2014: A Look Back

Twenty fourteen was a great year of travel for me. It brought me to 5 countries and almost 20 different cities, each of which captured my heart in  a unique way. I've savored many mouthwatering meals, had countless laugh with my boys while on the road, and endless cocktails with friends. As i look back in the past year, I feel ridiculously blessed. I can only hope that 2015 will be just as amazing. So without further ado, here are my favorite travel moments of 2014.

Soaking up the sun and stuffing my face with Italian food in Puerto Galera.

Visiting my grandma in Bicol while setting up my new business.

Celebrating Ryan's birthday in Hongkong.

Visiting Singapore for Khenzies birthday.

... and then continuing our summer vacation in Baguio.

Celebrating my birthday with friends at Celeste Hotel.

Spending one month in Boracay with family and friends.

Exploring Indochina for 6 weeks with this babe.

Falling inlove with Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

Exploring Saigon and Mekong Delta.

Uncovering the hidden gems of Thailand.

Spending time with family and friends in Bicol.

Eating and drinking our way in Hongkong.

Blue on BLue

Aninuan Beach

We finally arrived at Sunset at Aninuan Beach Resort. Ryan will be doing some dive this weekend so we'll be here till Monday. 

 

Luca's Cucina Italian and Lodge

LUCA'S Cucina Italiana and Lodge is a quiet, peaceful and affordable accommodation at Talipanan beach. This is for the people that wants a quiet and relaxing vacation. The room is spacious but very basic. It has 2 double bed, ref, ac, hot shower and ancient tv. :D But at least they have a good wifi which is very important for Ryan's work.
Food is mostly Italian, and it's actually pretty good. And they do have big servings so even better if you are with a big group.
What I love most about this place is that they are literally just few steps from the beach so it's easy to go back and forth to your room.
The downside though is that it is far from everything so you'll need to take a tricycle going to other area which cost 100 pesos on daytime and 150 at night time. And be sure to have flashlight with you at night time for there is this part where in you would have to trek going back to the hotel.
Other than that creepy trek at night we had a lovely stay at this place.

Talipanan Beach

We haven't even unpacked yet from our last beach trip and here we go again. We left saturday morning and we're here till tuesday. Nothing really exciting about this trip other than Ryan will be getting his advance open water scuba diving. And as much as we hate Puerto Galera we don't really have a choice because the dive shop that we know is here. But thank god for trip advisor we found Talipanan beach. It's really far from famous White Beach but that's allright. I just never really like it there as famous means crowded. We can just take a tricycle if we need to go to dive shop.

Zombie mode on our way to Puerto Galera

Talipanan beach is small, i think there's only 4 or 5 resorts on this area.
But the quietness of the area is what makes it better than crowded white beach. This place is good for people that wants a peaceful and quiet atmosphere.