Category: Everything Travel

  • 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…

  • You travel, I pay

    Sounds too good to be true, eh? I got this topic alert from Couchsurfing.com. I’m launching a new backpacker company in the comming months and looking for 30-50 of the right people to work with me. What do you do? Throw parties and go on do attractions and activities.. white water rafting etc What do…

  • How much of the Philippines have you visited?

    My Lakbayan grade is C-! How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan! Created by Eugene Villar. I really need to explore my own country more doh Also visit Eugene’s Vista Pinas blog, which showcases Philippine landmarks as seen through Google Map.

  • Street food, great food

    I looooove street food! Living in Manila, I’m never too far from a stall selling barbeque, isaw (pork or chicken intestine marinated and grilled), banana-Q (banana coated in brown sugar and deep fried), fish balls, and anything else you can deep fry. Though as much as I love eating street foods, I am also wary…

  • How to get an upgrade

    You’ve read about how I got transfered to business class with Singapore Airlines. That was plain luck. The big question is, how do you get upgraded to business or first class when you check-in? MSNBC.com and Forbes.com gives us some tips how: Resist Outright Bargains The class of ticket you buy often determines the likelihood…

  • Can you name 50 countries in 10 minutes?

    I couldn’t. I got the link from this blog while looking for WordPress plugins. Of course, I was intrigued and challenged, so I tried my luck at it. In 10 minutes, I was only able to identify 34 countries in Asia and 21 in Europe. Bah! I can’t believe I forgot so many European countries…

  • Everything I know about Cebu Pacific

    A lot of people have stumbled into my blog by searching for info about Cebu Pacific. I’ve made a short list of answers to frequently asked questions (or search phrases/keywords in this case). Answers are based on my experiences with the airline, other traveler’s experiences and from Cebu Pacific’s website. I am in no way…

  • Site updates

    Hola! Just a quick note to tell you a couple of updates I made for JustWandering.org: Resized the Dash Media badge. It’s making my site load oddly in Internet Explorer. Since it really is in bad form to tell my viewers to use Firefox when viewing my site, I’d have to make adjustments so nobody…

  • What’s your travel gnome?

    You’ve seen it in Amelie, and again in Travelocity. What started out as a prank, is now somewhat a norm for travelers, though not always with a gnome. Anton listed a some bloggers who have their ‘gnomes’: Joey and her BJDs, Ariel with his Bearbricks, Isabelle and her tabo (water dipper), Batjay and his Spiderman,…