Mohammed once said (no, not to me ^_^), "Don't tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have travelled."
Ouch! I feel so dumb, stupid, moron and all now. Yes, you got it. I am one of the (sooo) many Filipinos who are not privileged (time-wise, budget-wise, convenience-wise) to travel a lot, or next to not at all.
Earlier last year, I planned of going to Hong Kong as my first destination overseas. It never happened. Later last year, I again planned of going to Singapore. It never happened. Sometimes, I would feel like the right timing would never come.
Before 2011 ended, I told myself that whatever happened, I would go somewhere in 2012. I thought of, again, Hong Kong. I've always wanted to bring Nikki and Calli to Disneyland. Then cross over to Macau. And because Elmer and I are celebrating in August our 10th year of being together, we agreed on being somewhere we've never been and doing something we've never done before, preferrably without Nikki and Calli. He said we'd just plan another thing for all of us some time. (But I've already planned of going to Star City+Manila Ocean Park+MOA or Enchanted Kingdom+Tagaytay this summer vacation with Nikki and Calli.)
Then this Department of Tourism's 'It's More Fun In The Philippines' tag line got me. I thought, why go to some place foreign when in fact I have not been to most places here in the Philippines. So I'm looking at somewhere near. La Trinidad?! ^_^ I have never been to Ilocos, Batanes, or Camarines Sur. Or Tagaytay even! The farthest I've been to in the south was Batangas. So sad. Yeah! What a shame, right?
Ouch! I feel so dumb, stupid, moron and all now. Yes, you got it. I am one of the (sooo) many Filipinos who are not privileged (time-wise, budget-wise, convenience-wise) to travel a lot, or next to not at all.
Earlier last year, I planned of going to Hong Kong as my first destination overseas. It never happened. Later last year, I again planned of going to Singapore. It never happened. Sometimes, I would feel like the right timing would never come.
Before 2011 ended, I told myself that whatever happened, I would go somewhere in 2012. I thought of, again, Hong Kong. I've always wanted to bring Nikki and Calli to Disneyland. Then cross over to Macau. And because Elmer and I are celebrating in August our 10th year of being together, we agreed on being somewhere we've never been and doing something we've never done before, preferrably without Nikki and Calli. He said we'd just plan another thing for all of us some time. (But I've already planned of going to Star City+Manila Ocean Park+MOA or Enchanted Kingdom+Tagaytay this summer vacation with Nikki and Calli.)
Then this Department of Tourism's 'It's More Fun In The Philippines' tag line got me. I thought, why go to some place foreign when in fact I have not been to most places here in the Philippines. So I'm looking at somewhere near. La Trinidad?! ^_^ I have never been to Ilocos, Batanes, or Camarines Sur. Or Tagaytay even! The farthest I've been to in the south was Batangas. So sad. Yeah! What a shame, right?
Well, I'm looking at Ilocos. Ilocos Norte that is. Aside from Batanes,
I think Ilocos Norte is the only place here in the north that I would
want to go to. My friend Golden who grew up in Ilocos Norte told me
stories about Ilocos Norte and how one's gonna enjoy the trip starting
from the trip on the bus itself. The view from the bus - mountains on
one side and the beach on the other - is super breathtaking daw.
And another friend who has already gone to Ilocos, knowing that I have
this amusement over old Spanish houses, mentioned that there are a lot
of old Spanish houses on the way there. They really got me excited. My
Google searches nowadays are "what do do in ilocos", "affordable hotels
in ilocos". Mga ganun!
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| Bangui Wnd Mills, Ilocos Norte. I hope to see you soon! Photo Credit: philippinebeaches.net |
Good luck to me.
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