HomeThe Beginning By Marcos Detourist on July 21, 2007Greetings,I’m Marcos, a 19 year-old nursing student. You might have known me through Explore Iloilo, a website that I founded a year ago.So what up with ambot-ah?Ambot-ah.com is my way of consolidating my online life and open up new opportunities for personal growth (daw medyo dalom bah ^^).I decided to use “Ambot-ah” for lack of a better name. I cant decide what appropriate term to name this site so I decided to use the term, which means “I don’t Know” in Hiligaynon.What will you expect to see at ambot-ah.com?The topics will be in broad spectrums and can be about anything. Most posts though will be centered upon the place where I live (Iloilo), my travels and adventures, photography, blogging and monetizing, electronic gadgets.Well I guess that’s it for now …Don’t leave yet. There’s more!Ambot-ah Major Redesign for 2010New year, time for a new life!Revisiting Boracay | April 2008Transitions and Getting My Life BackIncrease Your Blogging Productivity through Mind MappingMoving on to a New ChapterComments José Caratão saysJuly 25, 2007 at 5:42 amHi MarcosMy name is José Caratão and i live in Portugal, the famous place where your name once began.Caratão’s name dates back to 1785. What about that!Check in Google_earth position: 39º 35′ 18,44” N 7º 58′ 14,13” WThat’s where it all started.RegardsJosé riverwalker saysJuly 28, 2007 at 12:26 amchalan! kilala mo na ko a… hehe… basta kapal ako na ina.wahaha:) ahaha.. wow nagaupdate na ba.hmmmm…:) good luck… god bless pa gid a…hehe… shacra_shaeed saysAugust 24, 2007 at 8:18 pmnice… levi_pumaren saysAugust 27, 2007 at 12:04 amchy: Hello!!!!` kamusta ang mga kasimanwa. Presently, I am here in Saipan, CNMI, USA. Ang epekto sang pag nubo san ekonomiya nila ngahatag sang dalan para mag himo sila sang isa ka website para i-promote and ila mga tourist spots nahanungod sa ila isla, mga diving spots, caves, ruins of wars, etc. kag ang mga concerned nga mga pumuluyo nag himo sang tagsa-tagsa nga mga blogs para nga ma bolster ang ila turismo nga naga offer kag naga- akit (tagalog term, sorry, not so fluent in Ilonggo anymore) sang mga turista. Sa aton may ara man bala nga mga butang mga pareho sine, or is there such a website (aside from old churches) regarding tourist destinations in Iloilo that tells and shows and, so to say, sells our island, ILOILO to tourist around the world? (I know tourism helps a lot) . Pictures and discriptions of such tourist destinations, and hotels where tourist could stay and such other related tourist destinations or “bantog” nga mga butang, aside from dinagyang, and the famous place “boracay” nga daw amo lang man ina ang gina mitlang nila kon parte sa panay ang gina istorya?Their blogs here, with corresponding pictures and testimonies helped a lot. Tani may ara man sa aton mga mga amo sina nga ma butang. Pleas advise.Thank you. chymera00 saysAugust 27, 2007 at 10:08 pmHello levi, thanks for commenting on my blog.You can check out http://www.exploreiloilo.com , it’s where I post all my content about Iloilo. Just browse the site and I’m sure you’ll find a bit of what you’re looking for :D wein saysAugust 30, 2007 at 5:33 pmhello there marki would like to invite you to visit at SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGE ILOILO. we’re in zarraga. I think your quite familiar with our work – i wouldlike you to write something about this international NGO. do contact me, i think you’ve change your number also…09266722145.thanks and i hope to hear from you soon. wein mike saysJanuary 6, 2008 at 6:26 pmastig.=) Batang Lakwatsero saysSeptember 3, 2011 at 3:25 pmwow.. you started at young age too. astig. Marcos saysSeptember 7, 2011 at 5:44 pmoo … ikaw rin nga eh! I’m really happy na may community na ngayon for travel bloggers. It’s great to bounce off ideas and inspiration from reading different Pinoy travel blogs nowadays. Keep up the great work Ivan! flipnomad saysSeptember 3, 2011 at 3:44 pmtagal na pala ito… wishing you more blogging years to come… Marcos saysSeptember 7, 2011 at 5:41 pmoo medyo may edad na rin ang Ambot-ah. It started as a personal blog lang kase … and I still hope to keep it that way. You too flip! keep on inspiring us to blog and travel! tina saysSeptember 3, 2011 at 3:50 pmonga, aga niyo ngstart mg blog and travel, late bloomer na ko eh :D Marcos saysSeptember 7, 2011 at 5:40 pmokay lang yan tina. Hindi naman contest ito eh … what’s important is we enjoy the things we do. chard saysApril 17, 2012 at 10:15 pmHi marc, i’m one of your avid fan. haha. Just kiddin. I really like what you’re doing. I’m also an ilonngo. And like you, i want to be a travel blogger someday. What a coincident that i’m also a student nurse. For now, photography and traveling are my frustrations because i don’t have enough financial support for this desire. But i know, that someday i could have all these things on my hand. I admire you for your deepest passion as a travel blogger at a very young age. Marcos saysApril 18, 2012 at 1:51 pmCool! Yes, there