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Illustrado: Motorcycling around the Philippines

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Experience Beautiful Philippines like you’ve never done before in Illustrado Magazine’s Issue 73: “Escape.” For this issue, I wrote a feature on five destinations in the Philippines (Marilaque, Sagada, Bicol, Puerto Princesa & Siargao) from behind two wheels and listed a few dream destinations for motorcycle tours.

This issue also has a great fashion spread taken in the surreal Kapurpurawan Rock Formations in Burgos, Ilocos Norte. Check out the photoshoot in Illustrado’s Fashion Gallery on Facebook. The community lifestyle magazine is available in major bookstores in Dubai and selected Fully Booked Bookstores in Manila.

Snapshots: Lake Sebu

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With its rough, steep terrain and narrow mountain roads, Lake Sebu is best explored by habal-habal (motorcycle). Located at the southwestern of the province of South Cotabato, this idyllic town is home to a host of natural attractions and points of cultural interest. However, there aren’t a lot of paved roads, so getting around is a thrilling experience in itself. Aboard a motorcycle, you can reach remote areas that can’t be navigated by jeepneys and tricycles.

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Snapshots: Sohoton, Bucas Grande Island

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“The main entrance and exit is only accessible during low tide” said our guide as our pump boat glided through the water in the dark cave half-submerged in water. The hard hats we had been issued shielded us from the stalactites that hung precariously above our heads. The boatmen expertly maneuvered through the cave entrance towards a pinprick of light that slowly opened up into a vast lagoon. I stared in awe at the stunning landscape I saw before me.

We had just entered Sohoton Cove, a natural haven that is the pride of Bucas Grande Island in Surigao del Norte.

Read the rest of this article in Leisure + Adventure TRAVEL Magazine’s “The Best Travel Secrets” issue, now in major bookstores. Here are some other snapshots from the trip. Continue reading →

Binondo Food Trip with Ford

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I normally hate driving to some areas in Manila. Binondo, in particular, with its mad traffic  and congested alleys is pretty hard to drive around. If I have to go here, I’d rather commute or take my scooter instead of the car. It doesn’t help that I drive a secondhand manual car with a really hard clutch that has conked out on the road more than once. But a few days before Chinese New Year, I found myself driving through Binondo’s streets and actually enjoying it.

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Real Life Counterstriking in Baguio

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The bullets whizzed above my head and tore into the shrubs and tree branches as I slowly raised my head from the tangle of grass to seek out the rest of my companions. I knew the situation was dire, but I had no inkling it was practically hopeless.

I realized I was on my own, the last person standing (or rather crawling) from our team of 10 who set out to test our airsoft mettle against Baguio’s veterans of the game. Continue reading →

Motorcycle Magazine: TWIST

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A photo I took of ducks on a motorcycle in Saigon, which I originally posted here, is featured in Motorcycle Magazine‘s Fifth Anniversary Issue, with no less than Paris Hilton on the cover. I’m supposed to get a complimentary copy of the magazine when I pass by their office,  but I couldn’t help buying one  when I saw it on the stands. The latest issue of Motorcycle Magazine is available in Booksale and Filbars.

For my account of Motorcycling in Saigon, read this previous post.