Experience Antique: Cultural Immersion at the Scenic Antique Rice Terraces
Traveling is not just about visiting destinations. If you want a truly meaningful, eye-opening trip, you have to delve down and listen to the stories of the locals. You have to appreciate and be proud...
View ArticleExperience Antique: In Search of the Elusive Rafflesia
The life-giving rainforests that once carpeted large tracts of our country hold a lot of amazing secrets. Beneath their thick canopies are a plethora of mysterious flora, fauna, and other organisms...
View ArticleExperience Antique: Enjoying the Scenic Highlands of San Remegio
In the world of traveling and adventure, it is not often that we get the honor to be among the new kids on the block. By that, we mean that it is a great privilege for us to set foot on rarely visited...
View ArticleExperience Antique: Nogas Island – The Mysterious Realm of Anini-y’s...
Once upon a time, in the remote municipality of Anini-y, Antique, there lived a beautiful enchantress who brewed magic spells in a pot. However, the villagers were afraid of her powers and strange...
View ArticleMt. Igcuron: Climbing the Razor’s Edge
Mountains are never to be underestimated. They have the absolute power to decide the fate of the very lives that set foot on their bosom and those who live beneath them. They have the capacity to...
View ArticleAdventure Central: Where Your Passion for Climbing Begins
You are never too young or too old to start climbing. Not strong enough, too weak, insufficient upper body strength, rapid exhaustion—these are just petty excuses. Just think, you had so much fun going...
View ArticleDeuter: A Leading Specialist of Outdoor Backpack Innovation
In the world of travel and outdoor adventure, a backpack is part of one’s survival system. Ask any adventurer, and he would say that his backpack is his home in the wilderness. The hostility and...
View ArticleNostalgic Vigan: A Day’s Journey into Our Rich Past (Part 1)
This Yuletide season, let’s take a different kind of Christmas break. Let’s have an adventure of the mind and soul. Let’s revisit and educate ourselves with our rich and vibrant Filipino history and...
View ArticleNostalgic Vigan: Of Wooden Mansions and Cobblestone Streets of Yesterday...
One of the treasured Filipino traditions of Pasko (Christmas) is the daygon, or caroling. Children, teens, adults, or even the elderly, whether singly or in groups, approach a residence and sing...
View ArticleAdrenaline Romance Wishes You a Very Merry Christmas!
Team Sweetie would like to greet you—dear readers, followers, and friends—a joyous Merry Christmas! May your holidays be showered with gifts, laughter, and happiness! And may your upcoming 2017 be...
View ArticleLooking Back to a Heartwarming and Adventure-Filled 2016
“It is going to be our year, Sweetie,” Sweetie Sheila assured me after the business model of the online company I’ve worked with for the past 3 years changed for the worse. She must have the power of...
View ArticleLa Paz Sand Dunes: Riding the Timeless Sands of Adventure in Laoag
Mother Nature has provided us the best playgrounds for those who love adventures. There are mountains to trek. Granite and limestone cliffs to climb. Ponds to swim in. Reefs to dive in. Caves to...
View ArticleBurgos Wind Farm and Kapurpurawan Rock Formation: A Seamless Synergy of...
The Industrial and Technological Revolutions that started in the early 1800s paved the way for our modern way of living. Machines, electricity, motorized vehicles, and automated production processes...
View ArticleExperience Antique: Enjoying the Scenic Highlands of San Remegio
In the world of traveling and adventure, it is not often that we get the honor to be among the new kids on the block. By that, we mean that it is a great privilege for us to set foot on rarely visited...
View ArticleQuiet Pagudpud: A Sleepy, Scenic Northern Resort Town
We love hushed, charming faraway towns. Their rustic charm and the pristine natural vistas around them never fail to reinvigorate our bodies, minds, and souls. The townsfolk’s way of life, practiced...
View ArticleAn Unnamed Northern Paradise: A Rare Visit of a Last Frontier
Some of the best moments we have in our trips and adventures are when we get opportunities to visit stunning places that are hidden from the general public’s eye. These virtually untouched paradises...
View ArticleHundred Islands National Park: An Iconic, Idyllic Archipelago in the Lingayen...
From our history and geography lessons in school, we learned that the Philippines has more than 7,100 gorgeous islands. But when you look at a map of the country, it would seem that there are only a...
View ArticleCebu Highlands Trail: The First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in the Visayas
One of the greatest wishes of any outdoorsman is to walk thousands of miles and witness breathtaking vistas on the Pacific Crest Trail, Appalachian Trail, the Great Continental Divide trail, and other...
View ArticleNature’s Eye Resort: A Serene and Romantic Eden Just for the Two of You
Be it a joyous Valentine’s day celebration, an exciting honeymoon, a momentous anniversary, or a passionate date night. Ah, love and romance is in the air. Most couples would want to revel in their...
View ArticleIsland Hopping Around Nueva Valencia: A Pleasant Adventure for the...
Sweetie and I want our love celebrations to have a dash of exciting adventure. You rarely see us having dates in malls, cafes, theaters, or bars. We find secluded and pristine places more romantic,...
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