Beatles Night At Hotel Elizabeth

We certainly enjoyed the food at Hotel Elizabeth Baguio when we dined there recently, but the live entertainment provided by the amazing The Edralins band made the dining experience all the more pleasurable. I think this is one of the best Beatles night I've had so far. The band is so good they will surely give the likes of Orange & Lemons and The Bloomfields a run for their money!

A Weekend In Batad With Strangers

Sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that? Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are. ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Bicol Express: 10-Hour Train Ride To Naga

The moment I heard that the operations of the Philippine National Railways' Bicol Express have resumed, I immediately tagged along two good friends to try it out. I have always wanted to experience what it feels like to spend a night on a sleeper train and this was one opportunity I wouldn't miss for the world. It may not be something close to the inter-country slow train rides in Europe, but this will do for now. I'm sure Europe can wait. ;-)

Baguio In Bloom

It's a nice feeling to have spent an entire weekend in Baguio. These past few years, Baguio almost always meant two or three hours of waiting time before catching our bus back to Manila after a climb to some random mountain in the Cordilleras. This time, we made sure to see the Baguio we've been missing for years--with no schedules or itineraries to follow. Surely, it's one beautiful city we will never get tired of going back to time and again.