Author: milai

  • Samboan: Dao Falls

    Previously, I wrote about our road trip to Samboan and shared a teaser photo of Dao Falls in this post.  This time, I will describe in detail how we conquered Dao Falls, which offers a 90-foot vertical drop of water, making it the tallest waterfall in Samboan, if not the whole of Cebu. Entrance to…

  • Phoneography Challenge: Sunrise at Kiltepan

    I love sunrises and sunsets by the beach, but it is only during this trip that I realized that a sunrise high up the mountains is a magnificent spectacle that everyone should see in this lifetime. Sunrise at Kiltepan is definitely one of the most beautiful sights I’ve set my eyes on. It was amazing…

  • Samboan: Waking Up to the Sunrise of the South + a Teaser Photo of Dao Falls

    We had a long weekend last week so my friend and I decided to go falls-hopping in Samboan, a fifth class municipality about 150 kilometers south of Cebu City. We arrived at the South Bus terminal at around 1 AM for our 2 AM Ceres bus, but to our dismay, the bus did not arrive…

  • Phoneography Challenge: Isla Naburot as Seen Through the Lens of my Samsung Note 2

    Isla is our dialect for island so Isla Naburot means Naburot Island. I visited this private island resort in Jordan, Guimaras last year and immediately fell in love with its serene ambience. I asked the owner what Naburot means and he said it is a root crop that was once abundant in the island. Upon…

  • Pink Tabebuia

    While I see the above flowers almost year-round, they do not appeal to me until summertime when the tree sheds most of its leaves and in their place, dainty pink/lilac flowers blossom. Since I do not know its name, I did a Google search and found out its Tabebuia or roble. Some people refer to this…