VirtualTourist Member Rastarigo
| Page Views: 7,171 | SOMEWHERE ON THIS PLANET IT MUST EXIST by Rastarigo - last update: May 8, 2008  |
Rastarigo Finds His Paradise | trust me, it's paradise (coron, palawan) |
rastarigo reveals the best and the extremes of his travels in the last 13-14 months.
01. weirdest adventure dreadlocks n hippie fiesta award:
world rainbow gathering in ranong, thailand (december 2006)
02. south sea island pacific dream feel award:
cruising over the blue waters of calangaman island in cebu (august 2007)
03. finest softest whitest white sand award:
ko samet, thailand (january 2007)
04. all-time favorite beach (seriously) award:
the fun with the surf in deserted sabang beach , palawan (november 2006)
05. most exhilirating pump your ass wet dreams award:
whitewater rafting in a 14-rapid length of cagayan river (december 2006)
06. racing with death fresh landslides award:
the precarious bus/jeepney ride on the verge of mountain slopes from banaue to bontoc to sagada one rainy day (january 2007)
07. mesmerizing stunning awe-inspiring waterfalls grand award:
tinago falls , iligan (december 2007)
08. oh my god here she comes sharkstruck award:
closest encounter with the thresher shark in malapascua island , cebu (august 2007)
09. shining shimmering splendid jackstruck award:
diving with a dense wall of jacks in balicasag island, bohol (november 2007)
10. deadliest high jump award:
the highest jump i've ever made in my life plunging into the cagayan river (december 2007)
11. most enigmatic art-themed pad award:
enigmata treehouse, camiguin island (december 2007)
12. worst ever new year countdown through the fire award:
bedridden with high fever in my deathbed in krabi, thailand (january 2008)
13. longest train ride award:
jakarta to jogjakarta, indonesia (april 2007)
14. first ever kayak natin to experience paddle award:
ko phi phi don, thailand (december 2006)
15. nastiest immigration control encounter award:
a clash with that condescending fat hoe in kuala lumpur airport, malaysia (december 2007)
16. cross-border criminal arrest award:
eewww i hate to recall i got photographed before they let me through in chiang mai airport, thailand (december 2007)
17. ice-cold coldest waterfall award:
dipping into its frigid waters is a personal pact i made that i broke for the third time in tappia falls, batad (january 2007)
18. one extravagant day award:
panic buying grab that shoes pick up that knapsack hysteria in pratunum, bangkok, thailand (december 2007)
19. most eccentric fruit i've tasted award:
munching on that scary snake-skinned fruit locally known as salak in malioboro, jogja, indonesia (april 2007)
20. superhot best last supper rolls of tissue please award:
a toss between tom yam in khao san road, bangkok and hot chicken in basil leaves in chiang mai, thailand. don't pressure me okay? (december 2007)
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|  | my beach pilgrimage has just begun... i think i've reached a decision. a crucial one. and it's final and irrevocable. no one can stop me. even my own mother can't influence me no more. this is a decision formed and fortified by millions of beautiful memories of my last visit to that part of the country. it's up for you to speculate what that crucial decision is. i will reveal in due time. but with the way i speak, how can you not guess?
oh malcapuya island, you are a stunner. i better shut my gob or else...
