Every traveler is a world unto themselves, with different tastes and needs when it comes to traveling to the Philippines. Some look for a budget place where they can simply drop their luggage and head out to explore the different islands, while others also look for a...
Heading to the Philippines soon? Then you might be wondering if you need vaccines to travel to the Philippines. Although, as you’ll see below, Spaniards are not required to get any mandatory shots, our advice is not to take risks: get informed and travel safely. In...
Looking for opinions about the Philippines? As you may have noticed if you’ve read several articles on this blog, we can’t be 100% impartial. We’re unabashedly in love, so on our scale the good side will always weigh more than the less good. Throughout our site you’ll...
Is it possible to take a backpacking trip in the Philippines? Without the slightest doubt, yes. And we’d add that it’s one of the best countries for a trip like this. But what is a backpacker? Although the dictionary only says that a backpacker is someone who carries...
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If you follow us on our Instagram accounts (@claudiamary and @jairogausachs) you’ll know that Macario, our beloved drone, almost always travels with us. Thanks to him, the memories of our adventures around the world now have a new and spectacular aerial angle. What...
¡Hola! We are Claudia and Jairo, 2 travelers who fell in love with the Philippines back in 2010. We have been traveling full-time for 8 years and we dedicate a great part of our time to discovering the more than 7,000 islands of the archipelago so that you have close, truthful and updated information about this paradise.