As We Travel

Most of the places, provinces in the Philippines are rich in culture, one of the famous is the Buscalan Tattoo Village in Kalinga. The place is known for still practicing the traditional way of body art or tattoo and they locally called it "Pambabatok". The people who do the body art are called "Mambabatok". The last of the Mambabatok of her Generation is the very famous, the Legend "Apo Whang Od".  I wad tasked to experience the place of Buscalan in Kalinga for my work with Tourism, and in this Blog contains how effort it is to meet the legend, learn their culture, explore the place and experience a simple yet a peaceful life they had in their village.  A Mural of Buscalan The people of the 3 Vans who met the legend of Kalinga.  We left Manila 6PM Thursday, May 25th. It was raining badly when we took the road to skyway 3 exiting NLEX. After 3 hours, we reached Sison, Pangasinan and had our dinner there. It was a big restaurant along the highway.  Dinner a...

 Four of the Core Leads of our organization, "The Project 200" decided to have some doze of Vitamin Sea. Cheche contacted a travel agency to Anawangin, Zambales and we all went as joiners.  With Reg, Cheche, Vane and Carl Majority of the people suffering from terrifying heat in the city opted to go to the beach to take a time off from the reality. We left manila 12am, April 30 and arrived in San Antonio, Zambales around 5am. Finally, we were able to breathe completely as the Van was very much crowded. 4 person per row!!!  The 30-minute Boat ride Pondaqui Beach While waiting for the boat The Anawangin Cove Boat Ride We took a 30-minute boat ride heading to Anawangin cove, It was a big boat with 50 heads capacity.  As we approached the island at a distance, it seems to be very crowded. And yes, when we set our foot in the island, there were countless heads in the information area. The organizer was not there to assist us, we decided to come in, took a wooden bridg...