The Amazing Falls of Mount Romelo.

Mt. Romelo is in Brgy. Macatad, Siniloan, Laguna It has a lot of amazing Falls. But on this hike, we only manage to reach 3 Falls the Buruwisan Falls, Lanzones Falls, Kawa-kawa Falls.

 

Mt. Maculot adventure, Traverse day hike.

Mt. Maculot is located in Cuenca, Batangas, Philippines. There are three destinations that hikers love on this mountain the Rockies, summit, and grotto. The Rockies view is the most profiled photos of most hikers who visited this mountain which you can see the view of Batangas and the famous Taal lake.

 

Our Ilocos Norte trip - Video

Ilocos Norte We'd been there.


 

Mt. Nalayag hiking with Swimming in Malabrigo beach.

1 day hike at Mount Nalayag with Swimming in Malabrigo beach in Lobo, Batangas, Philippines

Twin Hike at Mt. Binacayan and Mt. Pamitinan

1 day twin hike at Mount Binacayan (sea of clouds) and Mount Pamitinan in Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines

Summer travel to Sorsogon in Bicol Region Philippines.

It's summer time, Your I.T. buddy also travel. And we've been in my home province Sorsogon in Bicol, Last April 2017 during holy week. In the last few year's Sorsogon, is never heard in terms of tourist travel. But change has come, every municipality in Sorsogon has its own amazing tourists spots and views that travelers may enjoy.

How to get there?

You can get there by BUS or by plane. From Manila by plane you can take direct flights to Legaspi City it takes only 50 minutes on plane and from Legaspi, you can ride on jeepney for almost an hour to Sorsogon City. If you're planning to travel by land or taking a BUS from Araneta Center - Cubao It takes 13 hours of driving via AH26 pan-philippine highways. To get around you can rent a car in sorsogon city or take a commuter jeepney.

 (Trivia: AH26 is the route number given to the 3,517-kilometer Philippine segment of the Asian Highway Network. The main road on the AH26 route is the Pan-Philippine Highway. Single-digit numbers following "AH" (currently from AH1 to AH8) are assigned to routes that cross more than one subregion in Asia. The longest among these is the AH1 route, which is over 20,557 kilometers long, and runs from Tokyo, Japan, to the Turkey-Bulgaria border in southeast Europe.routes with two- or three-digit numbers – like AH26 – are those within a subregion (including those connecting to a neighboring subregion) and within member countries.source:)

Where to stay?

You can stay at the capital, Sorsogon city. There are cheap hotels in Sorsogon city you can choose from villa Isabel hotel, Siama hotel, Fernandos hotel and more.

We stay in our family house in talaonga, Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon in this journey. I got to meet and greet with my relatives, friends, and classmates.(kumustahan, inuman sa baybay sa may kanumay)

Tourist spots and attractions in Sorsogon?

Well, we have a lot of beaches to offer. Every municipalities of Sorsogon has its own attractions. But during this travel, we only go to the few tourists spots, because I only got 4 days of vacation leave. We visited Olango beach in sta magdalena, bulusan lake, nasipit falls in bulusan, Irosin hotspring, and we surf at buenavista surf camp in gubat.

And I stay longer in my birthplace in Talaonga Santa magdalena Sorsogon. Which has an amazing Talaonga beach. Talaonga beach is a long beach from barangay Matacla-talaonga-Balite. What's amazing which this beach is, the sand change its color. From white beach it becomes black beach when the times of big waves mostly from the month of august to January.

Tourist Spots in Sorsogon.

Pilar, Sorsogon

• Panumbagan sandbar

Donsol, Sorsogon

• Whaleshark (butanding) Interaction - 

Swim with butanding at donsol sorsogon

Sorsogon City

• EDC Bacman Ecopark
• Paguriran Island and Lagoon - Sawanga, Bacon
• Buhatan River Cruise

Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon

• Halabang Lapis sandbar
• Nagsurok Cave
• Mangrove Ecopark

Gubat, Sorsogon

• Rizal Beach
• Buenavista Surf Camp

Surfing at Buenavista Surf site

Barcelona, Sorsogon

• Old Barcelona Church & Ruins

Bulusan, Sorsogon

• Bulusan volcano and Nature park - Bulusan Lake
• Balay Buhay sa Uma Bee Farm
• Bayugin and Nasipit Falls

kayaking at Bulusan lake

Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon

• Olango Beach
• Balading Beach
• Liang beach
• Alig-igan Beach
• Talaonga Beach

Talaonga Beach - Canumay side

Matnog, Sorsogon

• Subic beach
• Juag Lagoon fish sanctuary
• Calintaan Cave
• Tikling Island

Irosin, Sorsogon

• Danao Lake
• Valley View
• Irosin Hotspring

Bulan, Sorsogon

• Sabang Beach
• World War II Japanese Tunnel

Juban, Sorsogon

• Old Houses

Casiguran, Sorsogon

• Orok Cold Spring
• Nagsipit Falls

Magallanes, Sorsogon

• Bagatao Island

Next summer I'd love to visit the juag lagoon fish sanctuary in Matnog and also do an island hoping at tikling and subic island. Which is schedule to go this summer but canceled because of a tropical depression warning by PAGASA.

