Welcome back friends and followers to our continued series on our trip to the Philippines last July and early August 2024. During our travels we visited the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag in Manaoag, Pangasinan. This was a spiritual trip for my wife’s family and a beautiful experience. Commonly Known […]
Welcome back to the last part of our Aurora series. On our way back to Bulacan, we stopped off in Maria Aurora to see the famous “Millenium Tree”, the oldest and biggest Balete tree in Asia. It was off the beaten track but well worth the side trip. Situated in the flats and the beginning
The road to Bulawan Falls from Dinalungan is through the rural barangay of Paleg. It is mostly jungle and is a beautiful 4 kilometers drive to get there. A lot of the barangay’s water is channeled through the below water system along the road. The trip was experienced in August of 2024 by me and
We finally arrived at our destination to the quite little town of Dinalungan after along drive through the coastal hills of Aurora. Dinalungan which is located in-between the resort towns of Dinadiawan, Dipaculao (a barangay so far from its town proper it’s its own town) and Casiguran. Dinadiawan has a great public market where we
After packing up and enjoying a great breakfast prepared by the wonderful staff at our resort, we left Baler (See our last blog about Baler). Continuing to travel north along Highway 112 through Dipaculao. A side note: while most municipalities are reasonably round, square or oblong – Dipaculao and Dinalungan are both skinny and long.
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Welcome back to our continuing our series on our family vacation and our journey through the province of Aurora. After travelling from Bulacan to Aurora over the Sierra Madre Mountains we spent one night at the beach in Baler the provincial capital. We stayed in a resort played on the beach and headed to the
Hello friends and followers, we apologize lack of content for the last month, but we just got home a little over a week ago from our one-month family vacation back to the Philippines. During that trip we spent some time in the province of Aurora (mainly in Dinalungan). We left at 2 am and traveled
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