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Posted on April 2, 2020 by Gayamen Brett
As someone who grew up in a tourist town that boasts of stately natural landscapes, I have this rather obnoxious instinct to compare places of similar appeal. Such was the mindset I had when we set off to see the prominent Batad rice terraces… Continue Reading “Barefoot Chronicles: Batad, Banaue”
Category: Barefoot Chronicles, People & PlacesTags: Banaue, Batad, Cordillera, Ifugao, Rice terraces, Tappiya, Tappiyah, Tourism, Waterfalls
Posted on October 10, 2019 by Gayamen Brett
The pack decided to revisit some trails down Lower Seymour a couple of weeks ago before summer totally ended. We love the numerous trails offered by the vicinity because they’re a combination of easy to intermediate in terms of difficulty. We do have to… Continue Reading “Kokujin Conquers Some Trails”
Category: Barefoot ChroniclesTags: badenpowell, beautifulbc, Dachshund, hiking, Husky, lowerseymour, trekking, vancouver
Posted on September 9, 2019 by Gayamen Brett
At the Philippine Consulate a year ago, a kindly gentleman was awed when he read that my hometown is Sagada. He was so impressed with the place that he enthusiastically described the sites he has seen there when he went to visit. He went… Continue Reading “#HelloKelowna”
Category: Barefoot Chronicles, People & PlacesTags: beautifulbc, britishcolumbia, kelowna, okanagan, okanaganvalley
Posted on June 28, 2018 by Gayamen Brett
Without hesitation, I claim that the mountains of BC are love at first sight and experience for me. Simply because I am reminded of home with the painfully familiar coniferous bounty that British Columbia’s forests boast of. I lived below the century-old pine trees of… Continue Reading “Barefoot Chronicles: Third Time’s a Charm”
Category: Barefoot Chronicles, People & PlacesTags: British Columbia Hikes, Chilliwack, Dogs, Elk Mountain, Hike, Thurston Trail
Posted on May 13, 2016 by Gayamen Brett
It was Pacquiao’s much-anticipated fight with Mayweather then so the otherwise busy Manila streets were all ours. Save a few cars here and there, we had the roads to ourselves and had the luxury to cruise at 120mph while intently straining our ears for… Continue Reading “Barefoot Chronicles; Those That Beckon”
Category: Barefoot Chronicles, People & PlacesTags: hikes, Home, homesickness, mountains, treks
Posted on November 19, 2014 by Gayamen Brett
A two-hour, bumpy ride through verdant mountains brought us from Kin-iway, Besao to Panabungen. Panabungen is a sitio of Brgy. Laylaya which is host to some of the Episcopal Diocese of the Philippines’ livelihood support programs. The Episcopal Church’s foundation has been spearheading programs… Continue Reading “Barefoot Chronicles: Panabungen, Besao “
Category: Barefoot Chronicles, People & PlacesTags: Besao, E-Care, Episcopal Diocese Foundation, Hog-raising, Laylaya, Organic farming, Panabungen, Travels