It's funny how I went to Hong Kong because I had so badly wanted to check out this certain store, only to find it closed on the Sunday I was there. So I ended up strolling through the malls, something which am already tired of doing in Manila. It was an eye-opener seeing Hong Kong's precious Filipino domestic helpers camping out in different areas of the city. They laid out their mats on the ground talking, laughing and eating from their prepared lunch boxes. I wished I had stopped to talk to them but I had a ferry to catch and a mission to see as much as I can in ... Continue Reading...
Back from the travel
I haven't travelled for the past nine or so months (!!) and you can just imagine how excited I was to finally wrest a few days of vacation. It turned out this one was overkill. Going through three interlinked destinations meant I had to ride the plane, ferry, taxi, bus, car, subway train ... not to mention go through numerous immigration counters and kill my feet from all the walking. My virgin, machine-readable new Philippine passport now has a total of 15 stamps to show for it in just a matter of days. ... Continue Reading...
Boracay gets a boost as next international travel hotspot
This one comes rather belatedly in this corner as a piece of news. On a tip from Wysgal, as cited in the online Wall Street Journal: Boracay gets the attention of travel industry bigwigs as one of the world's next travel hotspot. The roll call (with corresponding descriptions and an interactive map) put together by WSJ writer Candace Jackson: Boracay, Philippines - a regional vacation spot reinvented for luxury seekers Sanya, Hainan Island, China - the "Hawaii of China," popular with China's leisure class Almaty, Kazakhstan - a luxury hub awash in new oil ... Continue Reading...
Hotel room for a little more than $2… only in KL
Tune Hotel. I'll try staying at Tunehotels.com the next time I am in KL because it's cheap, and the fact that its sister-company is Air Asia could only mean it's very very cheap :D The adverts say one can get a room for as low as 10 ringgit (which translates to roughly P130 pesos or a little more than $2) That's certainly not bad for 20 hours of stay if you're backpacking or travelling on a budget. The hotel concept i something that's not been explored much actually, and it borrows from Air Asia's premise of being a "no-frills" facility. Browsing ... Continue Reading...
Fast ferry your way to the Visayas (and beyond)
Airplanes will get us there faster but ships are still the best way to travel in an island-archipelago like the Philippines. This was one good lesson I learned during my last Cebu trip. In a province like mine which has no airport, fast ferries were a boon and took me to my destination in no time at all. Fast ferries are "twin-hulled catamarans measuring an average of 35 to 45 meters in length and cruising at speeds of up to 34 knots (63 kilometers per hour)." They're deemed to be better than your ordinary ship because they cut travel time by more than 50 per cent. ... Continue Reading...
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