Halfway in Thirty: Tracing The Blue Rider’s Trail

Before reaching 30 I vowed to my self that I will set foot on half of the provinces of the Philippine Archipelago. As I looked back, I can only smile and feel grateful that I was able to reach it within my set timeframe and more…

Here’s what I have traveled so far in chronological order:

Rank	Province	Region	Island Group	Place/s Visited	First Landing Date
1	Negros Occidental	Region VI	Visayas	Province Wide	Since Birth
2	Cebu	Region VII	Visayas	Bantayan Island	April 2009
3	Guimaras	Region VI	Visayas	Guimaras Island	July 2009
4	Aklan	Region VI	Visayas	Boracay Island	September 2009
5	Siquijor	Region VII	Visayas	Siquijor Island	March 2010
6	Metro Manila	NCR	Luzon	Multi City	April 2010
7	Baguio	CAR	Luzon	Baguio, La Trinidad	April 2010
8	Cavite	Region IV-A	Luzon	Tagaytay City	August 2010
9	Laguna	Region IV-A	Luzon	Sta Rosa (E.K)	August 2010
10	Zambales	Region III	Luzon	Subic	August 2010
11	Bulacan	Region III	Luzon	Bulacan	June 2011
12	Pangasinan	Region I	Luzon	Alaminos	August 2011
13	Ilocos Sur	Region I	Luzon	Vigan City	February 2012
14	Ilocos Norte	Region I	Luzon	Laoag City, Pagudpud	February 2012
15	Iloilo	Region VI	Visayas	Isla de Gigantes; Iloilo City	June 2012
16	Capiz	Region VI	Visayas	Dumalag and Pres Roxas	June 2012
17	Misamis Oriental	Region X	Mindanao	Cagayan de Oro	November 2012
18	Camiguin	Region X	Mindanao	Camiguin Island	November 2012
19	Bohol	Region VII	Visayas	Bohol Island	May 2013
20	Batangas	Region IV-A	Luzon	Laiya	June 2013
21	Quezon	Region IV-A	Luzon	Lucban, Lucena City	August 2013
22	Palawan	Region IV-B	Luzon	Puerto Princesa City	January 2014
23	Ifugao	CAR	Luzon	Banaue	February 2014
24	Mountain Province	CAR	Luzon	Sagada	February 2014
25	Tarlac	Region III	Luzon	Tarlac City	February 2014
26	Aurora	Region III	Luzon	Baler, Maria Aurora	February 2014
27	Nueva Ecija	Region III	Luzon	Pantabangan	February 2014
28	Camarines Sur	Region V	Luzon	Naga City, Caramoan	March 2014
29	Albay	Region V	Luzon	Legazpi City	March 2014
30	Camarines Norte	Region V	Luzon	Calaguas Island	May 2014
31	Negros Oriental	Region VII	Visayas	Dumaguete City, Bais City	May 2014
32	Rizal	Region IV-A	Luzon	Antipolo City	May 2014
33	Oriental Mindoro	Region IV-B	Luzon	Puerto Galera White Beach	June 2014
34	Leyte	Region VIII	Visayas	Tacloban City, Kalanggaman Island	June 2014
35	Bukidnon	Region X	Mindanao	Malaybalay, Manolo Fortich	July 2014
36	Sultan Kudarat	Region XII	Mindanao	Tacurong	July 2014
37	Cotabato	Region XII	Mindanao	Cotabato City	July 2014
38	Lanao del Norte	Region X	Mindanao	Iligan City	July 2014
39	Occidental Mindoro	Region IV-B	Luzon	Apo Reef, Sablayan	July 2014
40	Bataan	Region III	Luzon	Multi Destination	July 2014
41	Saranggani	Region XII	Mindanao	Glan	August 2014

42	South Cotabato	Region XII	Mindanao	General Santos City	August 2014
43	Davao del Sur	Region XI	Mindanao	Davao City	August 2014
44	Davao del Norte	Region XI	Mindanao	Samal Island	August 2014

The ones in Red were Solo Backpacking trips. 20 out of the 44 Provinces visited are all Solo Flighted DIY trips :)

Thank you to everyone who made these trips possible.

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