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Tsinelas Festival
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Laguna: Liliw Gat Tayaw Tsinelas Festival 2023

Last April 26 – May 1, 2023, the municipality of Liliw in Laguna marked its 19th Liliw Gat Tayaw Tsinelas Festival. Prior to this year’s celebration, the last festival was held back in 2019 and we are all well aware of what happened next due to the COVID19 pandemic. Nevertheless, after 4 years of waiting patiently, the Liliw Gat Tayaw Tsinelas Festival was finally back and it was as colorful as ever!
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Freediving Workshop Batangas
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Freediving Workshop, Experiencing Freediving for the First Time as a Non-swimmer

Never have I thought that I will be able to accomplish swimming without a life jacket. I have never felt that I was in my element and have always feared the deep waters. I tend to panic easily whenever I cannot feel the flooring of a swimming pool or if I cannot touch the seabed when I am out at sea. However, it all changed somehow after joining the Intro to Freediving Workshop.
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Palawan Balabac Patawan Island
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Palawan: Destination Balabac Part 1, The Road to Rio Tuba

I have been traveling solo to distant places for quite some time but whenever I do, there is a part of me that still gets anxious. The fear of the unknown always lingers at the back of my mind but I normally overcome it with ease however, the road to Balabac was the one trip that got me so edgy. As soon as I got out of Puerto Princesa Airport, I hopped on a tricycle going to San Jose Terminal to catch a van bound for Rio Tuba.
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Lalatuan Falls Bataraza Palawan
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Palawan: The Precious Wonders of Bataraza – Part 1, Lalatuan Falls

Tucked in the forests of Barangay Malihud in Bataraza, the southernmost municipality of mainland Palawan are two of its precious wonders, Kapangyan Falls and Lalatuan Falls. However, there were very little information about Kapangyan Falls and Lalatuan Falls online that’s why finding an article about the hidden gems of Bataraza was a huge step forward in making my DIY solo side trip to Bataraza possible.
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Kawasan Falls Cebu
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Cebu: 11 Breathtaking Waterfalls of South Cebu

The more I gaze at the awe-inspiring photographs of the waterfalls of South Cebu over the internet, the more it had captivated me. To catch a glimpse of the stunning cascades scattered all over the Queen City was one of the reasons why I journeyed to her territory. So to carry out my mission, I travelled solo on DIY for a span of two days in four towns and got myself acquainted with eleven breathtaking (literally and figuratively) waterfalls of South Cebu.
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