Baler Trip 2015

The month of May for me and some of my friends started on a higher note. We started it by celebrating Christine's (Tin) birthday in advance by going on a trip to Baler Aurora. Baler is one of the most visited beach destination in the Philippines. It is an ideal surfing spot for beginners.

Even though this place has a beautiful beach, I didn't swim though. First, because I don't know how to swim (despite my swimming class back in college) and second, I really think that even if I stay in the water near the sea bank, the waves will just easily carry me to the deep part of the ocean.

No regrets though. I enjoyed the view and the cool breeze that the beach has offered. The place is absolutely breath-taking. I'm grateful that Christine had organized this trip and I get to bond with some of our friends.

I'm not going to elaborate further on what happened on this trip as I have no intention of giving a historical background about each place we visited (this one I will probably do on my hubpage account or on future posts here). I'll let your eyes feast on the photos I was able to capture during this adventure. Additionally I'm sharing this video I also made just to give you a quick overview of our Baler experience.

Note: please select best quality for you to see the video clearly.

Check out some photos:

Sabang Beach

me at the foot of Ermita Hill

Ditumabo Falls

Hanging Bridge

Birthday girl Christine

Rock Formation

Museo de Baler

Dicasalarin Cove

In the hunt for Waterproof Cases for iPhone and DSLR

A few days ago, one of my friends, Tin, sent me and our other friends a private message inviting us to join her on a planned out of town celebration for her birthday. Since it's her birthday and I want to experience being outside of the capital I agreed (plus the fact that it's all expense paid by our wonderful friend). When she suggested that we go to Baler, which is known as one of the "top surf spots" in the Philippines (although I don't know how to surf), I immediately searched it via Google to have an idea what the place has in store for travelers.

The first thing I saw was the Ditumabo Falls, also known as Mother Falls, because it's the most majestic falls around the area. Obviously, if you are to visit such beautiful place, you must capture its beauty in a photo or much better in a video. My solution to avoid damaging my gadgets is to look for waterproof cases similar to  one I found from a Japanese company called Sanwa.

I'm in the hunt for the cheapest one I could find as I have a tight budget especially for things that I would rarely use in the future. I've seen a waterfalls before during one of our field trip in high school but this time around it will be different as I intend to document this shared experience with friends in a video. Rizza, who is the go-to person in our peer group when it comes to travel mentioned that she had read a blog regarding someone who unfortunately didn't think of protecting their gadget during their trip. I don't want Snow (my phone) and Caspian (my DSLR) to have the same fate as that person's gadgets.

Speaking of DSLR... I am thinking of making an improvised waterproof case instead of buying. How do I do that? I don't know yet but I'll post it here once I figured out how to make one. I promise! Researching is my number one agenda for sure as soon as I'm done with the things I'm currently doing. I'm trying to be thrifty these days so I'm being careful on where or what I spend my money for.

If you have an idea how to improvised waterproof cases, please do leave a comment below. I'll appreciate your help.

Sprinkling sweet fairy dusts to you reader!