I shifted my gaze from one behemoth to the other. From the ground afar, the two colossal pyramids can be seen blending in the nearby mountain range. Humans ascending and descending them looked like ants crawling up and down an anthill, on a work shift in the colony. The peaks were certainly intimidating, nevertheless we…
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Fond Farewell To Pre-School Nomadism
33 countries under her teeny crocheted belt. Some people think that, for her age, it ain’t nothing but a number. Sure, she can’t remember all the country names (and never correctly pronounced most of them). She can’t remember the tens of airports she passed through (though the memory lingers briefly for she’s got a photographic…
Monte Albán, Oaxaca: Ancient Zapotec City
Above the Valley of Oaxaca, on an artificially-leveled mountain and under the full glare of the unforgiving Mexican sun, we squeezed our way through a throng of fellow tourists clamoring for… Hats. The entire population of our bus — well, except those already donning them — stomped straight to the stalls as if it was…
The Brag Corner: UNESCO World Heritage Sites I’ve Visited
Like, someone cares. And that’s why such wee space in this blog is aptly named “The Brag Corner”. You see, on a sizzling hot day in Leon, Nicaragua when I don’t feel like sightseeing nor working, I think of trivial things to do. Today, I thought of tallying the world heritage sites I have stepped…
Oaxaca, Mexico: Christmas Multimedia Show 2011
My second Christmas away from home. Distance-wise, I was about half a globe away. Heart-wise, I’d say it felt like I never left. Before me was the familiar scene of families, each member in their Sunday best, piling into the pews. Inside Oaxaca’s Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora…
Where I’ve Been
Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com Africa Searched for lions in Nairobi National Park in Kenya. Rode a camel on the Sahara Desert in Morocco. Was chased by a grumpy bull elephant in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Survived a 6-hour ride wherein the driver drank beer while driving in Zambia. Asia Hid me tears…
Photo Essay: A Mexican Eve With Radish Sculptures And Familiar Faces
Forty-five minutes in. I still couldn’t see the end of the line and I was down to my last straw of patience. Why the hubby and I put up with such queue? Well, the whole of Oaxaca seemed to be there — as if that snaking line was the hottest see-and-be-seen spot in town —…
Puebla City, Puebla, Mexico: All Things Beautiful
Puebla had me at hello. Oh how I cursed countless times the first hour of our meeting. And the next… And the next. Have you felt the same way with some place depressingly beautiful? Been a long time coming. But it seems today is the day that I speak of a ciudad that I hold…
Mexico In A Wrap
Breaking News: Mexico overthrew India off its top spot on our fave foreign destinations list. India now places second. What catalyzed such order is the fact that we spent a whole month exploring six states in Mexico, while we only allocated eight days for one state in India. I’d like to think that India will…
Random 11 of 2011
2011’s a year of fulfilling dreams: Living in Baguio, visiting India, backpacking with my parents, flying our daughter overseas for the first time, and finally kicking off our round-the-world vagabonding. Each waking day, I am thankful that everything’s falling into place and we never take this opportunity for granted. The hubby and I strive hard…