Month: August 2006

  • Shambara Guesthouse

    When I was still on the planning stage of my trip, I discovered Shambara Guesthouse. It looks great in the pictures, and every site I came upon have rave reviews for Shambara, from travellers who have stayed there before. I wanted to stay in Khao San Road, and Shambara’s the best guesthouse in the area…

  • Budget Travel Magazine

    I’ve seen this magazine at Borders in Singapore, but I was unable to go back to buy it (because I’ve used up all my money shopping). I scoured the magazine shops in Manila, but I don’t think I ever saw this locally (or if I had, I must have been broke when I came across…

  • I’m on TV!

    Well, no. 😛 I went to ClickTheCity.com to look for movies showing currently, when an article about Manila walking tours caught my eye. Having joined one recently, and interested in joining another, I clicked on the link to read the full article. It featured two guides: Carlos Celdran and Ivan ManDy. The article started of…

  • Business class on a low budget airline?

    [UPDATE 11 October 2012: Oasis has stopped operations in 9 April 2008] This October 2006, there will be a new no-frills airline flying the sky: Oasis Air. Based in Hong Kong, their edge among the other low cost carriers in Asia is that they offering long-haul inter-continental flights.

  • No snakes allowed

    There has been quite a furor over the policy regarding items you can pack in your check in luggage and hand carry. I was going to post something about it, and today, I found the perfect article to highlight: NO SNAKES OF ANY KIND WILL BE PERMITTED ON A PLANE. SNAKES ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED…

  • More than the usual

    I’ve been swamped with work this week, due a flu caused by an annoying toothache that left my dentist baffled because said tooth was perfectly healthy. So instead of writing more about my trip, I’m sharing with you one of my favorite TV commercial: The Philippine’s More than the usual campaign. This was first aired…

  • Out damned spot!

    When I was inside the Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok, it wasn’t the heat that disuaded me from taking pictures; it was the sheer number of tourists in the temple. Coming in early, as soon as the temple opened, apparently was EVERYBODY’S idea to avoid the large crowd, which ironically, resulted in palace and temple…

  • Moonhut Bungalow, Maenam Beach

    Before I pick a particular hostel or resort, I search the web and pore through every review I can find. Moonhut has its fair share of positives and negatives, but I find that its pluses outweighs its minuses. And that’s why I decided to try my luck with Moonhut Bungalow in Maename Beach in Ko…

  • Bangkok Buns & T.T’s

    I swear, I didn’t buy this for the box. What’s great about Hostel Thailand, aside from its proximity to the BTS Skytrain station, is that it’s near Silom, Bankok’s central business district. Because of this, there’s plenty of small restaurants and shops catering to the employees working in the surrounding buildings. One of them was…