oh black island, you are the last undiscovered castaway island on earth
oh coron island, you left me in awe dipping into your deep blue lakes, wandering off your hidden crystal-clear lagoons
oh busuanga island, i knew it wasn't the last time when i first landed 7 long years ago
oh sangat island, you spooked me with your sunken ships and i knew it's just the start of it
oh dicalubuan island, how can i forget you? the images of you left me breathless
oh calauit island, i wouldn't need to go to africa as long as you exist
oh dibutonay island, when we dumped you, it wasn't serious coz deep inside us we agree you are breathtaking
UPCOMING TRIPS:----------------NO ENTRIES------------- RECENTLY CONCLUDED TRIPS:HOLY WEEK CRUSADE CORON ISLAND CRUISE CONTROL (March 20-24, 2008)
20 Coron
21 Coron
22 Coron
23 Coron
24 Coron JAPAN 4th INVASION LITTLE TOKYO JOBHUNTING TOUR (March 5-13, 2008)
05 Tokyo
06 Tokyo
07 Tokyo
08 Tokyo
09 Tokyo
10 Tokyo
11 Tokyo
12 Tokyo
13 TokyoBOHOL HOMECOMING PART 2 (Feb. 23-26, 2008)
23 Bohol
24 Bohol
25 Bohol
26 Bohol MALAYSIA TRULY ASIA- AMAZING THAILAND DOUBLE DASH TOUR (Dec. 23, 2007-Jan. 3, 2008)
23 Kuala Lumpur
24 Kuala Lumpur
25 Chiang Mai
26 Chiang Mai
27 Chiang Mai
28 Bangkok
29 Bangkok
30 Bangkok
31 Krabi
01 Krabi
02 Phuket
03 Kuala LumpurCAMIGUIN ISLAND OF VOLCANOES CATCH THE LAVA TOUR (Dec. 13-17, 2007)
13 Camiguin
14 Camiguin
15 Cagayan de Oro
16 Iligan
17 Cagayan de Oro PRODIGAL SON'S BOHOL GRAND HOMECOMING TOUR (Nov. 1-4, 2007)
01 Home
02 Balicasag Island
03 Sagbayan, Carmen, Sierra Bullones
04 Home MALAPASCUA THRESHER SHARK HUNTING EXTREME DIVING SAGA (Aug. 23-27, 2007)
24 Malapascua
25 Malapascua
26 Calanggaman
27 Cebu HOLY WEEK PILGRIMAGE HALAL TOUR TO ANCIENT INDONESIA (April 4-10, 2007)
04 Manila Departure Immigration Terror Huntdown
05 Java Island Decaffeinated Countryside Peeping Tour
06 Borobudur-Prambanan Double Treat Temple Relay
07 Malioboro Non-Smoking Dilarang Merokok Detour
08 Sultanate Grand Palace Territorial Invasion Tour
09 Jakarta Magna Carta o Kahon Wrap-Up Tour
10 Manila Arrival Back to Reality NORTHERN HIGHLANDS ASCENT TOUR (Jan. 12-14, 2007)
12 Banaue
13 Batad
14 Sagada YEARENDER ROUND-THE-CLOCK REVENGE TOUR TO AMAZING THAILAND (Dec. 23-Jan. 4, 2007)
23 Manila Departure Not-Ready-to-Make-Nice Drama
24 One Night in Bangkok Red District Streetwalking
25 Bangkok Streetscape Daylight Roadman's Adventure
26 Ranong Rainbow Gathering Soul-Searching Saga
27 Phuket Post-Tsunami Ocular Inspection Tour
28 Phi Phi Rock My Boat Post-Tsunami Reflection
29 Phi Phi Kayak, Snorkeling Beachbonding Tryout
30 Krabi Waiting in Vain Slowdown in Motion
31 Bangkok New Year Countdown Bombing Escape
01 Koh Samet Take the Plunge Beach Blast
02 Koh Samet Beachhopping Playtime Tour
03 Bangkok Shop Till You Drop Panic Buying Alert
04 Manila Arrival Back to Reality |
Lonely Soul I search for paradise because it offers
>an idyllic setting
>a chance to remake myself in far-off place
>a chance to become more glamorous person than the one laboring in that cubicle
>a chance out there where i can be who i really want to be
>indulgence in fantasy when i am footloose in a foreign land, living off savings or money from home
>absence of reminders that I really should be doing something productive with my life
>new sense of freedom
>getting lost in the orgiastic besotment of revelry
>liberation from the routine, from the drabness of post-graduate life, of a pre-ordained career
>feeling of having bathed in a sense of community and shared purpose that surpassed anything I had felt back home
>emancipation from the realities of modern slavery
>a drive away from this maddening shiiiiithole
>a few magical moments
>scenes where I felt that the old rules didn't apply
>going off the grid and out of my head
>pre-electric island imageries before they were transformed by the brutal economics of tourism
>beauties of nature in its primeval form
>a venue for soul-searching
>a journey to whatever place it is that I can find moments free from self-analysis
Paradise will always be lost but I will never quit searching...
I'm gonna die in a place that don't know my name
I'm gonna die in a space that don't hold my fame | | |
| | A Dozen Doable Domestic Dreams in the Next 5 Years |
Who Am I? I'm writing this article on purpose to give our VT members a lowdown on who I am as a traveler. As such, members who are of identical nature and mindset while on the road are welcome to join me as I set out on my expedition in search of the Holy Grail (hello Dan Brown).
1. Being a poor brown redneck from bumfuck Bohol, all I can afford at the moment is a ticket to cheap destinations: Europe and Caribbean are out of the question.
