“Why is Mt. Arayat called Mt. Arayat?” on Jan 3, 2012 in Alternative Education Mountains Travel and Adventure mt. arayat history mt. arayat national park text | Carla Ocampo photography | Carla Ocampo . The name “Arayat” denotes a couple of things: one, the municipality in the province of Pampanga; and two, the inactive volcano lording over the vast plains of inner Central Luzon.
2011 in review – KT’s Blog Stats on Dec 31, 2011 in Travel and Adventure The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 17,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydne...
There’s A Place Called Sanchez Mira… on Dec 1, 2011 in Beaches People Travel and Adventure Food Waterscapes sanchez mira cagayan alternative surfing destination sanchez mira travel guide surfing skimboarding philippines masisit carillo photos sanchez mira how to get there backpacking sanchez mira text | Carla Ocampo photography | Carla Ocampo and Lester Valle . There’s a place called Sanchez Mira, and its long stretch of rock-less, reef-less gray sand beaches are unbelievably empty, when they’ve got consistently big, bar...
Daklis: Dance of Sea, Hum of Harvest on Nov 9, 2011 in Alternative Education Beaches People Travel and Adventure Waterscapes claveria daklis photos fishing practice philippines text | Carla Ocampo photography | Wing Larase and Lester Valle . “Daklis,” said a middle-aged fisherman, as he let a shy smile peer out from his eyes, when KT lensman Lester Valle asked “Anya dayta, Manong?” (“...
Claveria in Pictures: Nu Haan Nga Agtudo, Here’s What to Do! on Nov 8, 2011 in Alternative Education Beaches Mountains People Travel and Adventure Waterscapes backpacking claveria cagayan claveria cagayan photos claveria tourist attractions sentinela cove claveria text | Carla Ocampo photography | Lester Valle . Summer is still the best time to go to Claveria; on these days the weather is predictably sunny for weeks. See, the Wet Season brings in quite a lot of rain along the northern Philippine coas...
Claveria, The Northern Escape on Oct 14, 2011 in Alternative Education People Travel and Adventure Waterscapes backpacking claveria cagayan claveria bay view claveria cagayan photos claveria how to get there claveria travel guide northern luzon road trip text | Carla Ocampo photography | Wing Larase and Lester Valle . Nothing will stop a real wanderer. Not even the thought of butt-bruising, sleep-depriving, day-long rides just to get to the best places of these islands. For the knighted one...
IPAKITA MO! The Making of a Multi-Kultura Music Video on Jul 18, 2011 in Alternative Education People Travel and Adventure m.u.s.i.k.a. multi-culture music video pinoy folk composers pinoy folk music pinoy folk songwriters the kayumanggi trails visual camp inc text | Carla Ocampo photography | Jaymar Carlos, Ruben Hamahiga Dela Cruz and Lester Valle . I first heard the song “Ipakita Mo” during the 62nd birthday celebration of Banyuhay’s frontman, Heber Bartolome, the Philippines...
The 1st International Conference on Rizal (a.k.a. So You Think You Know Jose?) on Jun 14, 2011 in Alternative Education People jose rizal birthday rizal at 150 schedule Aaaaand… the Rizal@150 fever rages on, highly-Googlable as expected. But before we even jump into planning our next big step in the name of “paying homage” to Jose Protacio Rizal— for whose life the Great Academe-and-Class Div...
Cuenca’s Maculot, The KT Chronicles (Part 2 – A Photo Essay) on May 26, 2011 in Alternative Education Beaches Food People Travel and Adventure backpacking mt. maculot mt. maculot cuenca batangas mt. maculot photos text | Carla Ocampo photography | Elton Chua, Carla Ocampo and Lester Valle . (Congruent to The Kayumanggi Trails’ alternative education thrust, members Elton Chua, Lester Valle, and Carla Ocampo brought along greenhorns Emil Hembra...
Foodie Weekend! Manila’s IFEX and Lukban’s Pahiyas on May 25, 2011 in Alternative Education Festivals Food People Travel and Adventure citem dti ifex food fair ifex photos international food exhibition kiping lukban lukban longganisa pahiyas festival lukban pahiyas photos pansit habhab lukban philippine national brands smx convention center text | Carla Ocampo photography | Lester Valle . This 2011, mid-May in the Philippines was munch-mania. Thousands of the country’s foodies (and, well, photography hobbyists out on a food trip) trooped to two much-awaited displays of b...
