About Touristang Pobre

Hi, I am the Touristang Pobre which literally means a poor tourist. 

That is how I looked at myself in 2013 when I started blogging my travels from Philadelphia, U.S.A. I started to name my Blog Site as - Touristang Pobre. Few years later, a few Vlog Sites or Youtubers called their sites Touristang Pobre. But the original TP is the one I created in 2013 here in the United States. 

"Pobre" means that I do not have enough money to spend for my travels. So, I looked forward to the time when a family member will invite me to join them to a travel destination for free. Most of my Blogs were the product of this kind of arrangement, so to speak. There are times when I go as a solo backpacker. 

My blog site is just simple.  I lack the expertise of IT, so, I just write, post pictures, and share it with my friends and some followers all over the Philippines and from all over.  

 If you like the places that I feature on my blog site, please follow me on Touristang Pobre Facebook page, like my FB page, and share my blog with your friends.  Have a nice day. 

It's me, Henry, your Filipino American travel blogger. 

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 TP looks at the horizon towards the Philippines.  The island on the left is Cocos Island, Guam, U.S.A.  The photo was taken at the Port of Merizo, Southern Guam Island. Other than Saipan, Cocos Island is very popular among tourists.  There is a boat service between Merizo and Cocos Island.  The fare is $25.00. 

 Fort William Henry is a British Fort named after a British Prince.  It is located on the Southern end of Lake George, State of New York.  

 TP joins his daughter and her family on a cruise to the islands of Bermuda.  It is a British Colony in the Atlantic Ocean.  The Norwegian Cruise Line docks at the port of New York City, along the Hudson River. This photo, however, was taken at the Heritage Wharf, Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda.

TP tries riding a water buffalo called a Carabao.  Big John shows two big thumbs up.  Sorry, Big John passed away, I guess, last year, 2016.  This photo was taken at the Fort of Nuestra Senora de la Soledad at Umatac Township, Guam Island, U.S.A. This part of Umatac Bay is where the ships of the famous Mexico-Manila Galleon Trade used to dock.  The bay is also the spot where Ferdinand Magellan docked his ship on March 6, 1521.  This is a well-recorded and a celebrated event here in Umatac. 

Now, this is Touristang Pobre.  For him he wants to travel for as long as he can and while his bones, his feet are strong enough to carry him wherever he wants to go to explore new places that he has never been to.  Yet, he remains "pobre" because he has no source of income to finance his travels. He only depends on "freebies" or "free rides" from family and friends.  

So, now you know why he is a poor tourist or traveler?  A Touristang Pobre, indeed...

Finally, he would like to sincerely thank you for following his travel blog - The Touristang Pobre.

According to one writer, the world is like a book, if you have not traveled, you only read a few pages.  

 The top photo shows the author (5th from left) with his classmates from the University at Canberra during their educational tour of Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre in Canberra City, the capital of Australia.

 The photo above shows the author sipping coffee in his room the morning after a day-tour of Yosemite National Park in the Western Sierra Nevada of Central California.
Hereunder, the author took a souvenir picture with El Capitan, a huge rock which is composed entirely of pale, coarse-grained granite emplaced* 100 MYA (million years ago).
*place or fixed in this site a long time ago.

Below are the blooming flowers at the Holland Farms in his hometown in New Jersey, U.S.A.

Can you name this flower? 

Every time I see the Sunflower, I remember the movie of the same title starring Sofia Loren. In the movie, she was searching for her lost husband who went to war and was missing in action in Russia during the second world war. Tani, wala na guerra nu? Libre kita manga buhi, lagaw, paligo sa suba, swimming sa higad baybay, spear fishing, boating, camping and bonfire kon gab-i, o di ba, tawhay lang? 

Photo above and below was shot in Boracay Island, Philippines. I stayed for free at Red Coconut Beach Hotel. Red Coconut has a website for your reference, hereunder: 

Red Coconut Beach Hotel | The Yes Hotel!

 It's the author enjoying the afternoon on the beachfront at Siargao Island, Philippines.
Hereunder, he just disembarked from the Outrigger boat at Entalula Island, El Nido, Palawan.

At Christmas Tree Island ba ang sabi mo? 

 Cambugahay Falls and doing the "Tarzan" is one of the attractions in Siquijor Island, Negros Oriental.

 The local residents and caretaker of Mactang Beach at Camotes Islands.

Mactang Beach is where Lapu-Lapu and the rest of this family members lived before and during the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. It was here where an excavation team found several war artifacts and the lone skeleton of a caucasian man with long legs and arms. The year was 1970, I guess. Whose bone remains would that be? 

 Touristang Pobre took this photo of the Statue of Liberty while onboard the Norwegian Cruise Line - Breakaway en route to Bermuda Island in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Have a good day.  "Hafa Adai" everyone. 

