[1 February - 1 March, 2025]
Here’s a day by day video account of my recent trip to the Philippines during the entire month of February.
I originally planned this trip over the 2024 Christmas holidays but with cheaper fares during the dead of winter, plus a great excuse to avoid Ohio’s coldest month of the season, turned out this was, weather-wise, the best time to visit the Philippines. A couple of friends from Ohio, Cort and Keiko, joined me during the last two weeks of the month, which became the most jam-packed travel days of the trip.
The first two weeks were spent visiting and spending time with family and friends, all around food get-togethers, of course. The second half was spent with an island trip to Boracay Beach, a road trip north of Manila to the Spanish heritage town of Vigan, and finally, a visit up the mountains to the summer resort capital of the Philippines, Baguio City, where the temperatures were pleasantly spring-like cool, sans the heat and humidity of the city.
Already a month long, but still too short, it was a great reminder that a break from the craziness back home is just a “short” altogether 24-hour journey away!
