CURRENT MISSION

To build my dream house
Blogging at: http://backpackingwithabook.com/

ABOUT ME

I'm a writer and photographer in Cebu, Philippines. I scale mountains, trek rivers, comb beaches, hop towns, and take photographs, read books, and, yes, search for stories and poems. I always travel with my backpack, books, pens and notebook. Yes, I travel solo most of the time. For now, I travel to write.

I maintain a travel column “Down South” on Interaksyon.com—TV5′s news portals and write for Sun.Star, Bisaya, Manila Bulletin and other publications in the Philippines. I blogged on http://backpackingwithabook.com/

PHILOSOPHY

To always look life in the eye

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet fellow wanderlust, to exchange stories

Interests

Literature, Photography, Traveling, Hiking, Movies. Basically anything.

• writing
• books
• literature
• poetry
• photography
• beauty
• news
• movies
• traveling
• blogging
• hiking
• backpacking
• tourism
• beaches
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Ingrid Michaelson, Imogen Heap. Exploring The Smiths these days
Movies: Gone Girl, The Fall,
Books: JM Coetzee's Disgrace

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It is always evolving. One of the best things about traveling, it has ways of surprising you.

>>I fished with locals at Dahican, Mati, Davao at three in the morning. I
>>I upstreamed Kawasan-Kanlaob system with two male friends without a guide. (It was a dream, that's why, they obliged.)
>>On our way up to Mt. Apo (the highest in the Philippines), we met three boar hunters and ate wild boar meat for the first time.
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Teach, Learn, Share

>>I don't own anything except books. My place is a perfect place for traveling readers.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love exchanging stories.
I love showing the beauty of Cebu with my fellow travelers.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Viet Nam