When I started travelling solo some 25 years ago, it was still uncommon to see a woman on her own. Men would leer at me and ask me uncomfortable questions just because I was alone. Once, on a 4-day bus trip from Manila to Davao, I was left behind by my bus during a stopover […]
“The street signs weren’t in English. I don’t understand how anyone can get around.” When you travel, you are bound to encounter several bumps along the way. I often hear co-travellers complain about delayed flights or overcrowded airports. More often than not, these complaints are justified. But sometimes, some complaints are just so petty if […]
For the past three years, I’ve been on several trips to Spain working on a special project which I started talking about a year ago here. READ: In Search of San Ignacio de Loyola Well, I am so excited to show you what I’ve been working so hard on. The cause of much blood […]
I received a pleasant surprise in my inbox today: Wow! This is indeed an honor. Thank you to the people behind the Philippine Blogging Awards, and of course, to those who nominated Pinay Traveller. But what’s even better is that Pinay Traveller’s twin, A Dose of Simple, is also nominated! Yay! I’m not really expecting […]
The gifted cinematographer and my friend Lee Briones Meilly first spotted this spray-painted piece of street art while we were walking around the 5th arrondissement of Paris. The pink image tickled our imagination. Was someone killed on this spot? Who is Anna Cappelli? Was she a murderer? Later, I found out that Anna Cappelli […]