Crosswings Alfonso and Flatwhite Coffee Make the Best Day Trip Route Out of Tagaytay

During my visit, Crosswings offered unlimited wings for P359 per person with more than 20 flavors. Kuya Rencel had already tried three unli wings places before this one. When he said Crosswings in Alfonso was the one worth going back to, that was the kind of recommendation that carries actual weight. The three of us left Mendez Nunez, Cavite, with no particular schedule and a plan that amounted to eating wings, getting coffee, and taking the long road home.

Villa Del Prado in Sariaya Quezon Has Pool Slides, and Live Corals

Sariaya, Quezon is not a destination most Manila families land on by accident. Someone in the group has been before, or someone's officemate mentioned it, and eventually a long weekend lines up and the plan stops being theoretical. That is how we ended up at Villa Del Prado Pool and Beach Resort in Brgy. Bignay I, Sariaya for the Halloween weekend of 2025. Two families, a few friends, some neighbors. A DLTB bus from Buendia and a hired jeepney from Candelaria. We arrived just before noon on October 31 and did not leave until the afternoon of November 2.

Alona Beach in Panglao Bohol in 2026 Is Not What the Old Travel Blogs Describe

The first thing you notice when you step onto Alona Beach is not the water. It is the signage. Korean characters run across restaurant fronts, food stall banners, and shop windows the entire length of the strip. Walking through it on a bright January morning, you could be forgiven for doing a double take. The sand is Philippine white and the sea is unmistakably Bohol blue, but the crowd and the commerce around it have shifted considerably toward a Korean tourist economy. For a Filipino visitor, it registers immediately. Standing there with your family, looking at the signs and the faces and the menus, the thought arrives without much ceremony: it does not feel like the Philippines.

Balicasag Island in Bohol Is Where Sea Turtle Encounters Are Consistent

The Bangka Ride to Talim Beach Includes a Snorkeling Stop Worth Staying For

The boat leaves from Matabungkay's shore and takes about fifteen minutes to reach Talim Beach, long enough to watch the coastline shrink behind you and feel the chop of the open water through the hull. At P250 per person, the package covers the bangka ride out, time at the beach, and a snorkeling session on the return, with life jackets provided and a boatman who knows the reef. Booking goes through a resort's Facebook page, and afternoon departures begin at 3 PM.

Chocolate Hills in Carmen Bohol Look Nothing Like the Photos Until Sunset

Most photographs of the Chocolate Hills in Carmen, Bohol show rows of brown conical mounds under a bright dry-season sky. That image is accurate, but only for a portion of the year. When you visit in January, the hills are green. Not slightly green, not transitioning from brown. Fully, deeply green, the same grass-covered shade as the coconut palms and forest surrounding them. The name still applies in the imagination, but the color you arrive expecting is not the color you will find.

Judy Ann Tuazon and Ryan Celorico Prenuptial Shoot at Southwoods Alabang

There is a particular kind of ease that arrives when two people have already decided. The question has been answered. The date is set. What remains is the time before everything changes formally, and that time, if spent well, becomes its own record. For Judy Ann and Ryan Lester Celorico, a prenuptial shoot at Southwoods in Alabang, Muntinlupa became exactly that: an afternoon of photographs that belonged entirely to them, unhurried and genuine, set against the familiar grounds of a place they chose together.