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Snapshot Saturday: Bali Bust

Kuta Beach, one lazy early afternoon.If you ask me about the best beaches I have seen here and abroad, off the top of my head, Kuta Beach ain’t on the list. However, the island’s cult following clad in rash guards, is such an amusing bunch. They can easily make you linger for a while. Our…

Hot Springs In The Cold

It took a hair-pulling half hour to pack the jeep with passengers. Our then two-month old daughter was getting fidgety. My legs were deadened for getting stuck in an awkward position, and couldn’t stretch them because the floor was occupied by sacks of rice and baskets filled with farm produce. Baguio City’s full on frigid…

California Dreamin’

… disrupted by a baby wailing in an infant safety seat. It was almost six in the evening, and yet the sun’s still high and mighty. I squinted as my eyes swept the beach and craned my neck out the car’s window for Santa Monica Beach has a very, very long stretch. Last hurrah for…

Snapshot Saturday: Morning View

Look who’s peeking!We checked in late night at Great Pacific Inn, Legazpi City and didn’t know we had this view ’til the next morn when I opened our window for a drag. Whatta fantastic P250 room! TweetShare This page was viewed times.

Accidentally America

Obviously not keen on acquiring this visa. Photo taken at home. Just woke up, without changing clothes, without fixing my hair. It was one heck of a surprise. A free trip to a country that’s nonexistent on the bottom most part of our travel bucket list. And it’s all because of a lavish French boss….

Snapshot Saturday: Street of Happiness

Rua da Felicidade or Street of HappinessDeserted, early in the morn. Macau’s ol’ red-light district. Coincidentally has buildings with red shutters. Some scenes in the flick Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom were shot here. Today we’re leaving SanVa Hotel (a one hundred year old crumbling hostel that sits on this street) for a…

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