Let's Go

Four-hour rickety boat rides to itty-bitty islands. Attempting to surf under the moonlight and failing miserably. Wild videoke nights despite work the next day. Too much information at a random coffee shop.

About four years ago, my friends and I all met while working for the same company in Mactan. We found out soon after that the only way we were going to deal with that mind-numbing reality was to surround ourselves with people we can stand for long periods of time (each other, basically) and to go out (at one two-week stretch, we went out every single night) and travel as much as we can.

Travel is all about the memories, good or bad, the ho-hum and the hilarious. And we’ve collected a lot of that in the rather short time we spent together—impromptu weekend getaways to nearby islands, late night photo shoots and surprise vacations. We built so many experiences, which, now that we’ve all moved on (and, for most of us, moved back to Manila), only get to rehash when we manage to see each other.

Playing cranium and other silly games till the break of dawn. Being wedged at the back of a small yellow car. Trying out Inihaw na Bangus in six hundred different restaurants. Drunk Frisbee games in the middle of the day.

And we realize: this, traveling has become a way for us to relate to each other, the way by which we catch up on each other's lives since we journey separately now. And we don’t want it to stop. We want to keep on going. We want to build more experiences, go on even wilder rides as much as we can.

Ergo: this blog.

Jumping off a small cliff during monsoon season. Balancing five bags and food containers in the rain. Walking around with a broken bathroom pipe for everyone to see. Breaking down in front of a cemetery on Halloween.

Here, you’ll find snippets of trips we’ve had together and individually, and all the other things we’ve come across in and out of the metro—whether it’s a restaurant we’ve enjoyed, a book or film we’ve come across in an out-of-the-way shop in some province or anything else that appeals to the traveler in us. We want to share it with each other, and with everybody else.

Arguing. Laughing. Discovering. Getting lost. Having the time of our lives.

So, come on. Let’s get the heck out of here.