One of the most recommended spots to visit in Surigao City is a small island very close to the city proper, the Basul Island. The island is characterized by a long stretch of fine white sand with assorted shell fragments and lined with coconut trees. It is about 15 minutes boat ride from the city proper. …
“Unplanned trips are the best because planned trips never happen.” This best describes our trip to Pagkawasan Beach in Surigao City the day before Labor Day in 2017. Pagkawasan Beach is located in Brgy. Buenavista in Hikdop Island, an island less than 30 minutes away from the mine where we are working. A week prior …
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Last Eid’l Fitr, we explored another beach in Surigao City. Our plan was to go to Aurora, a barangay located in Hanigad Island. But while we were in Brgy. Cantiasay waiting for our boat, we were told by one of the residents there that there is no swimming area in Aurora. He recommended Zaragoza in …
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Ever since I have been assigned back to the mine site two months ago, instead of just staying at the staff house on Sundays I try to explore places in Surigao City. Last month, I together with two workmates Salee and Jill explored the pebble beaches and water village of Surigao City. For this post, I …
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Last Sunday, I went on a solo adventure again. I am still on fieldwork (meaning I am still at the mine site), but it was our rest day and I didn’t want to spend Sunday sleeping or watching movies the whole day so I pushed through with my plan of revisiting Dinayugan. The last time …
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32 Days of Palawan Cherry Blossom was originally published on August 17, 2016. This was the very first post on my blog back when my domain name was adventuresoftina. I had very little knowledge of blogging back then, and I was able to purchase the domain and web hosting from GoDaddy at a very cheap …