2. Being the cheapskate that I am, I stay on a run-down, ordinary, sometimes dingy space of a room in order to scrimp on my accommodation expenses and for me to stay longer.
3. Being the simple bumpkin that I am, I don't mind wearing shabby clothes and cheapie slippers while on the road, hotel lobby or airport. Hey, I'm not a superstar for me to obligatorily primp and preen.
4. A good book or music comes to my rescue for I'm always starved of conversation half of my travels, that is when I'm alone. The upside of traveling alone is the desperate need for a company which translates to active interaction with the local people and fellow travelers.
5. I'm not squeamish. In fact, I'm quite adventurous when in comes to food. As long as it's edible and disease-free, I'm ready to test the limits of my palate and the strength of my tummy. Slimy, mushy, squishy, gooey stuff might initially turn me bulimic, but no, my mother told me to finish my plate and waste no single morsel. Despite my ravenous attitude towards food, I only allocate a little budget for food, that means eating in carinderia and staying away from McDonald's.
6. The fear factor is out of my system. Come on. Lock me in the dungeon. Drop me from a helicopter. Dip me in the blood. Lay me beside a cadaver. Oopps....I renege on the last one.
7. If the driver quotes a ridiculous price to a destination then I'd gladly decline and rather walk no matter how far. I used to walk with my slippers to and from school in the province so it's not an ordeal.
8. Miniaturization and light-weight is the golden rule that guides me whenever I travel. For me to move around quickly and easily, I literally bring nothing with me (hello Shintarojon). I don't even buy trinkets and mementos from the place I visit no matter how rare, endemic or special they may be.
9. I'm a trailblazer too. I would rip through thick bushes, dodge crocodiles and glide over rocks just to reach and find my birthplace- the beach. Enough of tour guides. Sick of guided tours. Screw that itinerary. All I need is reliable information then I'm off to beating the track on my own.
Now tell me, are you my travel buddy? | | |
| black island: mission accomplished |
| | My Chic Choice Top 3 Philippine Beaches
1. White Beach, Boracay Island
2. Santa Fe Beach, Bantayan Island
3. Dumaluan Beach, Panglao Island
*Amanpulo Beach in Palawan looks stunningly beautiful. It seems to be the closest rival of Boracay. I haven't seen it personally so I would give Amanpulo, at the moment, an Honorable Mention award.
Top Spots
1. Batad Rice Terraces, Ifugao
2. Chocolate Hills, Bohol
3. Sabang Underground River, Palawan
Favorite Island Setting
1. El Nido, Palawan
2. Boracay Island
3. Coron, Palawan
4. Port Barton, Palawan
5. Sabang, Palawan
6. Taytay, Palawan
Most Beautiful Tiny Island
1. Entalula Island, El Nido
2. Inabuyatan Island, El Nido
3. Cacnipa Island, Port Barton
4. Paradise Island, Port Barton
5. Cadlao Island, El Nido
6. Apulit Island, Taytay
7. Tapiutan Island, El Nido
8. Helicopter Island, El Nido
9. Miniloc Island, El Nido
10. Pabellones Islands, Taytay
11. CYC Island, Coron
12. Matinloc Island, El Nido
Most Beautiful Island Destinations in the Philippines
1. Palawan....a cluster of over 1,700 tropical islands
2. Boracay...exceptionally fine white sand
3. Bohol...exotic tarsier & eerie hills
Top World Beach
1. White Beach, Boracay Island, Philippines
2. Chaweng Beach, Ko Samui, Thailand
3. Hadrin Beach, Ko Phangan, Thailand
4. Saikaew Beach, Ko Samet, Thailand
Most Challenging Experiences on the Road
1. climbing Rock Peak of Pico de Loro, Feb. 2006
2. ferrying over troubled waters to Bantayan Island, Jan. 2003
3. arbitration at a police precinct in Phuket, Jan. 2001 |
Reggae Rules... Song of the Week As you browse through my page, you would figure that whenever I get stranded in one place, I would certainly make a beeline for the beach than clamber up a mountain. No place in the world could ever give me that natural high, clarity of mind and unadulterated sanity than being on a beach, with my guitar on one hand and a pebble on the other skimming it over a calm sea me perched on a huge boulder my feet dipped in the water my toes lurching in the sand.
