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Wanderlust is contagious, thanks to envy-inducing travel photography, .
Where the Water Remembers: Returning to Sagpulon Falls Eight Months Later
Some places impress us immediately. Others become meaningful only after we return. For me, Sagpulon Falls became both. I first visited the waterfall on February 17, 2026, together with colleagues. It was Chinese New Year, and because we had no work that day, the holiday gave us an opportunity to leave our usual routine behind and explore another corner of Misamis Oriental.
By Domingo Añasco-Gaces Samontina, Jr.about 18 hours ago in Wander
Where The Day Meets the Bay
Abstract This visual research article examines a personal photographic record of sunsets observed across Tagoloan and Cagayan de Oro in Misamis Oriental. The collection was assembled during the author’s first year in the province after arriving on 13 December 2025 for an assignment as a Consultant Document Controller on a major infrastructure project. Using repeated, place-based observation and visual description, the article considers how sunset changes the perception of six environments: Paco Beach in Barangay Gracia, Poblacion in Tagoloan, the Mindanao Container Terminal area, Puerto, the Cagayan de Oro Coastal Road, and Malaiba in Barangay Casinglot. The images reveal a recurring relationship among sky, water, industry, settlement, and movement. Rather than presenting a controlled atmospheric-science study, the work is framed as reflective visual inquiry: a documented encounter with place, supported by geographic and coastal context. The central finding is that sunset is not merely a scenic background. It becomes a daily lens through which working landscapes, shorelines, roads, and communities can be seen as one connected regional environment.
By Domingo Añasco-Gaces Samontina, Jr.4 days ago in Wander
Beyond the City: A Highland Visit to Hiraya Farm Escape
On April 9, 2026 , during the Philippine holiday commemorating Day of Valor , our Consultant Team traded our usual workday surroundings for the cool highlands of Claveria, Misamis Oriental. Our destination was Hiraya Farm Escape , a countryside leisure and adventure destination in Claveria.
By Domingo Añasco-Gaces Samontina, Jr.4 days ago in Wander
Downeast. Runner-Up in Twenty-Four Hours Challenge.
For as long as I can remember, my family has gone up to Branch Lake in Ellsworth, Maine for some amount of the summer. My grandparents owned a camp there and my mother spent much of her childhood there. My family rented a camp for a period of time each summer before purchasing our own.
By Raistlin Allen2 months ago in Wander
My Day, My Way. Runner-Up in Twenty-Four Hours Challenge.
Want to spend a day with me? Let’s see what my perfect twenty-four hours look like. I’m retired, so I’ll stay in bed until I feel like getting up. When I wake up, I will doze for a bit before waking again. Then I’ll lie there a while, letting random thoughts float through my mind. After reciting what day it is, I'll decide the order of my perfect day. I won’t make myself get up early and get busy. I will move slowly and deliberately, breathing deeply. When I get out of bed, I must first push up the blackout shades; then the glorious morning greets me through the window.
By Andrea Corwin 2 months ago in Wander
"There Are Wolves Up There!"
My professor friend K and I went for a hike to the mountains around the town of Mestia in Svaneti, the highest region in Georgia. We wanted to see the Koruldi Lakes near the glacier at the foot of the two-peak Ushba mountain of the Greater Caucasus Range separating Georgia and Russia.
By Lana V Lynx3 months ago in Wander
A Day In Settle
Introduction Settle is a favourite holiday haunt of ours. The first time we stayed we brought a car. It was parked, and it never moved til we left. Since then we have stayed for a week or two each year, getting there by train from Newcastle to Carlisle, then Carlisle to Settle over the Ribblehead Viaduct.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 months ago in Wander