will be loads of time for photography and traveling after you’re out of school. I’m not a student nurse anymore, hehe. I’m in my mid-20s now. You can start a travel blog now. Just update it during your spare time, of course :) You don’t need to travel far to start travel blogging. We all start from somewhere, like me, I blogged about Iloilo and nearby places because it was all my time and money can afford. We need more Ilonggos blogging about beautiful our hometown is! Posting of new comments is disabled temporarily.Connect with Marcos on:Detourista.comMarcosDetourist.comFacebookInstagramTwitterDetourista.comDiscover more travel guides and blogs about the Philippines and beyond by Marcos DetouristChoose your next destination: Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
José Caratão saysJuly 25, 2007 at 5:42 amHi MarcosMy name is José Caratão and i live in Portugal, the famous place where your name once began.Caratão’s name dates back to 1785. What about that!Check in Google_earth position: 39º 35′ 18,44” N 7º 58′ 14,13” WThat’s where it all started.RegardsJosé
riverwalker saysJuly 28, 2007 at 12:26 amchalan! kilala mo na ko a… hehe… basta kapal ako na ina.wahaha:) ahaha.. wow nagaupdate na ba.hmmmm…:) good luck… god bless pa gid a…hehe…
levi_pumaren saysAugust 27, 2007 at 12:04 amchy: Hello!!!!` kamusta ang mga kasimanwa. Presently, I am here in Saipan, CNMI, USA. Ang epekto sang pag nubo san ekonomiya nila ngahatag sang dalan para mag himo sila sang isa ka website para i-promote and ila mga tourist spots nahanungod sa ila isla, mga diving spots, caves, ruins of wars, etc. kag ang mga concerned nga mga pumuluyo nag himo sang tagsa-tagsa nga mga blogs para nga ma bolster ang ila turismo nga naga offer kag naga- akit (tagalog term, sorry, not so fluent in Ilonggo anymore) sang mga turista. Sa aton may ara man bala nga mga butang mga pareho sine, or is there such a website (aside from old churches) regarding tourist destinations in Iloilo that tells and shows and, so to say, sells our island, ILOILO to tourist around the world? (I know tourism helps a lot) . Pictures and discriptions of such tourist destinations, and hotels where tourist could stay and such other related tourist destinations or “bantog” nga mga butang, aside from dinagyang, and the famous place “boracay” nga daw amo lang man ina ang gina mitlang nila kon parte sa panay ang gina istorya?Their blogs here, with corresponding pictures and testimonies helped a lot. Tani may ara man sa aton mga mga amo sina nga ma butang. Pleas advise.Thank you.
chymera00 saysAugust 27, 2007 at 10:08 pmHello levi, thanks for commenting on my blog.You can check out http://www.exploreiloilo.com , it’s where I post all my content about Iloilo. Just browse the site and I’m sure you’ll find a bit of what you’re looking for :D
wein saysAugust 30, 2007 at 5:33 pmhello there marki would like to invite you to visit at SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGE ILOILO. we’re in zarraga. I think your quite familiar with our work – i wouldlike you to write something about this international NGO. do contact me, i think you’ve change your number also…09266722145.thanks and i hope to hear from you soon. wein
Marcos saysSeptember 7, 2011 at 5:44 pmoo … ikaw rin nga eh! I’m really happy na may community na ngayon for travel bloggers. It’s great to bounce off ideas and inspiration from reading different Pinoy travel blogs nowadays. Keep up the great work Ivan!
flipnomad saysSeptember 3, 2011 at 3:44 pmtagal na pala ito… wishing you more blogging years to come…
Marcos saysSeptember 7, 2011 at 5:41 pmoo medyo may edad na rin ang Ambot-ah. It started as a personal blog lang kase … and I still hope to keep it that way. You too flip! keep on inspiring us to blog and travel!
tina saysSeptember 3, 2011 at 3:50 pmonga, aga niyo ngstart mg blog and travel, late bloomer na ko eh :D
Marcos saysSeptember 7, 2011 at 5:40 pmokay lang yan tina. Hindi naman contest ito eh … what’s important is we enjoy the things we do.
chard saysApril 17, 2012 at 10:15 pmHi marc, i’m one of your avid fan. haha. Just kiddin. I really like what you’re doing. I’m also an ilonngo. And like you, i want to be a travel blogger someday. What a coincident that i’m also a student nurse. For now, photography and traveling are my frustrations because i don’t have enough financial support for this desire. But i know, that someday i could have all these things on my hand. I admire you for your deepest passion as a travel blogger at a very young age.
Marcos saysApril 18, 2012 at 1:51 pmCool! Yes, there will be loads of time for photography and traveling after you’re out of school. I’m not a student nurse anymore, hehe. I’m in my mid-20s now. You can start a travel blog now. Just update it during your spare time, of course :) You don’t need to travel far to start travel blogging. We all start from somewhere, like me, I blogged about Iloilo and nearby places because it was all my time and money can afford. We need more Ilonggos blogging about beautiful our hometown is!