Ikiki Beach. Time traveler Chanel-6 learned about it from some old, torn postcard she got hold of in the year 2176. She saw it with her very eyes in 1976. Is the plot familiar? Do I remember it correctly? I would have watched this flick in my early teens. And a couple of decades after,…
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Sarangani, Philippines: Sarbay Fest 2014 (Or, #ILoveMyJob 2014)
The Circle Hostel, La Union: Amidst Artists And Adventurers
Backpacking Maldives (Or, What Have We Gotten Ourselves Into?!)
Tacking Point Lighthouse, Port Macquarie, Australia: Cutest Lighthouse We’ve Seen, Ever!
We helped ourselves to a light brekkie. Our tummies were still quite cramped with the previous night’s fantastic bolognese dinner that Chris, our Couchsurfing host, prepared for us. Though mildly handicapped with a leg cast (he and a fellow backpacker got thrown off a motorbike in Vietnam or Cambodia or somewhere), Chris worked swiftly in…
Unawatuna Beach, Sri Lanka: Where We Should Have Been Since The Beginning
It was a foot race at an ungodly hour, and those who were leading the pack won precious seats in rusty crimson carriages. Even with our clumsy locomotor skills comandeered by half-asleep brains, we succeeded in seizing two ‘second class’ hard seats under my — ahem — competitive lead. They were to cradle our arses…
Tondol Beach, Anda, Pangasinan
Ratio of trike drivers to passengers, 13:3 ½. It was quarter to five in the afternoon and we just arrived at Anda’s sleepy terminal across the town market. Out of the 13 hopefuls, apparently there’s only one driver who could take us to our final destination. Or perhaps, the next one on queue, as the…
Coloane Island, Macau: Cheoc Van Beach, Seac Pai Van Park and Giant Panda Pavilion
Puerto Galera Reggae Festival 2012: An Irie Getaway
It was a throwback to the early 2000s in the Philippines when I frequented 70s Bistro and Xaymaca, dated a dread head, and didn’t mind watching a live band performance of “Get Up Stand Up” thrice a week. Only, it felt odd not lugging around a toddler… And sweating alcohol. The venue: Encenada Beach Resort,…
Cabo Frio, Brazil Holidays: That Thong-Tho-Thong
I briefly caught a glimpse of Christ The Redeemer, action figure sized, atop Corcovado mountain as our cab (which we snagged from the airport) careened through Brazil’s hectic streets. Hubby and I sat quietly, baffled, still wondering how we got business class seats instead of the usual economy on our Lima-Rio De Janeiro flight. We…