Neil Barnes of Backpacks and Bunkbeds shares his experience going around Hong Kong for 24 hours. He presents a great itinerary for those who only have a few hours to spend in this bustling cosmopolitan city. Enjoy! Like me and my pal Dan, you’ll probably visit Hong Kong either on…
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Oh New Year’s Eve ! I was telling my friends that since I moved to Europe in 2008, one of the biggest cultural shifts for me was on how to celebrate the New Year’s. In the Philippines, it’s all about the family. As it’s a week difference from Christmas, I…
How do you start a year? I’ve always seen the importance of making the beginning of the year a special one. My parents told me that the actions you do at the start of the year will be a sign on how your life will be for the year ahead….
Yes, you heard it right.. Manchester! While everyone was or wanted to be in London for the Olympics last month, I decided to go the “off the beaten path” and go instead to Manchester for the games. There weren’t many options anyway – I’m one of the few lucky ones…
Posting on a Sunday you say?! Well, well – I’ve exchanged my usual chill out, sleeping til the afternoon Sunday for a blog writing + tea sipping afternoon. I have good travel blogger friends Neil of Backpacks and Bunkbeds and Brendan of Wanders of the World to thank for that. After grabbing…
Welcome back to Filipino Fridays, a weekly session on my blog where I talk something about my home country, the Philippines. This week, it’s all about making conversations in the Philippines. Look at the image below showing a common conversation: (*photo credits from Jay Cabrera on Facebook. ) Person 1: Bababa…
Inspired by Batman/ Bruce Wayne climbing up the prison pit in the Dark Knight Rises (geek!), I decided that it’s time to rise from the ashes and keep the blog alive again – and with a self-made promise to keep it going. The prequel, or the reason why I stopped…
In my travels, I’ve done my share of sleeping in different types of places – hotels, hostels, couchsurfing beds, airports, tents – you name it, I’ve tried it. And lately, I’ve seen travelers looking at short-term rentals as an option for their accommodation. It recently hit mainstream and thanks to…
As the saying goes, “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” The same thoughts go for my travels as well. Sampling the local food is a surefire way to immerse into a new destination. I’ve done a big share of that here in Brussels, sampling the Belgian…
I came back from Sweden a week ago, and it’s country 24 on 25-country travel goal! I experienced all the four seasons in one weekend but I still had a great time in Stockholm. But I’m not here to talk about my trip to Sweden (sorry readers, but I’ll…
It’s good to be back and interviewing fellow travel bloggers again! For this edition, I’m lucky to have Euan & Rachel of Our Wee Trip - the adventurous (and good looking) travel couple from Scotland. They left their jobs, packed their bags and set off to see the world! They’ve recently…
Jerick is a full-time eComms professional who believes a job shouldn't stop you from seeing the world. He recently finished his goal to travel to 25 countries by the time he becomes 25.
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