JCBulatao Photography.

J ust so people don't think I'm BS ing about the birds I've seen... I know it's not my best work. It's grainy and pretty backlit. :) I just need a more capable camera.

I just thought I'd share some photos I took of some of the accommodations available at Subic Sweet Water resort. Mind you, we didn't get to go around all the villas, just the two main buildings of the resort (hitherto fore called building A, which the building where the kitchen is located, and building B, which is newer and bigger - I think - than the previous) . And even in those buildings, I just took photos of the living areas on the 2nd floors of both buildings. :) Just to give you an idea, basically, you'd be able to pretty much house at least 12 people in each of these rooms (16 in the bigger space in building B) . We wanted to explore some more but the army soldiers occupying the rest of the resort were kinda intimidating. For the original blog entry about Subic Sweet Water, please click here . I apologize in advance for the sucky wide-angle shots. :D I'll take better pictures next time. I promise. :D "Building A" Living Area, building A...

I 've previously shared with you several instances of my travels around the Philippines. This is the latest in the series, I guess. Hahaha. I t's summer time, and what better place to go than the beach? Because of insistent public demand (well, more like glowing reviews from beach goers from certain forums) , we decided to go to Subic Sweet Water Beach Resort. And I gotta say, this particular place is probably one of the best beaches I've been to lately, if not one of the best beaches I've been to period . D on't let the name fool you though. It might be called a resort, but it's really not (well, technically it really is but...) . I'd say, it's more of a haven actually. I home away from home, away from all the hustle and bustle and stress that the over-commercialized Subic Bay freeport area represents. It's fine and nearly white sand, it's breath-taking vistas, cool and surprisingly not so salty water (my personal estimation compared to some bea...

W ell, ok. I don't think any of these photographs would rate as high as, say, professional travel photogs' work, but since I was taking pictures while traveling to a region I don't frequent, I guess it should qualify as travel photography, don't you think? Apologies in advance though. Hehe. At any rate, backgrounder on some of these pictures, our family, the five of us, went on vacation from the 27th of May to the 30th to celebrate our parents' wedding anniversary, as has become tradition. This year it was a trip to Bohol. Most of it was travel though, as we spent more than half of the first day getting to Bohol from home, and a similar amount of time during the fourth day getting home from Bohol. Top Left: Brothers on Cebu Pacific Flight 5j 563 Manila to Cebu. Top Right: One of many different forms (big and small) of public transport apparently available in Cebu. Bottom Left and Right: Brothers on the SuperCat (2 hour ride) For the duration of the stay there, we be...

W e stayed in Baguio from Friday afternoon until sometime after lunch on Monday. One of the last places we visited, was SM Baguio, the City's newest tourist attraction. Due to its interestingly different architecture (no real roof, just tenting), it's not advisable to visit it when it's raining. rain comes in SM View deck random Photo Look out! Creepy Jids. S ome last pics from inside Atenara . The old stuffed deer head... ... the replacement! Jackass-o-lope!! O n the way home, we passed by Isdaan in Tarlac for dinner. Hard to miss even at night. They give you free fish, if you can cross... ...this bridge. Jonathan crosses Sankilo Bridge. Crossing ponds that are 6 to 9 feet deep. A victorious crosser with parents. Rolly, Bless, James and Me. Tacsiyapo : Pick, pay, shout and throw. Release your anger.

O ne of the places we visited during our third day in Baguio was way up in the mountains, at about 7500 feet above sea level if not more. We found out about the Fire mummies in Timbac, Benguet from Nico, one of the partners managing Atenara House who was also our guide for the trip. He had found out about it through TV ( Discovery Channel or NatGeo itself) and not from this article as I originally thought , but had discovered a shorter route than what the NatGeo group had taken, at least relative to where we were staying. Thanks to Nico and our cousin Lawin's 4x4 extrail, what would've been a 10 hour trip up the mountain along rugged terrain and down to the caves, was reduced to a 3 hour drive and 30 minute hike down to the site. Along the way I got somewhat car sick, which forced us to take some rest stops along the winding road to the top, and some photo-ops. Trip to the fire-mummies Idyllic view at the Saddle... ...The non-idyllic view... Jids hugs The Highest Point Making...