Traveling light
My irregular trips to Masbate have lasted from three days to three weeks, and I have always wanted to pack as light as I could even during a three-week stay. I’d like to be able to pack lightly in something I could get from Eagle Creek luggage, especially something like the Eagle Creek Exploration 2 ORV Gear Bag. But I have traveled either with a big bag that contained too much and was far too heavy, or one that was light but could not contain everything I needed without necessitating a second bag.
There must be some skill involved in packing, and it’s something that apparently I don’t have 
Back in the mountains
Going to Masbate for me isn’t as exciting as rv camping but then again, it’s not exactly slumming either. I get free meals, a bed to sleep in inside an air conditioned room. Comfortable vans to take me where I need to be in the day and internet connection in specified places. For places that there is no structured internet, there is the office WeRoam card. Not exactly the best way to get on the internet in the mountains, but it does quite well actually, in the cities. I’m not really sure when my utter dependence on the internet started, but in my work internet addiction happens to be a plus.
Shooting Laguna
A couple of weekends ago the D60KREW went on a Laguna expedition. Fifteen Nikonians all armed with D60’s stomped across several cities in the southern province to take pictures, learn from each other and discover the wonders that our cameras can help us make. Most of us stuffed ourselves in a non-aircon van (not the best of travel deals but it was really affordable). We made stops at Calamba, Los Banos, Makiling, Nagcarlan, Pila and Liliw.
The Vistro Pensionne
The Vistro Pensionne was where Maui and I stayed last weekend in Baguio. The Vistro is actually a large house that has been converted into a pension house. It sits quite conveniently at a stone’s throw away from the Victory Liner terminal, just a step away from the blue and expensive Microtel. The Vistro offers clean and spacious rooms for very reasonable prices. Guests can share the living room and the kitchen, where the kitchen faucets are shiny and never run out of water. The photos you see above are of the front entrance to Vistro and the room where Maui and I stayed, for P1,500 a night.
Some may say that one can get lower daily rates in other places in Baguio, but the Vistro’s location—walking distance to practically everywhere in the city—more than makes up for the above average rate.
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