Category: Reviews

  • Finding tranquility in Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou

    Guangzhou, I find, is just like any booming city — busy, fast-paced, and teeming with people. Though I like the comforts of city living, I do enjoy discovering little pockets of tranquil space where you can relax, recharge, and get ready to delve back into the chaos. The lobby of Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou Shangri-La Hotel…

  • The wonder of Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney

    Things sometimes just fall into place. When I was planning my trips for 2013, I envisioned myself in Melbourne in January, sweating profusely due to the summer heat and swatting flies with wild abandons, just so I can catch Cirque du Soleil’s Ovo. Something came up, and I needed to push it to May, but…

  • Capsule pods at Kabayan Hotel

    Here’s something I never got to do while in Japan: stay in a capsule hotel. I am intrigued by the concept, but was dissuaded to try it when my friend Rotch said that it was geared towards short stays only — you need to check out and check in again if you’re staying multiple nights.…

  • What’s in my bag?

    After 6 or so What’s in my bag? posts, you’d think I won’t have space anymore in my bags. As the years pass, my travel style continues to change, and so does my packing style. There are new products to try and added to the list, and there are products that are taken out of…

  • A different Coron experience at Coron Eco Lodge

    My trip to Coron, Palawan last September was very different from the trip I made back in June 2008. That, for me, felt more like a backpacking trip, the trip this year feeling more like a holiday. School girls walking past Coron Eco Lodge on the way to school Well, it was meant to be…

  • Holiday mode at Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa

    They said that when you want something and keep thinking about it, the universe gives you what you’re asking for. It was the fourth week of May, and I just realized just how big a commitment I signed on when I agreed to do PHL360°. I needed to take a break, at least for a…

  • Traveling with the Visa debit card

    This is an advertorial Last September, I wrote about how I deal with money when traveling. Last January, while in Boracay, I was finally able to try using a Visa debit card. Works as well as a credit card, but without the absurdly high interest rate It indeed, worked flawlessly like a credit card. After…

  • Review: Delsey Fiber Lite

    My backpacks have taken a backseat last year. In my major trips last year (Guam, Morocco and Kuala Lumpur), it was my bright red luggage that accompanied me. It’s not that I’ve stopped backpacking; more like traveling to places where walking around in t-shirts, shorts and flip-flops is not the most practical thing to do.…

  • Radisson Blu Cebu

    As I mentioned in my previous post, I was in Cebu last week. I, along with Melo, Noemi and Eric, were invited by Radisson Blu Cebu for the opening of the Thai Food Festival, which runs until October 9, 2011. Radisson Blu’s lobby Of course, it’s par for the course for us to experience first…