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The other side of Victoria Falls
Ask a local in Zimbabwe about their government, and you are unlikely to get answers. None of them will talk about it. It is after all, illegal to talk ill of dictator Mugabe’s failing economics. But one can feel the despair and hopelessness in the air. After much prodding, our driver answered our questions -a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )walking with Lions
We entered Zimbabwe with eyes open wide (and mouths closed). A country rifed in political instability and sanitation issues, its selling point from a distance is the powerful roar of the Victoria falls. Yet, somehow, it wasn’t the falls that made me sit still and gaze in awe. It was the stillness of the bushes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gifts for the Travelling Junkie
Looking for Christmas gifts for someone who has been bitten by the travel bug? These ideas are guaranteed to make them remember you even when you are 10,000 miles away….
A personalized travel kit will bring out the Martha Stewart in you. For the budget conscious, this little DIY project can be [...]
of Corregidors Ghosts
Of Corregidor’s Ghosts
I expected a great time when I won an overnight Corregidor Cruise on a blogging contest at http://celdrantours.blogspot.com. Sponsored by Carlos Celdran, a popular tour guide in Manila, I was jumping for joy. What I didn’t realize was that I would be jumping from fright surrounded by ghosts and red-eyed crows.
Being a certified [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Choosing a Resort in Boracay
Boracay. This island attracts tourists from all parts of the world like bees to a honeypot. And will all those extra bodies, hotel accommodations have sprung up like .. well bees to a honeypot. The resort business is so lucrative that even Shangri-la staked their claim in this sandy funland. The dilemma now for tourists [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )If i am a Japanese
( A wicked analysis into the habits and behaviors of Japanese culture )
I will have to get an engineering degree so I can take a piss. The Japanese toilet is even more complicated than my rusty old laptop. My first encounter lasted for an hour just figuring out the buttons. And because of its ultra [...]
Off to college in Manila
chool is home away from home. This is said most especially for students who are sent to Manila or abroad for college. Suddenly, these kids face a new culture and way of life, not to mention a new standard of expectations from the Universities. Perhaps, half of the worrying comes from the parents too. To [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A DAY IN DAVAO ORIENTAL
On a quiet Sunday, the roads headed to Mati stretched out monotonously as if in harmony with the purr of the engine lulling us to sleep. I had joined my parent’s reunion slash field trip with the Stella Maris Academy class of 1969 to Davao Oriental upon the invitation of Governor Corazon Malanyaon.
We stopped [...]
stranded in caticlan
Note to self: always follow my own advice.
I always tell my passengers to book manila caticlan – kalibo manila when going to boracay. And like the 100 million passengers who probably thinks m hoarding all the caticlan manila flights, i booked me+family a roundtrip caticlan flight. Im taking my chances.
So here we are at this [...]
Daddy Tactics on Airport Survival
Manila airport. Manila airport. Manila airport.
Today was like a pooped out day for me at the airport. LInes were like the F4 concert but hungrier and heavier. and when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. It was time to try daddy tactics ( with some of my adaptation) of airport survival.
First hurdle was [...]
The only three reasons I go to Bacolod
The only three reasons i go to Bacolod
1. Work ( nuff said)
2. Dr. Au – my once a month physical therapist. I . N.E.E.D. M.Y. M.Y.O.T.H.E.R.A.P..Y. The man goes to manila once a month and for some weird reason has a lot of clients by word of mouth. referred by charms who claims bulok si [...]
Freebie trip with Carlos Celdran
a freebie i really really want want want!!!!! i gotta give 3 good reasons why i should win the Corregidor overnight tour with Carlos Celdran.
1. I love him! ( not in the Lets-get-married sense of love but more of His-Tours-Rock-kind-of-loving! )
2. I can have something to write about in my columns… ( Contrary to popular [...]
i want to be rich
yes. i want to be rich. filthy disgusting rich. the crazy kind of rich. and if i cant join amazing race asia to get there. then maybe joining this contest can! all i have to do is blog about this….
Manila Freelancer will be giving away a brand new hard bound copy of Why We Want [...]
The “Must Eat List” in Singapore
So many food, so little time. What is a foodie to do? We attempted to make a list of what to eat and where to get it. After exhausting interviews, intensive tummy breaking research and 10 whopping pounds later, the results are now in. And the winners are….
Hainanese Chicken Rice.
Steamed chicken [...]
FOOD ON A MERLION’s TABLE
Singapore, the land of lah’s and laksa, of bee eng chiang and kopi roti, of sate barbecues and chili crabs. I have long ago abandoned the zoos, the parks and the gardens. Instead, I come back to Singapore to drown my sorrows in teh tariks or feast with happiness along mounds and mounds of empty [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )The Coconut Milk Run
IN SAILING, we tend to follow the route where the trade winds blow, what sailors call the “coconut milk run.”
Ellen Lee Kwen and her husband has been sailing the seas for five years now. A Dabawenyo who moved to Canada in the 70’s, she and her Norwegian husband Kjartan Sekkingstad met each other during work, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )A brand New year for everyone!
AS THEY say different folks, different strokes. Here are some ways the New Year is celebrated:
The Scottish follow the custom of “first footing” where the first visitor will determine the luck of the household for the whole year. Visits are made shortly after midnight with guests bringing gifts of coal or shortbread. A house is [...]
Liberating Liberty
Liberating Liberty
It was the last stop in the city that never sleeps. Not because we lack the time but because it was the least interesting bit on our folder of activities. But we had to do the inevitable. A visitor must always pay homage to a country’s legendary symbol. An unwritten code of ethics followed [...]
Destinations of the Yangtze River
A cruise along the Yangtze river can take you to many destinations. We boarded on a Three Gorges cruise tour which provided many shore excursions that is cultural as well as educational to tourists.
A side trip to Wushan, a town that sits in between the Yangtze and Daning river serves as the starting point [...]
A Chongquing Day
It was a cold day when we disembarked in Chongquing after cruising the gorges of the Yangtze river. Chonquing, also called the golden waterway of the Yangtze is one of the four muncipalities of China completing Beijing, Tiajing and Shanghai.
We visited Eling park where Chang Kai Shek stayed during the Anti Japanese war. [...]
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