2014 was the year that I finally went crazy and left the comfort of traveling within the Philippines. I’ve been to a few countries before, but this year saw me setting foot on quite a handful of Asian nations. It’s also the year where I broke my own record of traveling for the longest period in one go—twenty five days. It’s nothing earthshaking compared to other veteran travelers, but yeah, it’s still something for me.

The year has been a fruitful one; breaking through the travel magazine industry and having some of my photos on print regularly, winning a few photography awards, getting a Bloscar nod for my blog, and finally hitting the two million page-view mark for Lakad Pilipinas. 

Five countries around Asia, nineteen provinces in the Philippines, one hundred twenty nine days of traveling, forty thousand images, an innumerable amount of beer and endless wads of money on souvenirs and whatnots. Allow me to relive the year that was on something that’s now a constant on my travels; the phone-shot, low-fi, squared, filtered, uploaded on-the-spot—Lakad Pilipinas Instagram.

 

   JANUARY BATANES  KUALA LUMPUR

  FEBRUARY  SIEM REAP  KUALA LUMPUR  ZAMBALES  BENGUET  MOUNTAIN PROVINCE  
  IFUGAO  BATANGAS  PENANG  TARLAC

  MARCH  METRO MANILA  CAVITE

   APRIL  IFUGAO  MOUNTAIN PROVINCE  BENGUET  PAMPANGA  KUALA LUMPUR  KATHMANDU
   DHULIKHEL  BHAKTAPUR  POKHARA

   MAY  KATHMANDU  BANGKOK  PATTAYA  AYUTTHAYA  SIEM REAP  HO CHI MINH
   PALAWAN  PANGASINAN

   JUNE  CAVITE  BOHOL

   JULY  PANGASINAN

   AUGUST  ILOCOS SUR  BANGKOK  CHIANG MAI  PALAWAN

   SEPTEMBER  LAGUNA

   OCTOBER  ISABELA  CAGAYAN

   NOVEMBER  PALAWAN  KOTA KINABALU  BENGUET

   DECEMBER  PAMPANGA  BENGUET  QUIRINO  LAGUNA  ROMBLON