Category: Wandering thoughts

  • Goodbye 2011, hello 2012

    I had to restrain myself from saying good riddance, 2011. It was a great year, travel wise, but in other aspects of my life, it hasn’t been all that good. Still, I have to look past all the crap I’ve felt and realize that life really isn’t that bad. Love this relaxing weekend with the…

  • Enjoying Cebu in a completely new way

    It’s my sixth time here in Cebu and I was pleased that each one different from the last. I’m in Cebu upon the invitation of Radisson Blu Cebu for the opening of the Thai Food Festival, which runs until October 9, 2011. Thai cultural dancers will be performing at the Feria restaurant at lunch and…

  • So you want to become a travel blogger?

    Last Thursday, I watched Varekai again. No, I wasn’t invited to watch again; I paid for my own ticket. The experience was so different in many ways than when I watched it last June. First, I was seated 3 rows from the back. When I watched it it the first time, I was on the…

  • My magic 7

    Apparently there’s a travel blog meme going around and I just got tagged by Gay and Chino. It was a stroke of great timing as after finishing my Guam series, I’ve nothing to write about anymore. Most beautiful post What is the characteristic of a beautiful post? Is it in the way it was written…

  • Around the world with 40 Lonely Planet Bloggers

    One of the big things that happened to me last year was my acceptance to the Lonely Planet Blogsherpa program. Basically, we’re a pool of bloggers from around the world and our posts are featured on lonelyplanet.com. Then came the e-book… Today, 40 Lonely Planet travel bloggers come together as a group to release their…

  • Five years

    It’s been five years. When I started this blog back in 2006, I never thought just how far I’d take it. Heck, when I decided to travel five year ago, I never thought how far I’d go. The goal was simply to travel to Thailand on my own. I ended up going to Australia, Singapore,…

  • So why travel solo?

    Most of you who regularly reads my blog already know my story: hit hard by the quarter-life crisis, decided to travel instead of going up the corporate ladder (because there is no corporate ladder to climb) or getting married and settling down (because there’s no interest. At the moment.) I’m sure you’re sick of my…

  • Has traveling changed you?

    It’s been five years. Five years since I made the decision to stop talking about traveling and actually travel. Half a decade may seem like a long time, but looking back, it seems like the years passed with lighting speed. With travel being a huge part of my life for the past 5 years, it…

  • On being travel crazy in 2010

    When 2010 started, I didn’t really have a concrete goal. I had ticket that I hoarded during airline seat sales, so I knew I was going to those places. What I never expected was that I’d end up traveling at least one a month this year! Lakbay Norte group at the Paoay Church. Photo by…