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2023 Top Travel Moments

Top 23 Travel Moments of 2023

Exhausted. That’s exactly how I felt upon arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport coming from my last trip for the year. And what a year it had been! You see, the pandemic felt like a hard reset. For better or for worse, it changed the travel scene dramatically. I’m a travel blogger creating destination…

Okayama Chocolate Grandpa

A Bright Soul in Okayama

Okayama City, Japan, November 2023. Vins was taking pics of me against the fiery autumn colors of the Korakuen Garden when a local grandpa showed up. Since we were blocking a narrow foot path, we immediately stopped to let him through. He motioned that we continue. Seemed like he wanted us to finish the shots…

Limassol Cyprus

Two Cypriot Chauffeurs

Limassol, Cyprus, 2023. DRIVER A When we arrived in Limassol, we booked a cab via BOLT, a ride-hailing app, to our hotel. When the cab arrived, the driver wasn’t very friendly at all. He didn’t assist us with our luggage. He told us to wear a mask before getting in. We’re always ready with masks…

Family Restaurant in Greece

Family Restaurant

ATHENS, Greece, May 2023. At one point in our 2019 Euro Trip, we had dinner at a small family restaurant in Athens, where we were served by a lovely old couple who were so good to us. We enjoyed that experience so much that this time, 4 years later, we returned and hoped to meet…

Top 15 Travel Moments of 2022

I will always remember 2022 as the Year of Revenge. Not because I was able to exact retaliation Godfather-style, but because I finally got to travel again. You see, the pandemic put a gigantic monkey wrench into our plans. Thankfully, 2022 put an end to the isolation and stagnancy. And I finally hit the road,…

Boatman Nasugbu House

The Blog and The Boatman

A few months ago, when I checked my message requests, I found a message from someone I didn’t recognize. It was from MARVIN, a boatman we hired for an island hopping tour a few years ago. He was using his wife’s FB account coz he didn’t have one.

Yosh 2021 Travels

Top 10 Travel Moments of 2020-2021

The past two years were a blur. I didn’t think it was possible to feel like so many things happened and nothing much really happened at the same time. But there they were, 2020 & 2021. The strangest of all my years.