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july 21 - this is the day i finished my blog.it was hard to start and finish it. hard to start because eventhough i brought something for me to write, i just couldnt write all the things happened, the notebook remained blank, unfinished, unclear. the only recollections i have are my pictures and my memories - everytime i look at them - it brings... painful joy in my heart - joy of how beautiful everything was and yet... it pains me that all beautiful things in the world must come to an end.ha...

I will tell you why I have this blog even if you don't care. It's end of May already as you all know but I still haven't finished blogging my trips from October of last year and here I am again, leaving soon this place that has been my home for a very long time.... 7 months to be exact, and that is like 65 million years for normal people like you mister! I have been working as an au pair since November but I was still able to travel a lot making Germany as my 'home base', which mean...

------- My lovely istanbul -------I will never stop walking around my lovely and gergeous istanbul till i became too old to walk :D, i walked about 20km again and took new photos in Kadikoy/istanbul and wanted to share them with you, take ur time and welcome again :) i will upload more photos soon coz i dont have time now :P and i will publish some texts about istanbul now, so that you can see some of my photos bigger at the first page.The city which bridges two continents? Istanbul, wh...

Monday saw the numbers dwindling down to four, three, two, and finally just Sylvie.  On Monday morning I was awake before 7. I always have this phobia of waking up late on the day I have to be at the airport, but as usual, I ended up waking long before I was supposed to. But it gave me time to pack up, shower, and relax. Pieter was up not long after me because he also had to be somewhere, dressed up in his kilt (picture supplied). Ashish was up next, just before Pieter left us. And the...

first of all i want to thank you guys for coming to the meet up in a not-so well known city in europe. many people have never heard of düsseldorf before outside the germanic speaking countries, but you did and you've put düsseldorf on the map. i dont know how many times will i have to say thank you. but i will say it again and again and again. i think some people thought i was angry or annoyed, and if i have offended people, i am truly truly sorry. i am just so so so stressed fro...

So I HAD to be ready to leave my flat at 8:00am or I would lose £100 of my deposit. So 8am rolls around and I am ready to go. The inspector however doesn't show up untill 11:30am!!!!!!!! Gah I was so mad and it made me late getting to Ruby's which made us late for Canada day partying and drinking!! Once we got to Ruby's her mom fed me, her, and Hannah SO much food. It was awesome, I love being at Ruby's! Then we headed to the post office where we waited in queue for a good half hour. Finally...

I just decided to prepare an Istanbul guide for travelers who dont know istanbul or want to know more about istanbul. you can see what to do or where to see day by day. I divided loctions to 7 parts and it makes 7 days to travel around istanbul. Im sure u will like this blog, you are welcome from now :P, and dont forget to smile ;)USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND INFORMATION   Placing a Call     &...

ok this journal is not about travelling, but a dedication - but tomorrow i will start my journey  as i begin a new period in  life. let me share a  deep secret of my heart, i feel embarrased, but somehow i had to let it out. i love tennis and i adore tennis - but only as an audience, since i cannot play it - because i was a sickly child growing up. My older cousins play at the club, my mother’s uncle was national tennis champion in the philippines. Its in our blood, ...

Christmas day 2007. For the first time in my life, we would break with tradition. Normally we would have had a big family dinner, but this year was different. It was the first Christmas after the unexpected death of my father earlier this year. It being all very unreal and strange, we decided to throw caution to the wind and step away from tradition. We (my mother, my wife and I) decided to get away from it all and take a trip to Switzerland to the chalet owned by my sister's hubby. Be...

Halfeti is a hidden heaven in Sanliurfa/Turkey ;) Some new photos, taken by my forever friend Nagehan, and of course i edited again, some parts of city are under the water because of a DAM, and some buildings moved another places due to this dam :(  but it has a nice view with the lake on the city center :) :) :)i can add new photos in time, for now im sharing these ones, take ur time :) :) :) 

So yesterday I walked to the Cliffs from Doolin along the coast (recommended by the hostel caretakers versus taking a bus).  I believe I was trespassing the whole time as my walk included jumping over barricades, rivers, stone fences, past cows and other grazing animals with a curious glare, and eventually walking on the edge of the cliffs to the central tourist overlook.  Imagine the stares I got!  It was so wonderful though.  The views were fantastic! And the peace and q...

Yes, I was definitely excited about the meetup in Dusseldorf that I didn't mind waking up at 4:30 in the morning (I slept at 1:30, what the $&&*$*?!) to catch that 6am train that leaves the nearest train station here, which is located from another town and walking there takes me at least 20 minutes.  I didn't get to buy a ticket for high speed trains in advance and so if I buy it now it will cost me 100euros one way (what the $#%^ again?!). I only bought a wee...

So far its been 23 months away, exploring Europe and Asia. Whale Sharks, Manta Rays, Pandas, Elephants, Komodo Dragons, Turtles, Tigers, rats, bats, cats and cockroaches. The Kremlin, Great Wall, Angkor, Bagan, Terracotta Warriors, Trans Siberian railway and fantastic travbuddy's! Stolen bags, crowbar threats, bank robbery, 2 motorbike crashes, 1 bus crash, pancreatis, erosion of the liver and kidneys but i'm still here and telling my tale! Check out the blog and leave a smile/comment. Cheers!

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How TravBuddy's look like The Day After! We spend the entire evening in restaurant Zollhof and after that we kept the Weissen Bär Bar open till 5 in the morning. Checkout time at the Backpackers Hostel on Sunday was 11 o'clock sharp!  Don't forget to strip off your bedlinen and return it to the reception :D For TravBuddy's who think these meetups are all about eating, drinking and partying: Melissa, Guido and I spend the Sundayafternoon to visit an exhibition...