by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Camiguin timelapse. Camiguin is a pearl- shaped island located in the Northern Mindanao Region with a total land area of 238 square kilometers. It is a small mountainous Island with volcanic origins and home to seven volcanoes and other mountains, no wonder it is...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites, Travel Guides
El Nido, gem of the world’s most beautiful island: Palawan. I was excited to go back to the Philippines after a two-month break in my home country in the Netherlands because I knew that I’ll be visiting the most scenic island of the Philippines which would mean a...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites, Travel Guides
Why El Nido island hopping is best done on a private boat trip. El Nido, Palawan was dubbed as the best island in the Philippines and the 6th top destination in the world by Tripadvisor for 2016. And it lives up to anyone’s expectations – the unique and stunning...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites, Travel Guides
Nacpan Beach at El Nido is named top 10 best beaches in the world. Here’s why: Hailed as one of the best beaches in the world by Tripadvisor, Nacpan beach is truly a must-see and worth a detour when visiting El Nido. Located north of El Nido, the landscape in itself...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Guides
Visiting Honda Bay, Philippines. Things have changed over the last years and they’re becoming very focused on the tourist game now in Palawan, learning the ‘trick’ from the rest of the world. Can’t blame them. The port where you...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Photography Tips, Travel Blog
Light-painting with neon lights and fireworks on Guyam island. Shooting the light-painting shot I decided to go to my favourite location here for the last time (I’m leaving), the deserted Guyam island. Earlier this year, I shot a fire dancer under the...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog
Visiting Apo island, Philippines. Apo Island is a marine sanctuary that cradles diverse marine animals, colorful corals, and plenty of turtles that swim freely in its waters. We decided to head there for a quick detour after our trip in Oslob before we explore the...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites, Travel Guides
Travel guide to Siquijor, Philippines. Siquijor has been known in the Philippines as the island shrouded in mystery. Mention Siquijor and most of the Filipinos will think of witches, love potions, vampires, animal sacrifices, and paper dolls dancing by themselves....
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites, Travel Guides
Travel guide to Bohol, Philippines. Bohol is a small island where one of the Earth’s most unique landscapes, the Chocolate Hills, and the world’s smallest primate, the Tarsier, are found. Not only that, though, Bohol also boasts white sand beaches, man-made forest,...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites, Travel Guides
Travel guide to Camiguin, Philippines. Camiguin Island has always been on my list of places to see and photograph, knowing that it is an island which is gifted with almost everything in it – volcanoes, mountains, hot springs, cold springs, smaller island off its coast...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites, Travel Guides
The ultimate travel guide to Siargao, Philippines. Siargao Island is one of the ‘hidden’ gems of the Philippines and most definitely one of the underrated islands in the country. It is relatively popular to surfers as it is the Surfing capital of the Philippines....
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites
Siargao time lapse trilogy captures the islands and skies throughout the day. About Siargao Island Siargao Island is the surfing capital of Philippines. It is for good reason that the international surfing competitions are held here every year. The island has a...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Photography Tips, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites
Capturing fire dancer Jay at Guyam island. Recently I took a time lapse at Guyam island (a beautiful small deserted island 2 miles from Siargao island) with the Milky Way in the background. A few weeks before I took long exposure photos of a local fire dancer,...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog
Update! It’s been a bit too quiet from my side lately, sorry for that, but I’ll give you a quick update from Siargao about what’s been going on. New posts about the locations I’ve visited will be online soon. So after my last update about Batanes I made my way south...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog
I am back again in the lands of internet. I extended my stay in heavenly Batanes as I got stranded at Itbayat because of the weather and wanted some more time to spend on Batan island. It turned out more rainy than I expected, so quite a few days were ‘lost’. I...
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