Did I say I love the beach? Maybe I should wear dreadlocks, wheeze out ganja or espouse Rastafarianism because the beach is the stronghold of such acts and beliefs. And before it slips out of my mind, I should mention Bob Marley and his reggae music. I am a reggae sucker. Bombom in Boracay is like a Marley's little lair. That's why I love that place. Simple. Quaint. Nostalgic. Wait... I just found another little underground lair with the pirates...the Red Pirates down south of White Beach, Boracay. The fact that it's located in the quiet part of the island makes it perfect. Away from blaring music, pulsating lights and ostentatious display of plasticity. Just you, the cold beer and some worthy chatters with...
i have to put this song right up there. brilliant. enigmatic. hypnotic.
"Porcelain" by MOBY
In my dreams I'm dying all the time
As I wake its kaleidoscopic mind
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to lie
So this is goodbye
This is goodbye
Tell the truth you never wanted me
Tell me
In my dreams I'm jealous all the time
As I wake I'm going out of my mind
Going out of my mind
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| | PURE SHORES I've crossed the deserts for miles
Swam water for time
Searching places to find
A piece of something to call mine
(I'm coming - I'm coming)
A piece of something to call mine
(I'm coming - Coming closer to you)
Ran along many moors
Walked through many doors
The place where I wanna be
Is the place I can call mine
(I'm coming - I'm coming)
Is the place I can call mine
(I'm coming - Coming closer to you)
I'm moving - I'm coming
Can you hear - What I hear
It's calling you my dear - Out of reach
(Take me to the beach)
I can hear it calling you
I'm coming - Not drowning
Swimming closer to you
Ooh - Ooh
Never been here before
I'm intrigued - I'm on shore
I am searching for more
I've got something that's all mine
I've got something that's all mine
Take me somewhere I can breath
I've got so much to see
This is where I wanna be
In a place I can call mine
In a place I can call mine
I'm moving - I'm coming
Can you hear - What I hear
It's calling you my dear - Out of reach
(Take me to the beach)
I can hear it calling you
I'm coming - Not drowning
Swimming closer to you
Movin' - Comin'
Can you hear - What I hear
(Hear it out of reach)
I hear it calling you
Swimming closer to you
Many faces I have seen
Many places I have been
Walked the deserts - Swam the shores
(Coming closer to you)
Many faces I have known
Many ways in which I've grown
Moving closer on my own
(Coming closer to you)
I'm moving - I feel it (I feel it)
I'm comin' (Comin') - Not drownin' (Drownin')
I'm moving - I feel it (Feel it)
I'm coming (Comin') - Not drownin' (Drownin')
I'm moving - I'm coming
Can you hear - What I hear
It's calling you my dear - Out of reach
(Take me to the beach)
I can hear it calling you
I'm coming - Not drowning
Swimming closer to you
(Take me to the beach)
I'm moving - I'm coming
Can you hear - What I hear
It's calling you my dear - Out of reach
(Take me to the beach)
I can hear it calling you
I'm coming - Not drowning
Swimming closer to you
(Take me to the beach)
I'm moving - I'm coming
Can you hear - What I hear
It's calling you my dear - Out of reach
(Take me to the beach)
I can hear it calling you
I'm coming - Not drowning
Swimming closer to you
(Take me to the beach)
By the way, my name is Rastarigo. So what else do you need to know? Stuff about my family, or where I'm from? None of that matters. Not once you cross the ocean and cut yourself loose, looking for something more beautiful, something more exciting and yes, I admit, something more dangerous.
I had nothing left to offer but pure reflex. Pure reflex and mankind's basic drive for survival, that somehow shouts, "NO - I WILL NOT DIE TODAY!" |
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Dyesebel Thu May 8, 2008 20:05 UTC
i think they're antillopes?! not exactly sure what kind;) dyesebel ako kaya nakarating ako hanggang Seychelles;) nakakapagod nga pag sisid eh. Seychelles is an tropical island,so much like the Phili. | Juds Thu May 1, 2008 01:21 UTC
Hey Jason, thanks! Long time no see ah! Nice beaches you've been to. Hope I can also visit them someday. May Vt badminton on May 2, Fri, 8-10 pm sa Smashville Ortigas. Baka pwede ka. :) | moonlighting Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:00 UTC
Ganun ba? okay. O tomorrow, sa MOA sisipot ka? | nimato Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:15 UTC
Salamat, idol! Lalong gumaganda HP u ah.. =) |
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