Month: June 2007

  • New Seven Wonders of the World – Have you voted?

    There’s only 7 days and 7 hours until the announcement of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Have you voted yet?

  • One good reason to go to Hong Kong: The Spice Girls

    Photo credit: Times Online Are you ready for some more Girl Power? All five Spice Girls appeared in public together for the first time in six years today as they announced an 11-date, eight-country world tour. The tour will take in the USA, Britain, Germany, Spain, China, Australia, South Africa and Argentina. To register for…

  • Cebu Pacific now flies to China

    Cebu Pacific (CEB) will start direct flights from Manila to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen and Macau this September and October with seat sale fares that are 85% lower than those currently available for these routes. One-way fares exclusive of surcharges and government tax are pegged at P888 for Manila-Guangzhou, Manila-Xiamen, Manila-Macau, and P1,888 for Manila-Shanghai. This…

  • See David rise again

    Photo credit: Lorenzo Galassi / AP via MSNBC.com FLORENCE, Italy – Visitors to the Bargello museum in Florence will be able to see restorers at work removing centuries of dirt from Donatello’s “David” starting Tuesday, officials said. The 15th-century bronze nude is being restored for the first time, said museum director Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi. New…

  • Just Wandering at Blog-O-Rama

    Happy! Just Wandering has been featured in Manila Bulletin’s Blog-O-Rama. Thanks so much to Ajay for this opportunity. I shall take this as the ultimate motivation to update more and actually write posts that make sense lol Thanks to everyone who’s been reading my travel blog since its birth last year, and to everyone who…

  • Getting around Sydney

    It’s easy to get around Sydney, even for a first timer. The public transport system is extensive, so you wouldn’t have to rely on costly taxis everytime. You can buy and pay for tickets everytime you board the bus, ferry or train. However, it’s more convenient to buy a travel pass, which can be used…

  • Talk about foul

    This is just too disgusting to imagine. I pity the passengers who had to endure this. DALLAS – Continental Airlines Inc. is apologizing to its customers for “poor conditions” aboard a trans-Atlantic flight where one passenger described sewage spilling down the aisle from a lavatory. “I’ve never felt so offended in all my life,” passenger…

  • How the hell you do lose a lake?

    Mike of Vagabondish led me to this astounding newsbit from Reuters: SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A lake in southern Chile has mysteriously disappeared, prompting speculation the ground has simply opened up and swallowed it whole. “In March we patrolled the area and everything was normal … we went again in May and to our surprise we…

  • Midweek Madness

    Cebu Pacific is offering Php99 fares for domestic destination. The catch? You have to travel during the week. Whoever said that the best time to travel or take a break is on weekends only? Catch our Midweek seat sale, travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays to any of our domestic destinations, and get the P99…