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Ilocos Norte: Kapurpurawan Rock Formation

January 09, 2015 / BY Jess Austria
I finally got to visit Kapurpurawan Rock Formation after years of wanting to see it personally. Tourists aren't allowed to be near it anymore due to people writing on it. Was it some kind of a trophy to have your name written on there? It must be so cool to vandalize something nature made, huh? Not! Anyways, it was cold so I recommend that you bring a thick jacket (or was it only that time?...

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Ilocos Norte: Paoay

January 09, 2015 / BY Jess Austria
An adventure to start the year—a 4x4 ride experience. During this time of the year, we would drive to the beach for a day of relaxation but we already planned to go to Pagudpud the next day. The Sand Dunes are being developed for tourism which involves exploiting the natural beauty of the place by allowing local officials to establish recreational activities such as sand boarding and the one we got to try, 4x4 ride...

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Ilocos Norte: Adams and Pagudpud

January 08, 2015 / BY Jess Austria
I was born in Ilocos and I've been living here since then except for school days (I study in Baguio) but I've never toured the whole province especially the northern towns except for Pagudpud and Bangui as these towns are both famous tourist spots during school trips and such. I was fortunately allowed to tag along in a trip/vacation of two research groups that were focused on taxonomy. So before the semester started, we took a...

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To Living Life

January 07, 2015 / BY Jess Austria
2014 was a mix of everything—a spontaneous adventure to start my senior year (hopefully my last) in college, a bunch of memories to add colors to my black and white life, and of course, a roller coaster of feelings (mostly due to school works). Hopefully, 2015 would be as equally fun as the previous year. 2015 would be much better. There, I said it. I’m going to make this happen no matter what. It’s going...

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