This seriously made my eyes well up. Couchsurfing.org’s latest video (view previous videos here) focuses on a rarer breed of couchsurfers: The couchsurfing families. I drowned in the abyss of mushiness after listening to the sentiments of our spiritual comrades. Today, I shall let them do the talking for me. Watch to find out how…
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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…
Marriott Santa Clara Means Business
Our hired car finally parked to rest after hours of driving from Los Angeles to Santa Clara (with an unexpected sightseeing detour that involved spying on lazing seals on the beach). I hopped off the car to stretch my weary bones. Luna had been whinging most of the ride, and I was totally drained from…
El Zaguan B&B, Lima, Peru
We scanned the white boards hovering above a mosh pit of cab drivers and hotel representatives just outside the arrivals of Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez. Ours was held by a man named Javier. A hundred percent Peruvian, Jacki Chan lookalike, Mr. Congeniality. He ushered us to his taxi after paying for the parking ticket. As…
Valentine’s Day Guest Post: Travelling With Pinay Travel Junkie And Our Baby
A surprise guest post by Pinay Travel Junkie’s backpacking buddy-slash-life partner. A post he wrote while I was slumbering and while he was doing an all-nighter watch on our sick daughter. Something he was able to do for my Blogger’s constantly logged on… I obviously just added this part after he published the article. Isla…
Mexico In A Wrap
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…
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…
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…
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…