Author: Jeffer

11th Christmas Ed Kapangan: Five Years Later…

So tell me, how has the new year been treating you? Doing fantabulous already? Or still too early to tell? Personally, I’m still trying to get used to writing 2020 instead of 2019, as is always the case when a new year rolls in. But we’ll get there. But that doesn’t mean that 2019 is completely out of the radar, because it has been quite the year of adventure and new experiences, for me, for you, and for everyone. And this is another experience, albeit no longer a new one, that will never get old: my round two with Christmas Ed Kapangan.

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Badi Falls in Kapangan, Benguet (with IgoAdventure)

It’s that time of the year again. The so-called Adivay Festival of my province, Benguet. The month-long celebration ends in about a week, and before that happens, I thought it fitting to post about this now, that time I went on a dayhike-slash-climb of Badi Falls in Kapangan, as organized by IgoAdventurePH, a Cordillera-based group bound by their love for the great outdoors and adventure while doing good on the side. Incidentally, IgoAdventures is a recipient of this year’s Everlasting Award at the Adivay, for its contributions to various schools and individuals in the province. Well-deserved, ka-IGO! (Warning: A bit image-heavy, but that should no longer come as a surprise, should it?)

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[JP18] A Day in Nara: A Wrap Up, and One of my Regrets While Travelling

A day is certainly not enough to soak in all of Nara. I am guessing, not even a couple of days. But you know what? That’s OK. Of course, if it were a younger me, I wouldn’t think that. My young self would be full of regrets that I did not spend more days here, not even when faced with the reality that I do not have the luxury of time.
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[JP18] Nara, Japan: Wakakusayama Hill, Kasuga Taisa, Kofukuji

One more post before October ends. I’m still in a bit of a high from my recent trip to Siargao last week, and already I’m missing the sights and sounds (though not the heat) of that beautiful island down south. I’m not quite sure when I’d be able to post about that trip, maybe months down the line, because I swear that list of backlog posts is getting longer whatonearthishappeningi— SO! Here’s another Nara post to tide me over until then.
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[JP18] Nara, Japan: Todaiji Temple (feat. The Great Buddha)

If you thought that Nara Park is just “about the deer”, then you’d be wrong. Nara Park is so vast that it practically contains almost all the key places to visit when in Nara for a day. I thought for sure that the extent of the park was the area where most of the deer are roaming and roosting, but I was wrong, because it turns out that it also serves as the location of the Nara National Museum, Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha, and Kofukuji. In my mind, it’s practically a small town. In reality, it’s just a park.

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[JP18] Nara, Japan: Playing with Deer at the Nara Park

Except for visits to a couple of zoos and menageries, my only “close encounter” with a deer was when I went to the Calauit Safari Park in Coron, Palawan some years back. And they were quite the elusive kind, too, because they were never within an arm’s reach, steering clear away from us. During my trip to Japan, we made it a point to spend a day in Nara, famous for its deer encounters. And I was NOT disappointed.

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[JP18] Kyoto, Japan: Walking Around Nishiki Market, Pontocho Alley & Gion District (plus Ichiran Kawaramachi!)

This is yet another tl;dr, image-heavy post, which I’m not really gonna apologize for because, really, if I don’t have the photos, then I won’t really have much to say, now, do I? This blog post is all about… walking. Yes, walking. Because if you don’t know me by now, I really, really, really like to walk. A fact that drew the ire of one or two of my companions from time to time. #sorryNOTsorry So, yes, this’ll be all about that time my friend and I practically walked almost the entire length of the road from Nishiki Market, across Kawaramachi to Pontocho Alley, then across the Kamogawa to get to Gion District, until finally we ended up in front of the Yasaka Shrine. Yes. All on foot.
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Beyond Bacolod: Ancestral Homes, The Ruins and… Sugarcanes?

“When it rains, it pours” couldn’t have been more apt to describe the past several days. It’s been raining nonstop for almost a week now, and if Accuweather is to be trusted, this state of things will continue for yet another week. It sure discourages one to step out of their doorsteps, me included. And it also makes me wish I had made travel plans earlier. I could have been somewhere dry and sunny, anywhere but here, really, I’m not picky.

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Beyond Bacolod: The Campuestohan Highland Resort in Talisay City, Negros Occidental

Hoping to get this post out before the Brrrrrr months set in. I’m not really sure why. I just feel the need to do so. Looking at my calendar (naks! Calendar talaga!), my next adventure won’t be in 7 weeks, at least. Unless something good comes up to shake things up a bit. But before that, when you’re in Bacolod, have you ever heard of this place called Campuestohan Highland Resort?

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Hidden Gems of Morong, Bataan (and that time we witnessed a pawikan lay eggs)

Sometimes, it is good to not have to be in control, to just go with the flow, see where the tide takes you, and what the waves wash to shore to bring you. Personally, when it comes to travelling, I am the type to want to at least be in the know, have a modicum degree of awareness, on what to expect and what to look forward to. But, sometimes, that, too, can get exhausting. Too much information to hold in at a time when you just want to have fun. And it is at times like these that I appreciate being unaware, and be surprised.

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[JP18] Arashiyama, Kyoto: Riding the Sagano Romantic Train

The only train rides I’ve been on thus far mostly involved those on subways and metro transits, often packed and speeding through tunnels or in concrete jungles. Shinkansens or bullet trains in Japan are a whole other story, because they speed so fast and stealthy, and you’re boxed inside, unable to breathe in the air outside. It’s definitely nothing like those train rides we see in movies that are set, say, in some parts of the countryside, probably somewhere in Europe. Ya noe, those train rides that evoke… romance…?

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[JP18] Arashiyama, Kyoto: The Tenryuji Temple

It’s the last day of July, and all I could think of was “Thank goodness July is over, but DANG AUGUST CAME TOO SOON”. I guess that’s the thing about time: it passes, and it does so in an unforgiving fashion. There are no rewinds, no take twos, just pushing forward, and all we can do is to keep pace with it. Or, at least, try to. And while doing so, make memories. Good ones. Lots of them. So you will have lots of them to look back to even months, years to the future.

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