28 Nov 2011
by angkuletin Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Photography Tags: Bicol, churches, culture, history, pre-war, religion, Spanish
I saw this post on Facebook from Planet Naga about four months ago. I had been too busy though to post it on my blog (or post anything actually). Today I am taking the time to share these beautiful photos. Much thanks for all these.
Pre-war Bicol. Bicol Region is known as one of the strongest bulwarks of the Catholic Faith since Hispanic times. In fact, during its inception, the prelate of Manila was under the Diocese of the Nueva Caceres. in This album, we shall explore the different Catholic churches all over the region, their different architectures and physical structure before war invaded Bicol in 1942.
BUHI, CAMARINES SUR - 1941
LABO, CAMARINES NORTE - 1941
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10 Oct 2011
by angkuletin Travel Factor Tags: aloha board sports, art exhibit, exhibit, surf & music festival, surf and music festival, surf culture, surfing, Travel Factor
Calling all photographers and artists. Now is your chance to Shine.
Have a shot that embodies the free flow of the Surfing Lifestyle? Here is your opportunity to show off your work and be recognized.
The Surf & Music Festival brought to you by Aloha Boardsports and Travel Factor will host an artist exhibit brought to you by Havaianas.
The scope of the exhibit entails any work that you feel best embodies the Surf Culture. This can be action images, lifestyle images, beach landscapes, abstract images, music/concert imagery etc. It’s not limited to photographs only.
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07 Oct 2011
by angkuletin Travel Factor Tags: Jason Mraz, music, surf & music festival, surfing, Travel Factor, zoobic safari
I have a lot of choices for this upcoming long weekend.
a. I can organize a Halloween Party at the Wharf Galley Rock Cafe. Why not?!
b. The family can go to Subic for the weekend, and have lots of fun with Lia, the kids of H’s college friends at the Zoobic Safari.
c. H and I can go on a 5th anniversary date to Jason Mraz’s concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum
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12 Sep 2011
by angkuletin Davao Tags: Davao, family, Jack's Ridge, Magsaysay Park, Matina Town Square, Ponce Suites, travel
Straight from the Pearl Farm Marina, our cab brought us to Ponce Suites in downtown Davao. H picked this place because he thought, being all artsy it was, I was going to love it. It was the weirdest place ever and quite scary to be sleeping in to tell the truth. Or maybe I was not in the proper mindset (I always say that to excuse myself.)
Nevertheless, we sampled their menu, had all our breakfasts at the penthouse resto and even spent some time hanging out, literally, really, as in literally, on a cage jutting out of the building’s top floor, with some drinks.
Breakfast at Ponce Suites
If it were not for its commercial purpose, Ponce Suites in Dona Vicenta Village, Davao City, could have been placed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most decorated establishment in the world…with artworks from a single artist. Here are a few words from PonceSuites.net about Kublai Ponce-Millan, one of the most prolific contemporary artists in the country.
Kublai Ponce-Millan, who created all these giant works, was born on July 8, 1974 in Cotabato City. He finished schooling at the University of the Philippines with a degree of Fine Arts. After which, he dedicated his life back in Mindanao, sculpting the culture from which, where which he grew up, as a human being and as a soul. The massive pieces magnify calm, passion and grief proportonately in the stone-grain finish accomplished with the five-year technique developed through various weathers accompaning their inceptions and growth, from steel and wiremesh underpinnings above and below ground, to the finishing of the last detail of the gesturing hand. - Click here for the source.
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09 Sep 2011
by angkuletin Cubao X, Travel Tags: Cubao X, Dispatch Magazine, Dispatch Media, Imprints, travel, Travel Factor
DISPATCH MAGAZINE brings you IMPRINTS: Soul on Sole // A Travel Art Installation Event
‘IMPRINTS’ is an art installation and stop motion video screening of DISPATCH MAGAZINE’s roster of independent and alternative travelers’ favorite footwear. It is all about a traveler’s character and personality as defined by his favorite travel footwear; hence, his soul on sole: The places he go; the moments, his passions and experiences herewith.
Sept 15 / Cubao X / 7PM
Imprints by Dispatch Media
This event is brought to you by Dispatch Media with website at http://www.dispatchmagonline.com/
08 Sep 2011
by angkuletin Davao Tags: beach, Davao, family, Pearl Farm Beach Resort, travel
In the mornings, we headed to the resto for the breakfast buffet then went for a stroll or a swim or a nap. We didn’t really find a lot of things to do there other than what one would call “relax”. At one point we decided we we’re going to explore the island and headed for the resort gate to walk out and explore what’s beyond BUT we didn’t quite make it.
