Our Travel Plan

The general idea is to take a leisure drive to Los Banos, Laguna in Luzon Island from Davao City in the Mindanao Island, spend most of the vacation time in Luzon, and then drive back through the opposite side of the country.

We will go north via the Eastern Nautical Highway through Leyte and Samar islands, and Bicol region.  This is the same route taken by Philtranco buses that ply the Manila-Davao route.  On our way back sometime in May, we'll be going through the other side of the country via the Western Nautical Highway...hopping to Mindoro from Batangas, then to Panay Island (where Boracay is located), then to Negros Island, and finally back in Mindanao entering Zamboanga del Norte in the northwesternmost tip. This means we had to ride the ferry that connects the islands six times during the trip.

While in Luzon, we'll explore the Southern Tagalog provinces of Laguna, Batangas, Cavite, Quezon and Rizal; some Metro Manila tourist destinations; Central Luzon particularly Tarlac and Pampanga; and Northern Luzon, especially Pangasinan, Benguet and Isabela.

To learn a little more details about the trip, read Mama Sez's The Countdown Begins or view the Travel Map and/or Travel Calendar.

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