Blogs from Pangasinan, Philippines, Asia

Traveling often gives me a kind of restlessness. It's not the anxious, frustrated kind that's more common, though, but an excitement that keeps me from wanting to waste a single minute more on sleep than is really necessary. I don't feel I slept poorly in our Lingayen hotel, though I woke two or three times during the night. I would wake just long enough to look at the time and know if it was still the middle of the night, then go back to sleep. The final time I awoke my eyes caught the tiniest bit of dawn light peaking through our window. I thought of going to shower but found myself drawn, almost unconsciously, to our little balcony area. As I stepped outside the air seemed steeped in that sense of magic that comes with ... read more

It was 3 weeks before the start of my classes, I miss the waves and fine sands of the beach and I haven’t gone to the beach this summer. My old true friends and I were always seeing each other, catching up to those moments we didn’t spend together. So a week before our travel, I decided to invite my friends to go to Bolinao, Pangasinan because I haven’t been there yet, although it’s just 2 hours away from us, My family never went there. So they agreed and I volunteered to cook and bring the food, as well as to pay the gas for our trip. An unexpected thing happen, PAGASA announced that there is a typhoon coming to northern Luzon and it’s really strong and Pangasinan is signal # 2, it was the ... read more

It's one of the places least traveled because the place is not as popular as Hundred Islands or Manaoag. Aside from a 6-hour travel, the bus we rode has no TV!!! Imagine a long trip with nothing to watch? Both of us were almost out of topics to talk about so we just decided to enjoy the wide rice lands and counted Smart Broadband antenna. It was almost midnight when we arrived to this quiet little town. There are no street lights. The houses along the main streets illuminate the area. As soon as the bus stopped, tricycle drivers swarm like flies. We decided to stay at the town proper first so we could see what's life like in Bolinao. First Night A driver suggested that we go to Dos Flores Resort because it has cheap ... read more

We left Paranaque at 5 am trying to avoid traffic along EDSA which by the way worked really well. We had our filifino breakfast in Pampanga, this consists meat, fish, eggs , garlic fried rice and coffee. We took a side trip to Subic, we decided that our limbs needs some stretching and this is one fun place to do it. Our first stop, Zambales. I remember spending my summer vacation in a small town of Iba. I have quite good memories in this place and some crazy fun as well.... read more

Bolinao Asia » Philippines » Pangasinan By shee_hlrMay 13th 2007hope From hundred islands, we proceeded to the small town of Pangasinan - Bolinao. We reached this town around 7pm. The problem was that we still have to find a place to stay overnight. After several inquiries, we got a room for us to stay, not so huge, just enough for the bunch. Next, we needed to eat! Yeah, everybody was starving. I even felt like i would die guys. I was craving for some deli seafoods, i guess everybody did. We ate the most yummy, deli foods in Pangasinan. And I would never forget those foods in my whole life, swear :)) We woke up at 6am, then started digging up the hidden tre... read more