Are you envisioning this year as your Year of Travel? Good for you! And what better way to realize this dream than to plot your free days alongside your vacation leaves? The good folks at Manila Bulletin have produced this simple infographic showing the 2014 National Holidays in the Philippines. