WEDNESDAY WANDERLUST!

someone asked: Kai, what's your favorite place in the PH?any suggestions for summer and sem break?

hmmm.sige here you go...

1. BATANES
where everything is plain simple yet perfect.i dont know but i'm really biased coz Batanes will always be my top choice!alam mo yung Love is blind?yung tipong even if everything is perfect yet there's flaws but you'll still love wholeheartedly no matter what?yes yes,that's it!HAHA.but no,this is not a hugot!

2. SIARGAO
best aerial view! (series of ooohs and aaahs during flight descend) there i was able to find the most relaxing bahay kubo with a hammock in the middle of a crashing ocean with different sizes of waves that's best for surfing!ahhh the surfing capital is close to perfect during sunset!

3. MARINDUQUE and SAGADA
the two are tied up in my third.Marinduque is actually the heart shaped island and the Lenten Capital.if you really want to sacrifice,go there coz it's really far but worth it the view.Sagada?oh well,where do broken hearts go pa ba?HAHA joooke.the cave connection,maaaan buwis buhay!kiltepan?it was raining and foggy.oo,parang future namin.nyahah!

4. PALAWAN
Puerto, El Nido or Coron?all of the above!i can't choose which one is my favorite.Love Triangle?Torn between three islands,feeling like a fool ang peg.HAHA.

5. TAWI-TAWI
the most unforgettable!i included this in the list coz it was really a whirlwind experience.hiking Bud Bongao was helluva kapoy.yung tipong susuko ka na but you have to hold on!hold on kahit masakit!dahil masakit ma kidnap or ma bombahan.HAHA.

so there.
to that friend,i hope i was able to answer your question.the drawback:when you look this up,they're located at the farthest end of north,south,sides and middle of the map.we have different likes and dislikes in traveling so feel free to tweak your itinerary😉

Help!my CSF is leaking.HAHA!

OT on a saturday while listening to Dr. Go's lecture on complete denture.He's like the risen mesiah in placing the denture on a flat ridge and almost impossible ones na pwede pustisohan.imba!🙌🏽

best of 2015!!! :) #ThrowbackThursday

and yes,my personal favorite is Batanes!

next is Sagada then Marinduque.

yiheee it is definitely more fun in the Philippines!

i may not have bought material things from all these places that i’ve been to but the perfect jumpshot is really more than enough for me.i may look stupid and weird at some point but it made me feel fun, fearless and free which are the basic reasons of what keeps me going.

2015 has been good to me amidst the struggles of still mending an ice cold heart and the emptiness from everyone that has left including my parent’s migration to other country.Travelling has been my refuge from all the stress at the clinic and the hollowness of each passing day.Coz with this,at some point,I feel happy being the one not left behind :)

cheers to a nearly complete travel collection! <3

Breathtaking Batanes

After a week of anxiety due to vicious rains and typhoons, we arrived at the diminutive Basco aiport to a surprisingly sunny weather. I actually didn't mind the possibility of getting stranded due to weather, I just needed to cross it off so badly in my bucketlist! HAHA! 

I was actually prepared to be cast away, I was even starting to form some lists of what to do if ever i get stuck in there for a while. My workmates were even joking to first find a pera padala outlet if in case I ran out of money. HAHA! 

Moreover, this is my first solo domestic travel coz everyone's afraid of the bipolar weather so with a backpack in tow, I started my topsy turvy great adventure of traversing Batanes on my own :) but technically not alone coz I met super great people there. Brace yourselves for one hella nice story. *drool on the pictures,friends!

that's the propeller plane.too small yet comfortable.

I was actually sleepy before take off. I was supposedly seated on the window seat (D-trust me,request that side)  but the girl  beside me went ahead so I didn't complain. I can see the excitement in her face so after being seated for 5 minutes I started the "Ate, taga Batanes po talaga kayo?" and there I met one bubbly and perky college Ivatan girl who has so much love for her province that being away for 4 days makes her miss it big time. She then made kwento how beautiful their place is and all the fast facts i need to know. Thanks for the heads up Mafie! nice meeting you :)

WOAH! I feel like cursing already. Wala ko always gapamuyayaw pero this time daw ma singgit ko. KANAMI!!!

and there you have it, the famous stone airport :)

nasita pa ko for coming this near. hehe. sorry naman po, excited lang mag picture.

surreal!!! I'm here! safe and sound! with no trace of bagyo.

I feel like jumping up and down but controlled my self. I didn't know that the lodge offers a free airport service so imagine my surprise when I was greeted by a placard with a big Kai Abraham in it. shet turistang turista ang peg! I then hurriedly signed the tourist attendance and hopped on the van. kahiya! :P

Home away from home :)

After seeing the lovely lawn, I immediately knew that I'm going to love staying there. After the nice caretakers had me settled in my fan room (yey wala room mate!) and gave me the wifi password (naniwala na po ako sa forever dahil sa bagal ng internet sa Batanes,HAHA! but lucky us coz some branch wala daw talaga) I then received a msg from Kuya Felix of BISUMI if ever I want to join the 9am South Batan tour. that was a little before 8am and of course,GAME! 

who cares about being sleepy, baka umulan pa the next day at wala akong picture. hehe!

I was picked up again by the van with Kuya JB Neyala as our tourguide and off we went to get Emsi (a bubbly Bicolana) and the partners Ate Che and Kuya Ryan (down to earth couple). I was quite apprehensive of the group tour but immediately felt at ease coz everyone seems so nice and excited.

To much beauty in one place! 

South Batan has some of the most breathtaking landscapes. I was so blown away that I  couldn’t imagine how it became so pretty like this. I feel so lucky to start the tour with the most awesome view and this was actually my favorite among our 3 days agenda.

you know happiness? it's written all over my face.

                                

August-Batanes

July-GenSan