Tagged With: Visayas

First-time Volunteer Vacation to Bohol

Posted on March 23, 2010 by firsttimetravel

A first-time travel may be a first visit to a new town, city, province, country, or continent. It may be your first dinner in a particular restaurant. Or, your first stay in this hotel. Maybe, it could be a first-time experience for you, like biking cross-country or diving deep in the sea. Many of us … Continue reading »

Categories: Asia, Group travel, Philippines, Solo travel, Visayas, Volunteerism | Tags: adventure, baclayon, blogsherpa, Bohol, escapism, first-time travel, hands on manila, handson network, karma, panglao, Philippines, points of light, tagbilaran city, travel, Visayas, Volunteerism | 8 Comments

Review: First-time in Kaitulari Resort, Philippines

Posted on January 25, 2010 by firsttimetravel

Before it’s name came about, it was only referred to as “Kay To(to) Larry”, which literally means “Larry’s Place” or “Toto Larry’s Place”, with “toto” as a form of endearment to men in the Hiligaynon language. Thus, the resort became popularly known as “Kaitulari” and the name stuck. photo by: Claire Marie Algarme Kaitulari is … Continue reading »

Categories: Asia, Philippines, Visayas | Tags: Bacolod City, blogsherpa, first-time travel, Kaitulari, Kaitulari resort, Kanla-on, Magallon, Moises Padilla, mountains, Negros, Negros Occidental, Philippines, tourism, travel, Visayas | 1 Comment

First-time in the Ruins, Talisay

Posted on January 7, 2010 by firsttimetravel

I went home last Christmas with a mission: to visit another tourist spot in my own province. It helps to know what’s going on in my own backyard, figuratively speaking, so that when I travel, I also get to talk about interesting things about my hometown. Being away from home for 11 months in a … Continue reading »

Categories: Asia, Philippines, Visayas | Tags: bacolod, blogsherpa, first-time travel, historic landmark, lacson, mansion, Negros, Negros Occidental, old house, Philippines, Southeast Asia, talisay, the ruins, travel, Visayas | 4 Comments

First-time in: Negros Oriental

Posted on February 10, 2009 by firsttimetravel

To tourists and travellers, Negros Oriental is the eastern part of the two-province-one-island Negros. To me, it’s the other side of the island where I was born. Dumaguete City, its capital, has played an important role in my teenage years and after 15 years of that juvenile adventure, I’m back to this city. In 1993, … Continue reading »

Categories: Asia, Philippines, Visayas | Tags: Apo island, Bais, beach, blogsherpa, dolphins, Dumaguete, first-time travel, Negros Oriental, Philippines, snorkeling, travel, Visayas | 4 Comments

First-time in: Bohol

Posted on February 5, 2009 by firsttimetravel

Bohol has so many things to offer. It is not as crowded as the beaches of Boracay and there are so many things to see in this lovely island. Many times, it is overshadowed by its neighbor Cebu, or the Queen of the South, where the country’s second largest city is found. But Bohol in … Continue reading »