Asia Travel Blogs - Page 5

NOTE: I am attempting with this blog to preserve memories for myself as well as hopefully give helpful insight to people who themselves may consider going to Indonesia in the future, so bare with my blah blah blah and all the rambling of info :) I hope this is of help to some people! I left Seattl…

This was a very exciting day for me. I'd finally experience Bohol!!! Before this trip, I used to just know about Bohol through postcards and history/geography books, but ever since I can remember, this was the place that I've always wanted to visit. Well, the day of reckonign has arrived =DFor this…

Mercy is a virtue. Vietnam 2001. I'm in a pool hall in Ho Chi Minh City.  Uncle Ho may have led a revolution from the north to bring his light of Communism to the hedonistic south, but he obviously didn't reach this place.  Its a massive building, pool tables extend across the floor…

I had to fly back to Bangkok to catch my flight back home via Tokyo. I decided to spend a few days there so that I could get a suit made and to get some gifts.  Not much new to say other than I will never get tired of 20 Baht pad thai and Kohsan road is still shocking even after being the…

An hour and some minutes later, I was back in good old Manila. Ah, the familiar sound of honking cars and smell of exhaust fumes welcoming you - how could anyone want to leave this paradise? As soon as I got home, I had to take a shower and change clothes to go straight to work. My TravBuddy friend…

Day 4. It was already 5AM when I left the gang at Buddy Resto. As planned, Cathy and I will try to catch the 630, or 730 the latest, bust to Poipet. I deliberately stayed on late as I didn't intend to sleep anymore. Otherwise, I will end up marrying my bed for the whole day. When I get to our room…

...Was our first plan.. lol Started raining around noon. Ayaka, Yasuyo and I were there and wished hard to stop raining but got harder....Messaged to most TBs that hanami is canceled and go to bowling instead. Waited for Simon and Ted. Simon showed up on time at the station where we were supposed t…

I left Singapore very early in the morning. It felt weird that after seeing Yangon devastated, I am back in a place where everything is normal, where everyone is apathetic to each other.I arrived in Manila peacefully. My mom called from the province, she was delighted that I am okay. My dad asked m…

finally, back in my new home away from home (for 2 more nights hehe) - i am back in tokyo! this time in a hostel in asakura. it's the sakura hostel and it is stunning! can only recommend staying there, gorgeous hostel anyways used the remaining hours of the day to visit the sony building (cr…

Wrapping up the day, I thought Denwil would be bringing us to a normal hotel. However, he had something else on his mind. We really had no plans as to where we would be staying in Banaue and where would we be spending a night at the town. Denwil had better plans for us. He reserved a space for us i…

It was my last day in Bangkok but it dosen't felt so! It was a normal day for me. I woke up at home and around me was my family that i love!!! How fast you can become accustomed! It was hard to think that you have to leave all this for an pitful live in Vienna. Here i have everything in Vienna…

Palo is considered to be one of the most historical towns of Leyte. It is well-known as the site of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines together with Philippine and American military forces after a period of exile in 1944. Hill 522, a hill located near the town center, was the site o…

Since yesterday, I've been looking online for hostels in Macau. However, due to laziness, I just went to hostelworld.com to look. But, everything in that website is fully-booked already. Until a few minutes ago, I was actually entertaining the possibility of sleeping in some park or walking around …

I was supposed to start getting engrossed with a new job today, but then I got a call that pivoted my life to a new direction just as when I have decided to focus on work for a few weeks or months before I start travelling again. ;) At first I was hesitant to receive it because it was a call from m…

Had a scary moment at Delhi airport. It was about 2am, we were waiting for check-in to open and me and Linds decided to kill time with our sun salutation moves! Just as we finished and realised we had quite an audience, saw a guy we work with, Andrew, looking straight at us and smiling. Unmistakabl…