Five years ago, I made up my mind to stop talking about wanting to travel and actually travel. That decision proved to be a pivotal moment in my life: from January 2006 to December 2010, I have traveled farther and traveled a lot more than I ever thought I would.
Along with researching about my destinations, I have read up on travel gears and gadgets I am supposed to have in my backpack at all times. Over the years, I’ve learned which works for me and my travel style, owing to years of trying out recommended products by other travelers.
To celebrate the start of another year of travel, Just Wandering is giving away this basket of travel goodies:
Included are:
- 1 Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on a Shoestring guidebook
- 1 Sea to Summit 8L Dry Sack
- 1 Aquazorb Ultra Thin microskintec towel
- 1 Travel Essentials Small Packing Cube
- 1 Travel Essentials Pack It packing list
- 1 box Ziploc Storage Bag (Quart size, 25 pieces)
- 2 packs travel and cushion compression bag
- 1 Team Manila passport cover
- 3 pcs Team Manila bag tags
- 1 Universal power adaptor
- 4 pcs Muji liquid container
- 1 foldable ecobag
I’m raffling off the entire package to one lucky Just Wandering reader. To enter the raffle, you just need to answer the following questions:
- What is traditionally served for lunch among the Portuguese?
- In which book can you find this paragraph:
“Tourists, of course, are always other people; never us. We are different. We are travellers – intelligent, well-mannered and cultured, a blessing on our chosen destinations, a delight to have around. It’s a common attitude, and one that I have always found condescending and offensive, as well as inaccurate. If you travel away from home for pleasure, you’re a tourist, no matter how you like to dress it up.” - Who was my guide at Angkor Wat?
- What song is this busker singing?
- True or False: I’ve been to all countries in Southeast Asia
To qualify for the raffle, you must get all answers correctly. Don’t fret if you don’t have the answers for all 5 questions! I will be giving bonus questions to offset your incorrect answers. These bonus questions can also raise your score and give you additional raffle entries. Those who get 6 to 9 correct answers will be getting 2 raffle entries, while those who score a perfect 10 will be given 3 raffle entries. The catch: the bonus questions will be given through the RSS feed, Just Wandering Twitter account and Just Wandering Facebook Page. That means you’d have to subscribe to the blog, follow @NinaWanders and Like the Facebook Page. The bonus questions will be given one at a time, so you’d really have to keep your eyes peeled, if you want more chances of winning. Sneaky, eh? 
This contest runs from January 5, 2011 to January 30, 2011. Winner will be announced on February 1, 2011. Read the contest mechanics for the fine print.
Are you ready to win? Submit your answers now!
Contest Mechanics:
- This contest is open to all Just Wandering readers residing in the Philippines. As much as I would love to send overseas, it’s just too expensive. If you are residing overseas, you can join as long as you have a Philippine address that I can send the prizes to.
- To qualify for the raffle, contestants must answer all 5 questions correctly.
- The answers must be based from posts that appeared on Justwandering.org, @NinaWanders, Just Wandering’s Facebook Page and my flickr.
- If a contestant feels that they answered incorrectly, they can submit another form with their answers. However, only the most recent entry will be considered.
- Contestants can get additional points by answering the bonus questions, which will be given through RSS, Twitter or the Just Wandering Facebook page. One correct answer is equivalent to one point.
- Getting five points is equivalent to one raffle entry. Getting six to nine points earns the contestant 2 raffle entries, while a perfect score of 10 grants the contestant 3 raffle entries.
- Contestants must submit their answers through the form.
- Contest ends on January 30, 2011.
- The winner will be picked by a drawing using the Random.org List Randomizer.
- Winner will be notified via e-mail. If there was no reply from the winner until 7 days after the announcement of winner or if the winner cannot provide a Philippine mailing address, contestant in the number 2 spot will be given the prize.
hala, 2 lang sure kong sagot! guide sa Angkor at #5! search ko sa bahay. humanda ka!!!! ^0^
Ang saya di ba? >:D
weee! teka 3 alam ko… pero may gusto ako i-clarify sa no. 5, about the list of countries. kung kasama ang… hihihi. di ko alam kung isesend ko as pm yung tanong, seryosohan ito!
