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Newfoundland, Canadadream destination
On the back of a carton coaster... I drew a map of Canada, oh Canada... Your face sketched on it twice / You are in my blood like holy wine / You taste so bitter but... so sweet / I could drink a case of you / I'd still be on my feet... (Joni Mitchell) 46 others want to go here
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English, Español, Français, Hiligaynon, Italiano, Nippongo, Sugbuhanon, Tagalog
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Music you might find me listening to while waiting for my plane
Tori Amos, Mary J Blige, Björk, Jeff Buckley, Kate Bush, Adam Cohen, Leonard Cohen, Coldplay, Paula Cole, Colony, Alana Davis, Del Amitri, Ani DiFranco, The Doors, Everything But The Girl, Faithless, Filter, Gomez, Gorillaz, David Gray, Gun, Ben Harper, Keane, Janis Ian, Chris Isaak, The Killers, K.D. Lang, Kings of Leon, Sarah MacLachlan, Massive Attack, Maxwell, Joni Mitchell, Morcheeba, Alanis Morissette, Nirvana, Paris Combo, Portishead, Radiohead, Damien Rice, Sigur Ros, Jill Scott, Jane Siberry, Staind, Sting, Joss Stone, Stone Temple Pilots, Sugarspoon, Sweetback, Travis, U2, Foy Vance, Elliot Yamin Most Memorable Travel Experience
Learning/living/loving in Monterrey, Mexico (11 months, 25 days in 1999/2000);
Welcoming the New Millennium in Cancun, Mexico (9 days in 1999/2000); Facing/diverting a mugging (en français drôle) in Paris, France (3 days in 2002); Enjoying free hotel/shopping money in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (2003); Getting lost in Casablanca and getting stranded (almost) in Tangier, Morocco (1 weekend in 2006); Working/wandering in London, England (6 days in 2006, 2 months in 2007); Playing tour guide to my good friend and first-time Philippine visitor Sean (1 weekend in 2008); Many more... Profile
Techie by profession, single parent by choice, traveler by design, writer-artist by heart. More at www.armanij.com ...
_______________________________ "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars." -- Sal Paradise in "On The Road" by Jack Kerouac 
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mandilakbay's Travel Blogs
May 23, 2008 - Aug 10, 2008
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MAY-AUG 2008--A series of chillout weekends and weeknights after 5 dismaying and dismal May days of painstakingly excruciating late nights at work, a well-deserved break (make that a long series of breaks, hopefully) from the scourge and strains of earning an honest buck! Some snapshots...
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Jul 26, 2008
JUL 2008--My most enjoyable return visit (thus far) to Pulao Rawa off the coast of Mersing in Johor, Malaysia--after 4 long years, mind you--with no less than my best bud Ben and his friend Andreas, as well as Mickee and Mike and their deliriously jolly entourage of superfriends! Some snapshots...
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Jul 17, 2008
JUL 2008--A long planned/postponed second visit to Lake Sebu (no relation to Cebu in Central Philippines or Sibu in Malaysia) after more than a decade, again to see the lake from which the name of this South Cotabato municipality is derived, and also to pay homage to two of the magnificent Seven Falls towards which the lake overflows. Some snapshots...
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mandilakbay's Travel ReviewsExpensive "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Singapore Café Del Mar Singapore is the next best thing to its older sister in Ibiza, where the world's music connoisseurs, natives and visitors alike, take a ... (read more about Café Del Mar Singapore)
Ridiculously Expensive "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Singapore At the top of one of the world's tallest hotel buildings, the 226-meter-high Swissôtel Stamford (formerly Westin Stamford), Equinox offers fine Asian... (read more about Equinox)
Expensive "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Singapore Definitely not the eye of the storm that is the Emerald Hill night life, Que Pasa (translated roughly to "What's up?" in Español) provides a cozy amb... (read more about Que Pasa)
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