About me and the blog

"What's up, travelers! I'm Enzo, and welcome to my Travel Journals!" In almost all my YouTube videos, I would do this familiar intro for my viewers to remember that they are going into an adventure through my travel videos on YouTube. But you may be wondering, how would such a young boy make his way in publishing his own blog showcasing his travel journals?

I'm Enzo Pentinio, and let's dive into my beginnings as a young content creator before I made my own blog which stands today.

My humble beginnings as an editor

Back in 2011, my parents taught me how to use the camera and take pictures and videos. I was using the old Nokia cellphone of my father; I would tend to borrow my parents' phones to take such forms of media, since I was a young kid back then. I thought to myself then that this was a whole new world, and it was for me.

In 2014, I would borrow my mom's old BlackBerry phone and used its "Story Maker" video editor to make compilations of my media files into one video. In 2015, I started recording videos using my mom’s former Samsung Galaxy Note 4.

Entering the world of YouTube

Fast forward to July 29, 2017, when I created my YouTube channel for the first time. That same day, I uploaded my first-ever video at the now-closed KidZania Manila in Taguig City. This indoor theme park immersed young kids (including me in my younger years) to various real-life working jobs, including being a firefighter, a radio DJ or a news anchor, a restaurant worker, and other things more.

If you would be wondering if "Enzo's Travel Journals" was my only channel name, you'd be wrong. "The Vlogger Official" was my first name I used, but due to some of the words being used by other channels, I changed it a few years later; read more to learn more.

In February 2018, I launched an offshoot YouTube channel for the purpose of documenting my flight reviews. My first flight to Palawan on AirAsia, as well as the succeeding videos, attracted considerable interest from aviation geeks and other travel fans. I prematurely left my channel intact after a few months, with the last video being uploaded in June 2018.

2019 was a remarkable year for my channel. As I entered into the world of trainspotting, I reached 100 subscribers in October, which doubled by December. My growth continued until the COVID-19 pandemic, where I suddenly shut down my channel, supposedly for good, due to movement restrictions at the time. I then briefly restarted my uploads as my subscribers steadily increased, reaching 500 by July 2021, and 600 by April 2022.

A new era for my social media portfolio

Since I was merely uploading content for trains, I thought of plans to "diversify" my content. On August 5, 2023, I published plans for my YouTube channel to return to diversified content after four years. This would make my channel deviate from the regular content of uploading train videos for me to bring back aviation and travel content after four years.

I would later rename my channel as LMP Vlogs in the early hours of August 8. On the same day, I published my first blog on Blogger, lmpvlogs.blogspot.com. However, I took it down on February 27, 2024, because I thought that I chose a weird name for it. I then uploaded my travel videos in Bacolod, but soon after, by September, I suddenly stopped uploading videos indefinitely.

On November 17, 2023, I was motivated by Cebu Pacific flight attendant Aly, whom I talked with at the end of my flight to Tacloban. She told me to continue vlogging because according to her, I would make it big someday. But weirdly enough, I was still on indefinite hiatus, doubting on my plans for the future of my channel. I even thought of deleting my original channel because I once saw my content as "in disarray".

I made my final decision to retain my channel because of the large fan base I have. And since I also found the name "LMP Vlogs" as weird as well, I rebranded my channel to its current name, "Enzo’s Travel Journals", on June 30, 2024. On July 12, after an eleven-month hiatus, I restarted video uploads and tried a weekly upload scheme every Friday.

I create my videos using a pre-written script to ensure that proper pacing is followed throughout my video. To aid viewers, I have added subtitles on most of my videos, especially trip reports. I then thought of a standardized greeting per video, with "What's up, travelers! I'm Enzo, and welcome to my Travel Journals!" to start my video, and "And that wraps up another travel journal" before the end of my video.

The inception of this blog site

On July 29, I created this very blog site, enzothetraveler.blogspot.com. I then published my first post on August 8. However, production delays hampered my timeline but progressed shortly afterward.

Until January 2025, as part of promoting my rebranded channel and blog site to the workforce of the aviation industry, I promoted it to twenty-nine flight attendants from AirAsia, Philippine Airlines, and Cebu Pacific. I also promoted it to my classmates and close friends.

The main focus of this blog is traveling content, as well as my trip reports on my flights I embark on. Since I'm relatively new to Blogger, I'm focusing as well to further improve my site by adding some built-in features and make thematic adjustments to my site.

Subscribe to my YouTube channel, Enzo's Travel Journals, and visit my blog site to stay tuned for the next Travel Journal I'll publish.

View my other blogs!

Jeju Air: Affordable, but worth the price?

