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…
Author: Gay Mitra
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, Ciudad De Mexico
As I emerged from Ciudad de México’s Zócalo Metro Station, my eyes were instantly drawn to the monolithic Metropolitan Cathedral or Catedral Metropolitana across Plaza de la Constitución. I panted as I climbed the last steps of the staircase, and occasionally bumped into fellow commuters who rushed past. Luna, whom I was lugging, didn’t seem…
Brazil Tourist Visa Application In Lima, Peru
As of writing, Filipinos can visit Brazil for 90 days without applying for a visa beforehand. So I expect to sashay through Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport’s immigration counter without hassle about a couple of weeks from now. Awesome ain’t it? The hubby and our daughter though, as Australians, applied for the tourist visa. If…
Look Who Wrote On Our Lonely Planet South America On A Shoestring!
It has been a couple of weeks since TACA Airlines swooped us from Mexico City, Mexico and safely delivered us to Lima, Peru. Two weeks?! We can’t believe it either. Cancun still feels like yesterday, and the aftertaste of taco al pastor still lingers on our tasted buds. We are currently shacking in the cheapest…
Couchsurfing Walk-Through And Walkabout (or How We Landed On The Couchsurfing Video!)
I stumbled upon Couchsurfing’s “We’re Casting!” announcement four months ago on its website while I was responding to a surfer’s couch request. We were then temporarily residing (and waiting for the hubby’s U.S. visa application to be approved) in an artist-owned cabin by Suffolk Park’s Tallow Beach in New South Wales, Australia. I don’t normally…
The Great Call Of China
Our calling came two years ago. Visuals of a snaking wall on a mountain, a “bird’s nest” made of steel, a humongous portrait of a man seemingly watching over a city square, and snow – lots of snow, floated in our dreamy heads. We took heed. Even if we’re total Cheimaphobics. We arrived as honeymooners…
200 RTW Days: Altered Plans And Jotted Notes
“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” ~ Miriam BeardTwo hundred days. That’s past the halfway mark of our round-the-world vagabonding. Our country counter flashes the number three. Four and a half months in Australia, a month in…
Jade Guesthouse, Mexico City
Its streets boast of impressive century-old mansions. Some beautifully restored, some in a state of partial ruins. Almost every five yards there’s a sari-sari store (what we call a small family owned convenience store in the Philippines) and a taqueria. In a few areas, even a pub. And occasionally a smooching couple in a corner….
A Trip to a Vanishing World
A guest post by Nahoma Beniga Maentz. Pinay Travel Junkie’s very first. This article tells the story of how the Katutubong Filipino Project was born. A must read, and a must spread. Images captured by her husband Jacob Maentz. Divilacan, Isabela. This part of the Philippines, so beautifully raw in its remoteness, is where I…
