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Snapshot Saturday: Great Balls Of China

Pardon the exaggerated title. I’m actually just pertaining to squid balls.You reckon that’s what the kid is holding? Then it must play a significant role in depicting Chinese culture. Sculpture can be found along Xi’an’s Beiyuanmen Muslim Culture Street. TweetShare This page was viewed times.

Rushing Through Sta. Fe

This was not how I envisioned my Bantayan Island visit. Our entire trip was enveloped with time constraints. Not to mention I was two months pregnant which forced me to move a bit sluggish and overly wary. Sta. Fe was the only municipality we set foot on. And this is where the island’s white gleaming…

Manila-Cebu City-Bantayan Island: Nothing A Preggy Backpacker Couldn’t Handle

Aboard a plane, we giggled our way from Manila to Cebu. We were a party of four. Biggest group of people I ever flew with. There was me, my hubby Shervin, my sister Gabe, and my friend Xhy. All of us scored seat sale tickets, P840 each one way. I was the one who booked…

Voyaging Visayas: A Prelude

Cebu-Dumaguete-Siquijor-Bacolod may be a common route for Pinoy backpackers, but a bit insane for the preggy traveler. Had I known I was on the way, I wouldn’t have planned such intense trip. The initial itinerary primarily revolved around meeting up with a couple of hubby’s friends (whose sole purpose for visiting the Philippines is a…

The Travel Junkie Is Now a Nomad Mommy!

Happiness [is] only real when shared.– Chris McCandles, Into The Wild Yesterday, at 8:23 AM, in a hospital which used to be a hotel… the Pinay Travel Junkie turned into a nomad mum. Meet Luna, our new backpacking buddy!Now I gotta get the hang of this motherhood thingy soon, so we could again hit the…

Ranong

Ranong is one of the southern provinces of Thailand, located on Kra Isthmus, the narrow strip that connects mainland Thailand with the Malay Peninsula. The province is known for having the most rainfall of all Thailand, the rainy season lasting for about eight months. This could be a reason why Ranong is the least populated…

Phuket Town

We had too much of Thailand’s southern islands and beaches that we weren’t interested to see Phuket beach anymore. Besides, we’ve read (and fellow Pinoy Couchsurfer Poch told us) that accommodation is overpriced, and food is crappy (not that we’re really choosy). So we stayed in Phuket town instead, a charming Sino-Portuguese city that was…

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