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08 Sep 2011
by angkuletin Davao Tags: beach, Davao, family, Pear Farm Beach Resort, Pearl Farm Marina
My very first point-and-shoot camera, the very first waterproof camera that Pentax put out in the market back in 2005, was a gift from H. My very first digital SLR, bought in 2006, was a wedding present from H. The first photos taken with this camera, an Olympus E-500, were taken during our post-wedding trip to Davao two days after the wedding.
This is where I take a trip down memory lane, in my desire to look at how I was, at twenty-four years old, a very young bride and still fresh from my year spent living in El Nido where I spent days eating six times a day and getting a full 8-hours of sleep almost every night.
This is also where I take a trip down memory lane, in my desire to look at how the very first pictures we took, with our camera, bought just the day before, its manual we never really read, looked like.
The package we got at the Pearl Farm Beach Resort was at P18,000 for the two of us for a three-days and two-nights stay with all the meals included as well as boat transfers.
To get to the resort, all boat transfers are done at the Pearl Farm Marina.
Checking in and listing in for the transfer to Samal Island
Waiting for the transfer
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07 Sep 2011
by angkuletin Palawan Tags: Cabu beach, Coron, friends, Lambingan bridge, Palawan, sunset, travel
These are just about the “best” photos I have of Coron from that trip in April 2008. All the rest are just trash. I spent three days in Coron and hopped on to El Nido aboard a boat. My last day in Coron was spent hanging out with locals – friends I had made on my first trip to Coron back in October 2007.
My friend had picked me up at the lodge I was staying at so we can have lunch at another friend’s house in Capayas. We spent the afternoon hanging out at Cabu Beach. We were on scooters and in going to Cabu Beach, my hair had gotten all tangled from the dust. I could not comb it afterwards. Nevertheless, it was a beautiful quiet time by the beach.
Cabu Beach, Coron, Palawan, April 2008
Cabu Beach, Coron, Palawan April 2008
Cabu Beach is not a white-sand beach but it provided a beautiful view of the sea, particularly the route that Super Ferry takes to get to the Coron town port in Busuanga Island.
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02 Sep 2011
by angkuletin Camarines Norte Tags: Bagasbas beach, family, Leo's Cuisine, Lia, travel
I have been raring to go to Bagasbas Beach in Camarines Norte, about 115 kilometers away from Pili and more or less two hours drive by car, for quite some time that when H came over, fresh from his business trip from Germany, we made it a point to go, with the little one in tow, of course.
The plan was to leave Pili very early so we’ll arrive in Bagasbas early morning for some breakfast, a bit of surfing in the morning, a little nap after lunch and some surfing in the afternoon before going back home to my dad’s house.
Total Gas Station and Ford Dealership. Avenue Square is right across the street.
I have never been a morning person and we needed to get new papers from the Ford dealership because the car’s registration plate has not arrived yet and we needed a jack for my phone and the car’s stereo, and so, we arrived in Bagasbas at two o’clock in the afternoon. We headed straight to Leo’s Cuisine – our favorite place to eat in Bagasbas Boulevard because of the delicious food and the view.
Bagasbas Beach, Camarines Norte
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26 Aug 2011
by angkuletin Music, Travel Factor Tags: Aloha, Aurora, Baler, music, Surf, Travel Factor
Aloha Boardsports & Travel Factor Surf & Music Festival 2011
October 29-31, 2011 Baler, Aurora
This October 29-31, 2011, Aloha Boardsports and Travel Factor bring to you the biggest surfing event of the year!
Aloha Boardsports & Travel Factor Surf & Music Festival 2011
Get ready for an action-packed weekend featuring two of modern life’s greatest things: surf and music! It’s gonna be a surf fest as Aloha Boardsports team riders Okoy Rojo, Jeff Dela Torre, Saddam Faraon, Nikki Dela Paz, Buji Libarnes and Mike Oida teach you the 101′s of surfing. With some of the best Filipino surfers as your instructors, you’ll be riding the waves of Baler in no time!
And if you think you got skills already, take on Travel Factor’s SURFVIVOR Challenge IV, the first and original beginner surfing competition in the Philippines. Awesome prizes await the winners!
And of course, the music. Prep your ears for some serious beats as some of the finest DJs keep the beach scene pumping. We’ve got your every night covered! Featuring performances from Franco, Wolfgang, Razorback, Tropical Depression, Coffee Break Island, Enemies of Saturn, and many more! Sabang Beach will never be the same.
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