Back in September 2024, my mom, who, by the way, filmed this flight due to my school classes, booked a short weekend trip to Seoul, the capital of South Korea, a popular tourist hotspot in East Asia. Although I have featured Cebu Pacific and AirAsia more frequently in my blogs, this is the first time that I featured a low-cost carrier that some of you never heard of: Jeju Air . Jeju Air is South Korea’s first and largest low-cost airline. Operating an exclusive fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft, it flies to forty-one destinations around the Asia-Pacific region from its hubs at Gimpo International Airport and Incheon International Airport in Seoul, as well as Busan and Daegu. In the Philippines, it flies to Clark in Pampanga, as well as Manila, Cebu, and Bohol. Notes: This is a personal blog on our travel experience and is neither promoted nor endorsed by Jeju Air. The author of this blog did not board this flight. Rather, my mom represented me due to my school classes.

A morning flight to Tokyo-Narita on Philippine Airlines

For the third time, I traveled to Japan, but for the second consecutive time, I flew with our flag carrier, Philippine Airlines . It has been almost a year since I last flew with them to Nagoya in July 2024. Have they improved their service? Let's find out in this flight to Narita. Philippine Airlines is the flag carrier of the Philippines and also Asia's first and oldest airline (its long history dates back to 1941 and continues to shrine through until today!). Note: This is a personal blog on our travel experience and is neither promoted nor endorsed by Philippine Airlines.

Flying Cebu Pacific's Big Juan to Japan

On June 30, 2023, I flew on Cebu Pacific's Airbus A330 for the first time. Although my past low-cost flights are in narrow-body aircraft (like the A320/A321 to be exact, because I also flew with CEB in the past and AirAsia more recently ), this is the first time I flew no-frills on a wide-body—the A330. Note: This is a personal blog on our travel experience and is neither promoted nor endorsed by Cebu Pacific.

Panunulúyan: A harmonious play of Christmas

The Philippines is known for having the best (and longest) Christmas celebrations in the world. Our cherished traditions include Simbang Gabi and caroling of youth groups at neighborhoods. But did you know that we also have a unique Christmas tradition in this Southeast Asian archipelago? This is Panunulúyan , or Panulúyan in short, which is a dramatization of the events leading up to the first Christmas in Bethlehem, as well as the nativity scene itself. A lineup of the characters that led the Panunulúyan on the evening of Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024. Taken with permission. For this year, I traveled a hundred kilometers south of the capital Metro Manila to Ibaan , a small town in the province of Batangas , for our annual holiday visit with our family and some of my friends in the province. The Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. James the Greater , a Spanish colonial-era church founded in 1832, is the main focus of this blog...

Hosanna Filio David: Palm Sunday at the Manila Cathedral

At the beginning of Holy Week is Palm Sunday , in which the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem is commemorated. Holy Week is one of the most important and significant events of the Church, along with Easter, which is being commemorated at the end of this sacred and solemn week. During this day, churchgoers buy palm fronds from vendors, which are blessed by priests at various parishes. The Philippines is home to a large population professing the Catholic faith. Holy Week forms part of our centuries-long devotion to the Catholic Church, with many traditions near and far. Around 78 percent of the 100-million populace are Catholics. This 2025, I visited the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros to attend the first of four Masses that would be celebrated at the "Mother Church of the Philippines". Note: This is part of my 2025 Lenten and Holy Week Pilgrimage from April 13 to 20, 2025 . This is the first of four parts; see these links for Part 2 , Part...

Good Friday in Ibaan, Batangas: Senakulo and Processions

Perhaps Good Friday is the most solemn and somber day of the year for Christians. On this day, we commemorate the Crucifixion and Death of Jesus Christ . In the Philippines, we have our own tradition of Senákulo , dramatizing the events of the Passion using traditional scripts. Siete Palabras is a three-hour service reflecting on the Seven Last Words of Jesus. Finally, the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion starts at 3:00 p.m. In the evening some parishes conduct a procession, which culminates in the Rite of Burial. The Burial Procession on the evening of Good Friday For this year, I traveled a hundred kilometers south of the capital Metro Manila to Ibaan , a small town in the province of Batangas , for our annual Holy Week. The Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. James the Greater , a Spanish colonial-era church founded in 1832, is the main focus of this blog. Note: This is a continuation of my 2025 Lenten and Holy Week Pilgrimage fro...

Returning home on Philippine Airlines: Osaka-Kansai to Manila

After eight days in the Land of the Rising Sun, I flew on Philippine Airlines once again from Osaka in Western Japan back to the Philippines. This afternoon flight on an Airbus A321 was decent but read more to find out! Come and fly with me back home. Philippine Airlines is the flag carrier of the Philippines and also Asia's first and oldest airline (its long history dates back to 1941 and continues to shrine through until today!). Note: This is a personal blog on our travel experience and is neither promoted nor endorsed by Philippine Airlines.