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🌊 La Union... L and U.. Elyu! My 38th province of the #Project81PH Our 3D2N weekend road trip getaway! Travel Date: October 18-20 🚗 Road Trip. We left around 3:30AM. Passed by NLEX, SCTEX, TPLEX, then exited at the last toll gate of TPLEX and headed onto MacArthur highway, La Union Bypass road, then after the bypass road, San Juan na! Very easy especially if mag waze ka! ⛽️ Gas: Full Tank. 🛣 Toll Fee: NLEX-SCTEX (Bocaue - Tarlac) 316 pesos; TPLEX (Tarlac - Pozzorubio) 270 pesos. That's 586x2 way.. Total 1,172 pesos.

Singapore - Kuala Lumpur Date: September 17-21 📌 Day 1: Clark - Singapore; CebuPacific Departure 🛫 12:15PM; Arrival 🛬 4:00PM 🔹We made sure to be at Robinson's Galleria Ortigas before 9AM to catch a P2P bus to Clark Airport. Fare: 300 pesos. Travel time: 1.5 hours 🔹 In the airport, we paid 600 pesos terminal fee for international flights plus travel tax around 1,600 (i forgot the exact amount) 🔹 We landed in Terminal 4 of Changi Airport. Of course we didn't miss the Jewel at Terminal 2, in which we took a bus going there. 🔹 After Jewel, went straight to the train station, bought a Singapore tourist pass (30 SGD) but refunded 10 SGD upon returning of the ticket. This Singapore tourist pass allowed us for an unlimited basic ride on their trains and buses (check out their website) 🔹 We met our friend in Aljunied and ate at some eatery for 3 SGD. Checked in to our hotel. 🔹 Then proceeded to Gardens by the Bay at night to watch the dancing light show of giant trees for arou...

After so many years, we are back in Binondo! The monsoon did not stop us to push through with this plan.. Yes, we were THAT hungry!!!!!!! I have tried Binondo foodtrip before way back November and December 2011!!! Haha! Imagine, and surprisingly, some old same old with these food! If you want to read my entries 8 years ago, Part I  here and Part II here ..

Lazy A Resort, San Fabian, Pangasinan https://www.facebook.com/itslazyA/ I have been to this resort for the third time already and I will stay here again if given a chance... This is a budget resort with basic accommodation/amenities. Not the best, but not bad either... For not so maarte/picky guests, what makes this place okay? 1. Affordable rooms. The last 2 rooms we stayed at are air conditioned cottages and this is good for 10 persons! Regular price is 2,600 pesos for peak. 2,100 for off peak. Double the regular for the holy week. This is a good price point for me. This price comes with your own parking space, cooking area in which you can cook your own food, washing area, griller and terrace. Just bring your own utensils and cookwares... ... In our case we brought our portable tiny stove and prepared all our meals. 2. There are sari sari stores inside and outside the resort. Buying ingredients for your food won't be a problem. Fish vendors often drop by. ...

For me,  the most illusive Philippine travel destination... the Batanes!!!! I once went to a travel expo's in SMX. It was a long line and a long wait. And when the door finally opened, people ran towards Skyjet booth like crazy! Airfare alone costs a fortune. And food is expensive too! But who wouldn't want to cross this out from their travel list?

Philippine Airlines launched a sale for the opening of its Clark to San Vicente, Palawan route. Luckily, my friends and I were able to score pretty good deals..... San Vicente, Palawan is right in between El Nido and Puerto Princesa. So if your are DIY-ing El Nido and Puerto Princesa, I highly advise you drop by San Vicente and visit the longest beach in the Philippines!!! It was a small plane of Philippine Airlines and we flew over the beautiful Mount Arayat! It was such a nice view!!!

Nueva Ecija is one of the places I have not visited yet. Well, we always pass by Nueva Ecija everytime we travel north, but to stay in the place atleast for a day is the goal of this trip. One of the famous spots in Nueva Ecija is the Minalungao National Park. It has a river with a beautiful white rock formation backdrop. Instead traveling via NLEX, we opted to go through the East Bulacan road which is more accessible to us coming from Marilao, Bulacan. The green scenery is refreshing being our first time to travel east Bulacan road. The roads are well-paved, no wonder we have seen bikers enjoying in this area. Here's our video for this trip! We only spent half a day here.. It was the weekend of the holy week when we went here and so it was packed as freak! Better visit during off peak season if you hate the crowd. After lunch, we headed to Cabanatuan City where we stayed for a night at Microtel Inn Cabanatuan. Our kids definitely enjoyed the pool in Microtel. The ...