A Summer Journey to Marinduque, Philippines.

I wanna share my experience with my office mate going to Marinduque, Philippines this summer of 2015. The day before is am so excited because this is may first time to ride a ferry.

Manila to Marinduque

Departure from Manila.
 At around 7:00 pm our bus (JAC Liner) depart from Manila, I sleep during that 4 hours of travel by bus, we arrived at Lucena Port around 11:00 pm.

When we arrive at the Port there are long lines for buying a ferry ticket due to pick season. But thanks god we bought a ticket for 2am departure. And so happy that the name of a ferry is "City of Sorsogon" which is my home town name.

I did not enjoy the view on the sea because its a night, so I told my friends that when we go back home we travel by sea during morning.

Arrival to Marinduque
The ferry arrived at Balanacan Port of Marinduque at 4:30 A.M then we travel by Jeepney from Balanacan Port to Torrijos for almost 1 and a half hours. 11 hours travel time from manila to Malibago, Torrijos, Marinduque the hometown of my office mate.

On the first day we just sleep in the morning then in the evening we have a little party together with the friends of my office mate. We drink Emperador light and so many snack like calamares(a fried big squid), freshwater eel, etc. And I get drunk so hard.

On the second day we go to the beautiful hills they called it "PERTO" Amazing view. You can see there the view of Torrijos and Buenavista. And a beautiful formation of coconut trees.

I did not witnessed the Moriones festival that time so next summer I will visit again this beautiful island just to join in Moriones festival.

How to start a Travel and Tour Business.

Travel agency is a fun and profitable business its like your always in vacation while making money. I can say that because the more you can sell airlines tickets they give discounted or free travel tickets.

So what is travel agency?

A travel agency is a business that cater the needs of travelers like booking,ticketing and hotel accommodation. And a tour are those who arranged your journey to different places.

To start into this business we need to know about capitalization, location, permits and how this business work.

Required Capital

No exact figure for the capital at least you have the cash for the following expenses.

• Location rent
• 1 computer with printer
• Internet
• telephone lines and fax machine.
• Salary for atleast 2 staff
• Cash on hand (at least 3 times the location rent price)
• Reservation and ticketing software.

Choosing  your Location

Remember that your target is a traveler, tourist, schools, companies and Overseas worker.

• Choose the place where many tourist,offices are located.
• Choose the safe place - Customer do not trust you if your location is located in a slum area.
• Choose the place were less or no competition.

Ways to profit.

In this business you can earn by charging service charge, commission to the following products.

A. Selling Domestic and International Airline Tickets
C. Selling Shipping lines,Ferries tickets and cruise.
D. Tour Packages
E. Hotel booking
F. Educational tour/Field trips
G.Selling travel insurance

Operation

Selling International Air Tickets - For issuing tickets and hotel booking your advised to subscribe to a ticketing software(Global distribution system for all IATA Airlines) like abacus, Amadeus, and Galileo. Using the system the fare is usually discounted compared to the price on the airline website.

 If you have enough capital you can get accreditation from IATA(International Air Transport Association) so that you can issue tickets on your own, However you can partner to a travel agencies with IATA Accreditation. Or use the own airline website for booking and ticketing.

It is important to received the payment first from your customer before issuing ticket because if the customer cancels, you are the one to shoulder the fare. And so hard to get refund from airlines. Error in a single letter in customer name ticket is costly. Avoid name dictation over the phone.

Hotel booking and Tour  - Directly contact sales agent of a hotel for reservation. Find the best tour guide in a place of your Tour Packages. You can contact the local tourism bureau for information and recommendation.

Marketing

This day marketing your business is easy using social networking sites like facebook, google+, etch. and you must have your own website domain to build trust to your clients. Flyers is always effective. Ads on newspapers. Meet with International Manpower agencies and give them discount when they buy tickets, Create a Promo packages. 

"Remember: Good service is always the ultimate marketing strategy."

Thank you, GOOD LUCK.