48 Hours: The Gypsy Gals Weekend Guide to Baguio City
[note: This is an updated version of our Solo Female Traveler’s Weekend Guide to Baguio City] text by Prime Sarmiento photos by Prime Sarmiento and Avie Olarte Summer time is Baguio time! Baguio 's cool weather and bohemian vibe are one of the things that I miss here now that I'm living...
How I finally learned to let go
Text and photos by Prime Sarmiento [Note: This is my entry to “Your Life-Changing Travel Story” travel writing/blogging contest organized by Wego in partnership with Cebu Pacific Air, the Tourism Promotions Board, and ABS-CBN Choose Philippines.] This is not about a cool weekend escape from Manila's heat. This is not about the...
The Gypsy Gals’ Guide To Binondo
Text and Photos by Prime Sarmiento It's the Lunar New Year, and if ever you're in Manila there's no better place to welcome the Year of the Wooden Horse but in Binondo. And who knows I might bumped into you as I will be probably celebrating New Year's Day there (that or, I will...
Photo Essay: Corregidor
text and photos by Prime Sarmiento I didn't expect that going to Corregidor would be the perfect site for annual family trip. My lil sis ad I were just looking for somewhere close to Manila, not too adventurous but interesting enough for our parents and also something easy on the pocket. We...
Mum’s the Word: What this gypsygal learned while traveling with her parents
Text by Prime Sarmiento Photos by Prime and Nina Sarmiento Every year my lil sis and I used part of our savings to give our parents the gift of travel. We usually go somewhere around the Philippines and/or southeast Asia, "educating" them about the joys of experiencing new places. So last month, when...
Ecotourism for the city gal: traveling to Puerto Princesa,Palawan
text and photos by Prime Sarmiento I am a journalist who covers environmental issues as a personal advocacy (and to this end, remains an active member oif the Philippine Network of Environmental Journalists, Inc. (PNEJ) . In my own own way, I try to be an eco-conscious consumer. I bring reusable bags to shop, I...
Remembering Luneta
text and photos by Prime Sarmiento This is how I remember Luneta – a park where my our family go to during weekends, where my siblings and I run around the park, take turns in the slide, ride bumpcars. Later, my dad will spread the blanket on the grass and eat some sandwiches...
Travels in Intramuros and musings on my spirituality
posted by Prime Sarmiento photos by: Nina Sarmiento (Note: this is the first part of my two-part series on post-modern spirituality) I can't help but reflect about my own spirituality whenever I find myself wandering the Walled City of Intramuros. Intramuros was the political center of the Spanish colonial government in the...
Postcard Moment: Loboc River
photo by Nina Sarmiento
Quickie: A Solo Female Traveler’s Weekend Guide to Bohol
text by:Prime Sarmiento photo by: Nina Sarmiento This is Part 2 of a two-part weekend guide for solo female travelers. Read part one of the female traveler's guide to Bohol here. Art Tripping 1. Baclayon Church The province is home to some of the most beautiful and centuries old churches built...
Postcard Moment: Chocolate Hills
photo by: Nina Sarmiento
Quickie: A Solo Female Traveler’s Weekend Guide to Bohol
text by: Prime Sarmiento Photos by:Nina Sarmiento (This is part 1 of a two-part guide to Bohol. You can read part two of the female traveler's guide to Bohol here) I wasn't exactly thrilled When my lil sis told me that we should go to Bohol. I went to this central Philippine province a decade...
The Albay Experience: Lessons on Climate Change Journalism
text and photos by Prime Sarmiento How can a disaster-prone province become one of the most liveable areas in the Philippines? How can a province renown as site of devastating floods and volcanic eruptions be a global model for climate change adaptation? I was asking myself these questions while in a press conference with Albay...
My (not so) secret writing place
REVIEW : Bliss Homestay in Baguio City Posted by Prime Sarmiento I went on a personal writing retreat early this month in Baguio and thanks to its cool weather and right vibe, I managed to finish a couple of blog posts, the first draft of my graduate thesis proposal, and an analysis piece that I...
Writing is about finding time and space
posted by Prime Sarmiento A colleague asked me if I needed to go to Baguio just to write a thesis proposal for my graduate degree in anthropology. She can’t understand why I need to go all the way to Baguio, travel by bus by around six hours or more, for something that I could have...