by Prime Sarmiento Thank goddess for entrepreneurs! In fact had not been for this photo booth that was set up by a group of twenty-something entrepreneurs, I won't have any souvenir photo of me enjoying this year's Pahiyas festival in Lucban,Quezon. I forgot to recharge both my digicam and video cam the night before and...
Text and Photos by Prime Sarmiento How can something which is primarily used to generate electricity entice travelers that they will go out of their way just to see it? Or to be more specific: who would have thought that the windmills of Ilocos Norte, which now supplies 40 percent of the electricity needs of...
posted by: Prime Sarmiento Growing up in a devout Catholic family means spending a lot of time hearing mass in any place where there’s a Catholic church. And in a predominantly Catholic Philippines, that’s very easy as Filipinos don’t only go to church on Sundays- the traditional day of obligation. For people like my mother,...
Text and Photos by: Gypsygal Prime Better known as the summer capital of the Philippines, travellers usually flock to Baguio to escape the heat and dust of Manila. Located some 1,500 meters above sea level, nestled within the Cordillera in northern Philippines, temperature in Baguio is always below 30 degrees Celsius (this even at the...
Text by: Gypsygal Prime Photos by Avi Olarte: Taken November 25 during the National Day of Indignation organized by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP). I need to deviate from my usual travel posts, as no working journalist can remain apathetic given such atrocity. The Maguindanao massacre – which involved the murder...
Text and photos by: Gypsygal Prime I'm a true blue city gal – born and raised in the city, and have traveled to several key cities (Melbourne, Toronto, Bangkok, Delhi – and perhaps in the very near future – Prague, New York, London, Cairo ) overseas. I love the color, the noise, the grittiness, the...
I took these pics the day after Parma hit Baguio city. It was beautiful – the beauty after the storm. I love going to nature parks – looking at flowers, trees and just enjoying all those positive earth vibes! (text and photos by: Gypsygal Prime)
I'm stranded here in n Baguio and loving it.
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