• Review: Hotel Quickly

    Last year, I received a message in LinkedIn. I hardly use that social network, so I was surprised to receive anything. Interestingly, it was from the developer of a new (then) last-minute booking app called Hotel Quickly. I was quite eager to try it out (and use the $50 credit they gave me), but unfortunately,…

  • Wondering about Hotel 878

    Living in the outskirts of Quezon City, I (now) find a lot of places too far or too inaccessible to me. Nowadays, I often just venture out to places I can easily go to. Hotel 878 lobby The same goes when I travel: I pick places that are either centrally located, near a transport hub…

  • How to plan your trip

    My life in between trips is simple: it’s spent planning and saving for the next one. After 8 years, of traveling, I think I got the planning part down. I want to go to a place where there are lots of cute kitties! I often receive questions from readers of the blog, asking help in…

  • Traveling with a smartphone

    This is an advertorial I’m not a big fan of social media (or anything social), but I do use it often to connect with people I do know (and actually like). Gadgets have always played a big part in my travels, even more so now with smartphones and tablets. What I really like about traveling…

  • Are you ready for your trip?

    This is an advertorial Plane tickets purchased, hotel rooms booked. Guides are contacted, meet ups with friends and locals are scheduled. You feel you’re ready for your great adventure, but are you sure? Be sure to pack the essentials! If you have been traveling often, you probably already have a check list of things that…

  • Tips for festival travel in the Philippines

    This is an advertorial January in the Philippines means mild climate (or as mild as the tropics can get), people trying their darndest to hold on to their New Year’s resolutions, and the Sto. Niño festivals. Many of you are no doubt flying out to Cebu for the Sinulog festival or to Kalibo for the…

  • 2013: The trips I never blogged about

    When writing my year end posts, I browse through my photo archive and my blog archive. I noticed that there’s a huge discrepancy between the two: there were plenty of photos, but hardly ever any blog posts. Cintai Corito’s Garden is made for relaxing Frankly, I am aghast at my laziness with my blogging, with…

  • Chubu Trip Wrap-up

    What a trip to cap the year! I have been looking forward to this trip for months, and speculated endlessly about our itinerary. When I received the itinerary, I ended up having to Google every place listed, because I did not know any of them, apart from Nagoya, Takayama, and Shirakawa-go, which was actually perfect,…

  • Souvenirs from Japan

    Like Filipinos, the Japanese has a tradition of bringing home pasalubong everytime they go on a trip. That’s why you’ll always find souvenir shops with beautifully wrapped goodies, even in the supermarket (there is usually an area for souvenirs right at the entrance). The souvenirs are always locally made, unique to their region. Souvenir shop…

Got any book recommendations?

Get In Touch