Comments on: Win A Lonely Planet Travel Journal!

By: luningning

luningning — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:34:25 +0000

Hello! I hope I win the journal.. >_<

Anyway, my unforgettable trip was in Hawaii. I was there last August to take an exam. What made it memorable was the people. Very warm and friendly. A couple of notable things were…

I got to go to the famous Waikiki Beach (which was just across my hotel) I even went to the place where they shot 50 First Dates.

They have shrimp shacks, it was $12 a plate but very well worth it.

I also went to the island of Kauai, very very nice and quiet place.

I love how Hawaiians balance urbanizing their island against protecting the environment. I saw a couple of housing facilities that already have solar panels. I was told that these were military housing. Everything is going green nowadays which is a good thing. I want to take the LEED exam someday. ( to better design structures that minimize the effect of development on the environment) There should always be a balance between development and loving the environment. That’s one of the reasons why I took and passed my CFM exam (certified flood manager) This is a program geared towards flood mitigation and management.

I am a certified manga addict. I own over 600 volumes of English Manga. That’s why when i went to hawaii, i bought around 40 volumes of used manga from Jelly’s. This is the best place to go for manga. The manga looks new and are mostly $2-$5 each.

I can site a lot more reasons. A hundred and one,even.

Writing this has made me miss Hawaii. I hope I can go back there next year for our annual convention.

I will always love Hawaii!

By: LP Travel Journal already received from Nina » langyaw

LP Travel Journal already received from Nina » langyaw — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:41:39 +0000

[...] Australian calendar and a beautiful rubber keychain from Nina as prize for her recently concluded contest. She also included a beautiful postcard of four landmarks of Melbourne, Australia. Nina, again, [...]

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[...] estan: Hi Nina, I’ve already posted my entry. Please find it at the link: http://langyaw.com/2007/12/… [...]

By: estan

estan — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:10:23 +0000

Hi Nina, I’ve already posted my entry. Please find it at the link:

http://langyaw.com/2007/12/18/how-i-broke-a-ritual-taboo-in-batad/

By: How I broke a ritual taboo in Batad » langyaw

How I broke a ritual taboo in Batad » langyaw — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:08:57 +0000

[...] is my entry to Nina’s Win A Lonely Planet Travel Journal! [...]

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[...] estan: Nina, nice new look and your contest is interesting. Hmmm, I’m thinking if I’ll join or not. Gota… [...]

By: estan

estan — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:23:04 +0000

Nina, nice new look and your contest is interesting. Hmmm, I’m thinking if I’ll join or not. Gota check my http://www.langyaw.com or other blogs for this.

By: dyosa

dyosa — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:06:51 +0000

oooh interesting. i love travelling and i’m actually keeping a journal/scrapbook of some sort for all my travels. i love to have this notebook. hmmm…time to think of a good entry. :-)

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:03:05 +0000

Eep! Nice contest, Nina! But I’m not that much of a traveler xD Hic.

By: Karla

Karla — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:28:18 +0000

My unforgettable trip was in Hainan, China. Before even going there for a business trip, I searched the internet for places to visit in Hainan that are near to the hotel where I was booked. One of which is Butterfly park where I enjoyed bonding with nature and photography. It was also so memorable because of the cultural experience that I had there like doing some sort of “charades” in order to be understood since most of them do not speak English.

http://rockersworld.com/2007/02/10/butterfly-park/

By: shubert

shubert — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:31:40 +0000

you have a very interesting blog. i clicked because the prize reminded of ian wright and the discovery channel’s lonely planet series which is a big favorite of mine. i hope they bring it back.

i have several travel articles but since you require only 1 entry, i am sending you my reflections of nagoya when i was there last year. here’s the link: http://bigberto.blogspot.com/2006/11/nagoya-subway-chronicles.html

i am also adding you to my links. i will greatly appreciate if you do the same.

ciao!

shubert :-D