On a personal level, 2022 was the worst years of my life as it was the year I lost my dear mother. Otherwise, it would’ve been my best year since the pandemic started.
Tag: Ilocos
The Beach, the Bridge, the Sails, and the Sands: Dinakdakan Chronicles (Day 4)
With an amazing race finally over everyone now has time to finally relax. Coincidentally, the hotel that we checked-in in Pagudpud was also where I ate lunch the last time I was here! As much as everyone wanted to check-in earlier to rest, we were able only to do so after everyone finished their respective…
2009 Favorite Running Moments: In Pictures
Running has taken me to places I never imagined I’ll go to and for my first full year of running the year broke all previous records not only in terms of distance covered, and pictures taken! 2009 toll: about 20 gigabytes worth of pictures and videos, around 11,500 files. Among these, here are some of…
Pinakbet Chronicles: Blue Lagoon, Bangui Wind Turbines, Pagudpud, and Cape Bojeador (Day 03)
Monday, November 30, 2009, Bonifacio Day, a holiday and also our last day in Ilocos. For this day it’s northward-bound to the ends of Luzon. But first we had to bring along some food for travel and the local Biscocho was the perfect: unlike its Manila counterpart that is hard, Ilocos Biscocho also comes in…
Pinakbet Chronicles: Race Day, Paoai, and Vigan (Day 02)
Sunday, November 29, 2009, race day. We were definitely not in Manila anymore as we saw the entire number of participants just in the hundreds, not thousands, which was quite pleasant for us. It was definitely a breather from the over-crowded Metro races, and what’s even better was that most of these partakers are really…
Pinakbet Chronicles: Laoag City and La Paz Sand Dunes (Day 01)
Why does a runner travel nine hours by bus to a place he’s never been to? To run! Friday, November 27, 2009. Four guys from takbo.ph camp met in a bus station in Manila for their nine-hour journey north—to run. It was a long weekend so bus seats are scarce leaving us no choice to…
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