHOTOGRAPHY 101 Let’s Keep It Simple  
INTERVIEW Sonshine Radio’s Biyahe at Gimik  
CAVITE Aguinaldo Shrine and Freedom Park at Kawit ◦ Kawit’s Hidden Tapsihan ◦ Kawit Church  
METRO MANILA Baclaran Church ◦ Everything at Steak    
IFUGAO Trip Itinerary ◦ Manila to Ifugao ◦ Banaue Hotel ◦ Banaue Rice Terraces ◦ Banaue Ethnic Village and Pine Forest Resort ◦ Hike to Batad Rice Terraces ◦ Batad Rice Terraces ◦ Banaue’s Native Village Inn ◦ Banaue to Hungduan ◦ Hungduan’s Hapao Rice Terraces ◦ Banaue’s Poblacion ◦ Kiangan’s Nagacadan Rice Terraces ◦ Kiangan Shrine 
IFUGAO POSTCARDS Stairways to Heaven ◦ Batad Harvest     
DUMAGUETE Cafe Antonio ◦ Walking Tour of Silliman University ◦ Hotel Nicanor ◦ Rizal Boulevard ◦ Qyosko ◦ Dumaguete Cathedral ◦ Sans Rival Cakes and Pastries
SIQUIJOR Trip Itinerary ◦ Manila - Dumaguete City - Siquijor ◦ St. Francis de Assisi Church ◦ Capilay Spring Park ◦ Lazi’s Century-Old Balete Tree ◦ Lazi Church ◦ Lazi Convent ◦ Cambugahay Falls ◦ Santa Maria Church & Its Black Maria ◦ Sunset on the Road ◦ San Juan’s Coco Grove Resort ◦ Coco Grove Accommodations at San Juan ◦ Coco Grove’s Sunset Restaurant ◦ Sunset and Sunrise at San Juan’s Tubod Beach      
ON THE ROAD: 16 DAYS, LUZON VISAYAS MINDANAO LuzViMin 16-Day Summary    
A Different View of Ilocos Norte ◦ Longanisa Vigan ◦ En Route to Dipolog ◦ Boracay Sidetrip ◦ Visita Iglesia de Iloilo ◦ Stranded at the Port of Iloilo ◦ Quick Breakfast in Bacolod ◦ Dipolog Sunset ◦ Hudyaka ZaNorte Festival ◦ Rizal in Dapitan ◦ Cebu’s Camotes Island ◦ The Milkyway ◦ Six Feet Below Malapascua ◦ Beach Bumming at Malapascua ◦ End of the Road at Magellan’s Cross
BULACAN Obando’s Fertility Rites Dance Festival
QUEZON Lucban Church - San Luis Obispo Parish ◦ Lucban’s Sucre et Sel Café ◦ Lucban’s Pahiyas Festival
TAGGED Best of Travel Photos: My 7 Super Shots
PANGASINAN Dasol’s Tambobong Beach Revisited ◦ Underwater at Dasol’s Tambobong Beach ◦ Dasol Sunset at Tambobong Beach      
TRAVEL ESSENTIALS The Headware 
BAGUIO POSTCARDS Cool Summer at Baguio City ◦ Into the Pine Forests of Baguio City      
LAKBAY NORTE 3 Trip Itinerary & Summary    
Norzagaray’s Pinagrealan Cave ◦ Bass Fishing at the Pantabangan Dam ◦ Toploading from Tuguegarao to Tabuk ◦ Whitewater Rafting Chico River ◦ Sunset at Buntun Bridge ◦ Las Palmas Hotel ◦ Patapat Viaduct ◦ Pagudpud’s Kapuluan Vista Resort ◦ Pagudpud’s Blue Lagoon ◦ Johnny Moon Café ◦ Ilocos Norte Hotel and Convention Center ◦ Malacañang of the North ◦ Birdwatching at Paoay Lake ◦ Stand Up Paddle Boarding at Paoay Lake ◦ Sand Dunes of Paoay ◦ Ilocos Empanada ◦ Dinner at Thunderbird Resorts Poro Point ◦ San Juan’s Kahuna Beach Resort ◦ Bacnotan’s Holcim Ecotrail ◦ Lunch at the Provincial Capitol ◦ Te Quiero Tapas Bar & Restaurant ◦ Airsoft Shoot ‘Em Up ◦ A Night at Camp John Hay’s The Manor ◦ Dawel River Cruise ◦ Matutina’s Seafood Restaurant ◦ Go Karting at Kart City Tarlac ◦ La Maja Rica Hotel ◦ Subic’s Jungle Survival at Pamulaklakin Forest Trail ◦ The Ritz Tropical Spa at Subic ◦ Dinner at The Verandah ◦ A Wild Night at Widus Resort and Casino ◦ Porac’s Puning Hot Spring ◦ The Historic Camalig Restaurant ◦ Lubao’s Prado Farms    
PUBLISHED Smile Magazine’s North Bounty ◦ Dutch Houses for a Cause      
CABANATUAN CITY Sundown at Obrero River ◦ Back at Buliran’s Brook ◦ A Summer’s Harvest ◦ Golden Twilights      
NUEVA ECIJA Gabaldon’s Dupinga River 
CORON POSTCARDS Back in Coron ◦ Coron Underwater ◦ Sour Weather at Coron ◦ Summer’s Back in Coron!       
METRO MANILA 2012 Philippine Pyromusical Photo Contest
PUBLISHED Lonely Planet’s The Perfect Trip: Holland      
TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY 101 Keeping ‘Em Straight ◦ How to Shoot Fireworks      
ON THE ROAD Seven Days Across Baguio, Sagada & Banaue ◦ Seven Days Through the Bicol Region      
ANGELES CITY 2012 Hot Air Balloon Festival Schedule ◦ The 17th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta ◦ 2012 Caltex Hot Moves Photo Contest      
METRO MANILA Casa Roces ◦ The 3rd Philippine International Pyromusical Competition      
CALAMBA CITY Rizal Shrine ◦ Calamba Church      
MALOLOS CITY Barasoain Church    
ON THE ROAD: LAKBAY NORTE 3 Puning’s Hot Springs & Lubao’s Prado Farm ◦ Jungle Survival, Spa Time & Pinoy Henyo at Subic ◦ River Cruise at Dagupan & Go Karting at Tarlac ◦ Hiking at Holcim’s Ecotrail & Airsoft at Baguio Country Club ◦ Paddle Boarding & Birdwatching at Paoay ◦ Shooting Landscapes and Surfing at the Blue Lagoon ◦ Toploading & Whitewater Rafting at Kalinga ◦ Caving at Norzagaray & Bass Fishing at Pantabangan Dam    
PEOPLE Rizal Park's Last Film Photographers    
PUBLISHED Lonely Planet’s 10 Reasons to Love Intramuros ◦ DPP Intramuros Shootout    
LAGUNA Paete Church ◦ Pakil Church    
CAMIGUIN POSTCARDS Out of Camiguin ◦ Graveyards, It’s Actually Fun in the Philippines    
RIZAL Baras Church ◦ Morong Church