The article I wrote about our household trip to Zamboanga Metropolis was the quilt story within the June 2024 difficulty of Cebu Pacific’s Smile Journal.
The characteristic Native Shade was based mostly on a household journey I took with my senior mother and father and my sister’s household, together with two youngsters (underneath 5 years previous and a tween) to Zamboanga Metropolis flying through the Philippines low-cost airline.
For the 9-page article unfold, the journal used pictures taken by photographer Zach Aldave with fashions showcasing the landmarks and vacationer spots round Zamboanga. I like the difficulty’s cowl taken outdoors the Rainbow Mosque!
Zamboanga is one among my favourite locations in Mindanao due to its vibrant tradition, distinctive sights and scrumptious meals. I’ve had the possibility to journey right here a number of occasions up to now decade to cowl festivals just like the Regatta de Zamboanga, La Hermosa Pageant and island-hopping excursions. Zamboanga can also be the jump-off level to Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, a sequence of islands within the southwestern Philippines geographically near Borneo.
Selecting a vacation spot that the entire household can take pleasure in could be a difficult affair. Zamboanga isn’t your typical top-of-mind vacation spot for a family-friendly vacation. However my mother wished to go to a brand new native vacation spot she hadn’t been to and Zamboanga’s mixture of tradition, historical past, a little bit of the seaside, outside sights, meals and buying, provided one thing for everybody.
This was the primary time my mother and sister traveled to Zamboanga Metropolis and the primary time my nephews bought to go to Mindanao. I bought to plan our itinerary, suggest actions and choose the greatest eating places in Zamboanga I believed they’d take pleasure in essentially the most.
Within the characteristic article, I recounted a number of the memorable moments from our vacation and shared different high ideas for household journey in Zamboanga Metropolis.
I used to be additionally requested to reply “What’s your greatest tip for ensuring household holidays are enjoyable?” within the featured contributor’s part. What I shared can apply to household journey in any vacation spot since totally different members have diversified pursuits, journey kinds and vitality ranges.
“Be versatile. Don’t pack in too many actions and allot downtime for seniors to relaxation. Household journey shouldn’t revolve round visiting each single landmark. Agree to separate up for some actions relying in your pursuits, however meet up for shared meals and leisure actions for high quality bonding time.”
You possibly can learn the complete article Native Shade within the on-line model of Smile Journal’s June 2024 difficulty.
