Enzo's Travel Journals

Last week, I featured my incoming flight to Cagayan de Oro, as well as my trip to the largest city in northern Mindanao. After spending a long weekend there, I flew on Cebu Pacific onboard their Airbus A321ceo back to Manila. This review focuses on the CEO  version, not the newer NEO  version. Notes: This is a personal blog on our travel experience and is neither promoted nor endorsed by Cebu Pacific. This is a three-part series of my trip to Cagayan de Oro; this is the third part, click here for Parts 1 (incoming flight) and 2 (main trip) .

Cagayan de Oro is an urbanized city in northern Mindanao, renowned as the “City of Golden Friendship” and the “White Water Rafting Capital of the Philippines”. While being a popular destination for water activities, there are several tourist attractions that you can visit during your trip; here are some attractions that I visited during my Independence Day long weekend trip there and my first trip to Mindanao. Notes:   DISCLAIMER:  This list does NOT feature ALL possible attractions; only the ones that I actually visited are featured here. This is a three-part series of my trip to Cagayan de Oro; this is the second part, click here for Parts 1 (incoming flight) and 3 (return flight) .

Cebu Pacific is a low-cost airline that has long been featured on Enzo's Travel Journals since its inception in June 2024. Now on its 30th year of operation, it has continued to fly millions of passengers affordably from the Philippines to anywhere in the world. And this year, it flew me to Mindanao for the first time, specifically to Cagayan de Oro in the northern part of the country's second-largest airline. How does it feel flying with them again after 1.5 years ? Notes: This is a personal blog on our travel experience and is neither promoted nor endorsed by Cebu Pacific. This is a three-part series of my trip to Cagayan de Oro; this is the first part, click here for Parts 2 (main trip) and 3 (return flight) .

Dear travelers, subscribers of my YouTube channel, and random viewers of this blog. This is Enzo Pentinio, announcing an important update on my channel and blog. 2026 offseason announcement On the afternoon of July 31, 2026, Enzo's Travel Journals will go on hiatus after the last video is published on that date. This is for me to prepare for a more rigid environment for my freshman year in college. I know that this channel had only been active recently, but I need to prepare for something far more important than my content-creating duties at the moment. College life is different than high school life. Most of the things that you enjoy during your younger years are gradually fading, like frequent trips that I have been embarking on just to produce social media-worthy content. With me being enrolled at a university with a very  rigid schedule, the number of vacation days that I would usually have is now limited to just Christmas, Holy Week, and a two-week period in the latter half of...

I'm back yet again on AirAsia for a round trip from Manila to Cebu and back. How does it feel to fly with the world's best low-cost carrier again? AirAsia is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline with subsidiaries in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Cambodia. Founded in 1993 and commencing operations in 1996, it was purchased by Tune Group in 2001. It has been hailed by Skytrax as the world's best low-cost airline for more than a decade running since 2009. We booked our flights with this airline to Cebu, a popular destination in central Philippines. Note: This is a personal blog on our travel experience and is neither promoted nor endorsed by AirAsia.

After spending a fruitful time in Japan, it's time for me to return home on All Nippon Airways onboard their Boeing 787-8 to Manila, Philippines. This was the last of four flights onboard the world's fifth-best airline and Japan's longest five-star airline. Notes: This is a personal blog on our travel experience and is neither promoted nor endorsed by ANA. Exchange rates between currencies are as of May 2026: USD1 = PHP 61 and 159 JPY.

There’s a town west of Tokyo that is worth visiting. That’s Hakone , which is known for its hot springs, unique attractions, and (during clear weather) spectacular views of Mount Fuji. But what is it like to visit this town during such foggy weather?

After having a fun time in Hokkaido, it’s time to hop on the world’s second-busiest flight route to Tokyo Haneda. Does All Nippon Airways still satisfy our trip even while flying domestic? Come with me and explore something that I rarely hop on: widebody DOMESTIC flights  overseas. Notes: This is a personal blog on our travel experience and is neither promoted nor endorsed by ANA. Exchange rates between currencies are as of May 2026: USD1 = PHP 61 and 159 JPY.

Hokkaido is one of the most popular attractions in Japan. I’m sure you know about the Sapporo Snow Festival, which takes place every February at this park that I’m currently showing on screen, but did you know that there are other attractions that we visited on not one, but two countryside tours? Let’s hop on.