The Backpack Adventures

Missed some parts of Boracay Revisited 2020 ? Here's the summary of the Boracay Revisited 2020 series: Boracay Revisited 2020: Day 1 Boracay Revisited 2020: Day 2 Boracay Revisited 2020: Day 3 Boracay Revisited 2020: Day 4 Places worth checking out: White Beach Willy's Rock Diniwid Beach I do hope you enjoyed our 4-day stay on Boracay Island. Until the next adventure!

Boracay Revisited 2020: Day 1 Epilogue The first time I visited Boracay Island was in 2012 . During that visit, my wife was still pregnant with our daughter. Fast forward 2020, several weeks before the Philippine government issued a nationwide lockdown, my wife, daughter, and I managed to squeeze in one last out-of-town trip to Boracay Island to celebrate my daughter's birthday.   Ella's Boracay b-day trip Boarding time Won a Cebu Pac giveaway! Yey! I spy Boracay Island! We made this trip possible as it was requested by my daughter for her 7th birthday. Aside from my daughter's birthday, we were also looking forward to revisiting Boracay Island due to the fact that it was recently rehabilitated by the Duterte Administration and photos of how clean the beach was circulating online creating tourism hype which of course we wanted to see for ourselves. Day 1: February 1, 2020 My brother drove us an early trip to Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 for our 8:30AM fli

Day 4 December 22, 2019 Exploring Kyoto 2 Ohayou minasan! Ready for the new day! It's another day of adventure here in Japan . Originally, we plan to visit Otsu City in S higa Prefecture today to try out the Michigan Cruise in Lake Biwa . However, there were still plenty of amazing places in Kyoto that we haven't covered yet and it would be a shame to miss them out in exchange for only one destination. So, for today, we decided to explore around Rakuto Area which is better known as the Higashiyama Area of Kyoto City.  Back to Kyoto Station but this time we'll take the bus. Waiting for Raku Bus #100 As previously done, we woke up early, had breakfast, then headed to Kyoto Station to avail of the Kyoto City Bus One-Day Pass  for today's tour. Then, we rode bus #100 towards our first destination for the day - Yasaka Jinja Shrine .  Boarded down at Gion bus stop... Off to Yasaka Jinja First stop: Yasaka Jinja Yasaka Jinja's Maidono Yasaka Jinja Rikimizu Yas