Updated on March 3, 2018.
Updated on March 2, 2020.
Updated on June 8, 2020.

Updated on August 1, 2023.

 Sibulan Port connects Southern Cebu to Dumaguete City. 

 Davao City Kadayawan Festival. 

 Homestay at Apo Island, the haven of Scuba Divers. 

Caliclic Beach, Samal Island. 

Cooking lunch at Apo Island, Negros Oriental.

Temple of Leah, Cebu 

 Cloud 9, Siargao Island the home of the International Surfing Competition. 

This viewing deck was destroyed by Typhoon Rai or Odette on December 16, 2021. 

 Below is the photo of the workshop of Bibingka making at Siquijor Island, Philippines. 

Fuerza de Santa Isabel or "Kuta" 

 Aztec design Chapel, 1667, by the Augustinian Recollects Fathers, at Taytay, Palawan. 

 The steamer Minne Ha Ha at Lake George, New York State. 

Shown below is the homemade Cannon at Bago City Festival.

 Lapu-Lapu Monument. This Cebuano Chieftain killed Magellan in the Battle of Mactan

on April 27, 1521. 

 An old house and a beach in Manapla, Philippines. 

The Gaston Mansion at Hacienda Rosalia in Manapla, Negros Occidental is the setting of the movie - "Oro, Plata, Mata" directed by Peque Gallaga. 

(Photo by Henry Libo-on)

 St. George's Town, Bermuda Island. 

 JFK Plaza, Philadelphia. 

 Lunchtime at May's Garden, featuring the black rice and local delicacies, Bacolod City, Philippines. 

 

The Peacock greets us upon our arrival at the Bantug Ranch, Alangilan, Bacolod City, Philippines. 

We just pass by to have coffee with my family. 

 The Angry Christ mural at the St. Joseph's Chapel, Victorias City, Philippines. 

This mural was executed by Alfonso Ossorio, whose father owns Victorias Milling Company before it was taken over by the succeeding owners. 

The photo below shows the Veterans Park, Washington, D.C. 

 An old School House at Boljoon, Cebu, Philippines. 

The photo below shows the Prayer House at The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Maryland, U.S.A.

 Our Outrigger Boat is approaching the beach of Malapascua Island, the home of the Thresher Shark and the best scuba dive spots in Cebu, Philippines. 

 The view from my hotel room showing the Taal Volcano that had a phreatic eruption on January 12, 2020. 

 I had a tour of the Princeton University in New Jersey, U.S.A.

The photo below shows the Tourist Visitors Area in Lake George, Upstate New York.

 A park in Montreal Canada. Shown below is the Notre Dame Basilica. 

 Holland Farm, New Jersey. 

My granddaughter enjoys her first horse ride. 

The photo below shows the Sunset at Mussel Rock, Daly City, California. 

Pier 39 along the Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA.

One of the old streets in Montreal, Canada. 

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Pyramid of Kukulkan, Chichen Itza, Mexico. 

The photo was taken from my iPhone. 

All photos by Henry Libo-on, the Touristang Pobre. 

May 18, 2020.

Reviewed on July 20, 2021.

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A Traveling Spirit by Daniel Kadawatha 

Source: Epidemic Acoustic 

from Youtube

More about Touristang Pobre

Prior to becoming a Blogger and Solo Backpacker, he was a City Planning Officer of the city government of his hometown. During his spare time, he travels around the Visayas - Mindanao regions of the Philippines as a travel writer of What's On (In the Visayas and Mindanao), a travel guide for tourists. The magazine is distributed in high travel areas of Cebu and the Visayas Mindanao region - hotels, resorts, bars and restaurants, and airports among others. He was a former member of the Negros Press Club, one of the oldest if not the oldest press clubs in the Philippines. 

At one point, he was a college instructor and professor in the college of nursing and master in nursing of one of the biggest medical centers in his hometown. 

He was exposed to government administration as a former personal assistant to the governor of Negros Occidental, and later on mayor of Bacolod City, Honorable Alfredo L. Montelibano, Jr. 

He is a graduate of AB Psychology, a master's degree in education major in Guidance & Counseling and studied a short course on Designing Sustainable Development under the master's in urban management program in the University of Canberra, Australia. 

As a member of his community, he was the past president of the Blue & Gold Alumni Association of Occidental Negros Institute and University of Negros Occidental (Recoletos). 

He's now a travel blogger and writer with an unpublished book and another book, a work in progress. 

Please enjoy your day as you read the story of my travels and experiences of few places that I visited. Salamat po'.  

Have a nice day. 

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Just arrived on Nogas Island. 

My island for a day. 

Wala tawo, mga tamawo lang, haha. 

Kag lima ka kuring. I wonder how they survived on the island. 

Wadering by Frank Sinatra 

Source: Cosimodills from YouTube