Widening your Horizons through Travel

Everyday we are too busy making a living for life and fail to remember that life has a deeper meaning. We are not just called to stay in one purpose but also to widen our horizons.  

As people, we can easily get stuck in a routine. Routine is easy, safe and nice. However, when you get out of that routine, that is when the adventure really begins. Getting to know other people and their culture is opening your self up to experiences that ultimately inspired you for a better person. 

Some people say it's expensive to travel and yes, it's true. Travelling cost so much. Therefore to encourage you; I will not say make a bucket list for your travels but instead try making plans to travel even once in your life. Set aside some budget for the place you ever wanted to visit. Make plan for a short term adventure and find it out what will happens next.  

Travelling once in your life won't make you stop there. A traveler's saying, "once you have traveled, a voyage never ends. The mind can never break off from the journey." I think this is so true because once you have tasted a good savor you want to taste it again. This world is beautiful and when traveling, you get to see even more of its beauty. When you travel enjoy the journey like there is no tomorrow.

To travel is living your life to the fullest. It is having an adventure that creates a memorable experiences. It's selfless. Life is too short to be anything but happy.

Balicasag Island, Panglao Bohol
Photographed by: Anne Ruiz

Good to be home

Some people say, there is no place like home. And yes, it's really good to be home. I am living miles away from my home town because of my job, which takes eight hours by a ferry boat and forty five minutes by plane to reach our town. But when I want to visit my family,  most of the time I took the ferry boat rather than taking the airplane because it's more cheaper. And I think it is more challenging too. 

Rice field at Titunod, Kolambugan Lanao del Norte
Photographed by Anne Ruiz

Living away from your own town especially for a year, will make you a stranger when you come home. Maybe because of many changes like, new establishments around the town, or probably you have new neighbors. 

Sunrise at Kolambugan's Wharf
Photographed by Anne Ruiz

Our home town is not actually a well known place to everyone even to our very own country. It's a small town with a population of 27,005. It's not even desirable for a tourist destination, and the way of living is very simple. And eight years ago the place were attacked by the rebels and it cause  so much damages. So some of the people from the town flee away to find a better way of living, and some other people just decided to stay. Kolambugan is one hour away from Iligan City and thirty minutes away from Ozamis City. 

However, the last time I visited our town was to see my family and to attend an important event. But every time I get home, as a nature lover, I always wanted to go to the wharf to see the sunset or the sunrise and take a photograph of the beautiful view. For me, our town even it is not so popular for a tourist destination, we have one of the best view of the sunsets and the sunrises in the world just like other places. It has different colors and portrays it perfectly. As long as it is not rainy season, our town is covered by a brilliant sunlight of the sunrises or of the sunsets. And this light gives hope everyday to the people who are living there. So when you are living away from your home town and wish to visit, try to discover what's best in your place.

Sunset at Kolambugan's Wharf
Photographed by Anne Ruiz