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Paracas National Reserve, Peru: Images Of A Desolate Beauty
Just beautifully bleak. From where we were standing, the blanket of golden sands seemed endless. The balmy breeze that swept past every so often gave this tropical desert a less unforgiving aura. It was day 211 of our round-the-world trip, and we were on the second half of our Paracas tour. Earlier that day we…
Backpacking Timor Leste (East Timor)
Unspoilt natural resources. Nonexistent skyscrapers. Grieving aged walls. Palm-fringed sandy shores. Beachside bars minus Bob Marley clichés. Unadulterated fresh seafood on the grill. Pink sunsets. Mikrolets. Dusk-colored leathery skin. Genuine smiles. Malaria. U.S. dollars. UN workers. The Democratic Republic of Timor Leste is Southeast Asia’s youngest. Like my home country the Philippines, it is further…
Dawn Of 2013: A Giveaway
Christmas In The Skies
We were surrounded by faces with a beaten-down look you see in airports and other transport terminals during a holiday. That look which says, “Next year mom and pop are visiting our house!”. Mine bore a more beastly expression. Resembling that of a zombie mom’s, sans the blood and decaying skin. A drooling Luna on…
Pinoy Travel Bloggers’ 2012 Year-End Blog Carnival: The Year We Traveled Like It’s The End Of The World
The thirteenth Baktun has ended. December 21 came and went… Yet the Mayan apocalypse didn’t. A simple misinterpretation of an ancient calendar, sensationalized by a Hollywood flick. Perceived as bollocks, but a darn good reason for a marathon of year-end shindigs across the globe. A handful of people actually called NASA to consult if it’s…
2012 Year-Ender/World-Ender
Ahhh… 2012. You are an ebullient homage to wanderlust. Frankly, I am quite obsessed with your ruffled months. In fact it’s almost midnight and amid that end-of-the-world hullabaloo, here I am fondly sewing a patchwork of idyllic imagery to commemorate your flamboyance and purport. Now this may seem like a pathetic way of exiting the…
Teotihuacán, Mexico: Where Gods Were Born… And Where We Lost Our Pram
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…
How To Apply For A Russia Tourist Visa In The Philippines
Between you my fellow Pinoy backpacker and fulfilling that Trans-Siberian dream is a Russia tourist visa on a fierce stance with a heart attack-inducing price tag. You think of raising the white flag without even putting up a fight, but deep down you know those images of rustic Siberian houses hugging the Trans-Siberian railway will…
Scenic World, Blue Mountains, Australia
Day 71 of our round-the-world trip. It was obviously a Thursday. The empty parking lot says so. We swiftly hopped out of our beat up, borrowed car and unbuckled the bub from the infant seat. Closing time was fast approaching. We spent too long at Three Sisters, but that’s because nearby Scenic World wasn’t part…