Ah, dito papasok si Google and Wikipedia
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I’m just guessing my answers here. Anyway, I’ve subscribed your email feeds to find a clue. Sana maka-travel din ako abroad. But before that, sariling atin muna.
No clues, just bonus questions
I had a hard time understanding the busker’s song, but I
think I got it right. I wasn’t sure of my answer to the first
question though. Anyway, I’m ready to win! Haha!
You got it right Karen!
Stay tuned for the bonus question! One’s coming up soon!
The blog site won’t show up on meeeee .. it kept on giving error but wait, Nina i’ll send you the answer or should i answer the form again?
toodles! :P
this was fun. treasure hunt!
Ehh? Really? I’ll look into it
i think i got it all. sana. hahaha. waiting for the bonus questions.Ü
Got your submission! You forgot to write down the title of the book
talaga?! waah. il send it again.
Yay! this is exciting!
You’re motivating me to moveeee my ass! right about now and I just booked tickets and fixing itineraries to get it going! 
thanks! let me answer this!
Yay! Travel lang ng travel!
Where are you off to?
Sagada (for finally!) this month
Busuanga on August
hopefully Bali to surf and yoga, for finally! July
I waaaaannntttt!!! Tempting prizes!!!
Join na!
After playing the video for like 6x, finally nakuha ko din. SHET! Ang desperado ko na kanina! Muntik nako maiyak!
Sending you my answers..
ang hirap Nina! haha 2 lng alam ko nasagot na nabasa ko sa post mu date.
haha. onga ang hirap talaga! haha. akala ko madali lang. oh well. let the research begin!
Hindi masaya kung masyadong madali
Good luck Ed, kayang kaya mo yan. Ang dali dali lang eh 
Sent
Got it! You got all the questions correctly
Hirap naman, di ko nabasa ung ibang entry. Dyan help
After seeing the Lonely Planet book… my desire to win was
intensified! Ang hihirap. Lalo yung song. Sana makaqualify, one
more to go.
Madali lang yan! Good luck!
After ng ilang araw na pagreserch. I got the answer. Sana tama
Congrats! You got all 5 questions correctly! Since you were able to answer Bonus Question #1, you get 2 raffle entries!
Ninaaaaa, naloloka ako sa busker song… 10x ko na ata pinakinggan di ko gets kinakanta niya! ano un, rolling rolling? or strumming strumming?
))) un nalang wala pa akong sagot! gggrrrr… pwede ikaw kumanta? baka mas maintindihan ko :P
Oi, nahirapan din ako maintindihan siya no! Tagal ko ring nakatayo dun bago ko na-realize na English pala kinakanta niya
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medyo sa end of jan na ako sasali, dami ko na kasi back log.
Form sent, Nina. :-) I just dunno where I could find the bonus questions…
Hi Dash! You answered 2 questions incorrectly
The bonus questions can be found on Twitter and on the RSS feed or E-mail subscription 
Bonus Question #3 is coming out soon!
I tried again. Haha! How did I fare this time?
You changed two answers: one was correct, the other you already got right the first time. One of the wrong answers from your previous submission remains incorrect
And I still didn’t give up.
. Just sent another form. 
There you go!
You even got the 3rd bonus question correctly!
hmmm… i wonder if i got the answers right…
Hi Joy! You got one answer wrong, but since you answered the bonus question correctly, you qualify!
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akala ko part ng lyrics sa kinakanta ng busker song is “how to mend a broken heart”. hahaha
just submitted my entries nina. hopefully tama lahat! that way, 2 bonus questions nalang aabangan ko
weeeeeeeee
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Form sent. i wonder if i got Question#1 right? Seems a lot of goodies! Me want! Me join!
Nope, but you qualify with 2 raffle tickets! Try again and get the last bonus question correctly to get a perfect score
i got Q#1 already. did i got all correct now? just waiting for Bonus Q#5.
It’s like traveling for hours hahaha. i finally got them! thanks for the experience=) hope i can travel with you for real=)
Haha thanks for playing Melody! You just got one bonus question wrong
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cool contest, pero ang hirap naman ng questions!
Madali lang yan
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Hello,
I am requesting that you sponsor again a raffle on travel essentials, it will really help a lot…
Neng
I would love to! But my wallet says no.