Tag: surfing
First Time in La Union? FatWave Surf Resort Is Great For Elyu Newbies
After putting it off for the longest time, my cousins and I finally went on our first La Union trip. After all these years of interviewing surfers for travel magazines and hearing all the stories from friends who love this surfing town, I was ecstatic to finally set foot in the Surfing Capital of the […]
![[Vlog] What’s Your Siargao Story?](https://katewashere.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/siargao9.jpg)
[Vlog] What’s Your Siargao Story?
February was my birthday month. I wanted to dust off my backpack and get away from it all. Siargao was one of those places I kept putting off because it’s one of the Philippines’ 7,107 islands that I thought I could visit any time. If Taiwan was the highlight of my 2019, my gut told […]
![[Vlog] How I Ended Up In Dulan, Taiwan’s Secret Coastal Town](https://katewashere.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Dulan1.jpg)
[Vlog] How I Ended Up In Dulan, Taiwan’s Secret Coastal Town
All the great things you hear about Taiwan are true—from being one of the most underrated tourist spots in Asia to how well their government runs the island independent from China. For most people who have been to Taiwan, you probably started in the capital of Taipei and took side trips to nearby districts like […]
An Overcast Morning in Bagasbas Beach
The last time I was here was back in 2011. I had just visited the virgin island of Calaguas and our tour package included a stopover in Bagasbas beach for surfing lessons. Before that, my last visit was back in the ’90s when my grandparents, Belen and Vergel, were still alive and residing in Daet, Camariñes […]
Surf’s Up—Water Not Included
If you flip through travel magazines that talk about the top things to do in Ilocos Norte, Philippines, you’ll most likely see Paoay Sand Dunes on the list. One of the place’s selling points is that a number of movies have been filmed there, including Tom Cruise’s 1989 movie, Born on the Fourth of July, […]
Bagasbas: Then and Now
Before my Calaguas trip two weekends ago, the last time I had been to Daet, Camariñes Norte was in 1995. My mother was born and raised in Daet, and we would go there to visit my grandparents when I was a little girl. I remember how my late lola (grandmother) and lolo (grandfather) would take […]