Published: Chasing Waterfalls

When I first created this blog a few years ago, I dreamt that one day some of my adventures would be published in some travel or lifestyle magazine. 

VIEW Travel and Lifestyle Magazine - Vol 6 No. 11

That dream was fulfilled when VIEW Travel and Lifestyle Magazine published my article Chasing Waterfalls in their November 2014 issue.

It's an unexplainable feeling getting published for the first time.

Chasing Waterfalls

Chasing Waterfalls is about my Iligan City experience. It features some of the famous waterfalls of the city and also shares some of my experiences in the City of Majestic Waterfalls. You would also find out about the other natural and man-made attractions that the city has to offer.






Chasing Waterfalls is my first published article in my blogging career. 

PHOTOS of the actual article was added in June 2020.
Location: Iligan, Lanao del Norte, Philippines

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