33 countries under her teeny crocheted belt. Some people think that, for her age, it ain’t nothing but a number. Sure, she can’t remember all the country names (and never correctly pronounced most of them). She can’t remember the tens of airports she passed through (though the memory lingers briefly for she’s got a photographic…
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The Travel Blogging Calendar 2014: Save The Elephants
Her eyes lit up when she could finally make out the charcoal-gray figure I was pointing at.She gasped and squealed and ran towards it without looking back. “Dumbooo!” A few strides away from the elephant, she stopped in her tracks. She seemed terrified. Upon closer look, there was blood splattered on the elephant’s face and…
2013 Thus Far: The Third Quarter
Woke up under an argentine sky. On my almost two decades-old, Peanuts printed sheet. Philippine home now, and will be gone again all too soon. Where to? Hopefully to a shack sitting on a Byron Bay trailer park which we’re eyeing to live in for months. You read that right. Months. We’re quite traveled-out. And…
TigerAir Offers Its Inaugural Flights To Phuket At P3,499 Only!
TigerAir, Asia-Pacific’s leading value-for-money airline is now offering Manila-Phuket at Php3,499 roundtrip ticket, all in. This special inaugural fare may be purchased until August 4 only. Travel date for tickets sold is September 3 and 7. Karon Beach beckons! We’re probably coming back sooner than expected. Since its official entry into the Philippie skies last…
2013 Thus Far: The Second Quarter
Old Phuket Town: Vintage Charm
Drop the word Phuket during a conversation with backpackers who haven’t been to Thailand and there’s a high probability that you’ll get dreamy stares backed up with oohs and aahs from sun worshippers amongst the group. Phuket is indeed synonymous to tropical island cliches: Swaying coconut trees, white powdery sand, and lagoons from cyan to…
Victoria Point, Myanmar
We stepped on Myanmar unfortunately just for a visa run. It was a border cross, or river cross, from the province of Ranong (Thailand) to Kawthaung (Myanmar) also known as Victoria Point. The visa run package that we arranged in Ranong was 400 THB each. The rate isn’t that bad since it includes hotel pick…
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…
Koh Phi Phi Lei
There’s no way you can keep it out of Lonely Planet, and once that happens it’s countdown to dooms day – says one of the characters in the movie ‘The Beach’. Although the popular novel (turned into a Hollywood movie) by Alex Garland is set in Thailand, it’s been rumored that the actual inspiration for…