Asia Travel Blogs - Page 11

I have been wanting to go to the island of Corregidor long before Josh organized for TB to visit the island. I am just glad that I was with a great bunch of people from TB to do it.Corregidor is an island situated at the mouth of Manila Bay. Long before the GIs converted this island as their base, …

It was the longest meet up I've ever had! Haha .. Started two days before the NYE meetup then the other 5 days after meet up! I wasn't there all 8 days but someone made it like 7 days continued, yes Chris! And my dodge had like 5-6 days I think. She's sick now when i'm writing and ca…

I arrived back in KL early sat morning. My friend JD has missed me so much that he came all the way to the airport and waited for me. I woke up at about midday on saturday and wandered over the rd to the bars where i knew i would find my friend Paul and his housemate.We sat in "The green man" for …

In March 2008 I traveled for 18 days in the Philippines. I visited Makati, Manila, Coron (Palawan), Lemmery (Batangas) and Las Pinas City.

30 is a big number! I can’t believe myself I’m turning 30 today.   Make a list of achievements cure my anxiety. I feel a little bit better when I have long list of positive things I have done for the past 30 years. However, there are some silly things I have done and I’m not very prou…

Yes, now back again to the big city. My friend had to go back to his work now so I decided to move and try an hotel in Asakusa. The hotels name was Kaminarimon and my room was in japanese-style. It was not very expensive and it was good located. The area Asakusa is very traditional. Outside my hote…

Boracay is perhaps the most favored island in the Philippines. Why not? Its got the whitest and finest sand and clearest water in this side of the planet.  Located in the Western Visayas region,  Boracay is approximately seven kilometers long, dog-bone shaped with the narrowest spot…

Ganesh Ganesh meets me at the airport. Ganesh looks disconcertingly like my friend Alex - they could be different colored versions of the same person! And Ganesh has the same lingering, calm way about him. I'm completely weirded out and spend the the next few days trying in vain not to stare; to…

Venue:  Krocodile Grill, Trinoma Mall, Quezon City   Attendees: 1.  Jenneth - yours truly 2.  Josh:  http://www.travbuddy.com/the_bloodsucker 3.  Ted:  http://www.travbuddy.com/ted332 4.  Angelo:  www.travbuddy.com/sunstroke 5.  Racquel: …

Sawadee kha and Sawadee krab everyone!!!! HUMBLE MEET-UP IN BANGKOK Organizers:    New(newtampo) and Dodge(dodge) Date    : Friday April 18, 2008 Venue : Bangkok, Thailand  - Meeting place at Starbucks Siam Paragon, then dinner at  GING KALPAPRUEK THAI R…

“Why Laos?” That was a question that I heard a lot when I mentioned about my next trip. I really had no valid reason why I chose to travel to Laos. I just wanna go there. By the way, do we always need reason why we travel to certain places? Can we just pack our stuff and go? Yes, we tota…

It has been over a month since I came back from Singapore and started working again in Manila. For more than a month, I have not been home despite that I am already in the Philippines. Then April 7, a national holiday came, this window gave me a chance to be home for atleast three days. It was real…

Satoshi one of the Osaka Tb's is leaving for Phillipines for an internship , so if he was doing a good cause, we thought we should do a good cause to him and throw him a farewell Party, good luck satoshi and have fun in the Phillipines, my friend.  11 of us joined the fun at Ume hachi an Izaka…

Duration              3 hours Distance              4.5 kms  Standard             easy-medium Start &…

Rain, Lightning and Thunder ��" what a way to end our volcano visit J     Since it was late in the afternoon already and the sky had somewhat darkened - a sure signal that it might rain anytime, we decided to head back and descend the trail.   Rochelle, Dennie and I st…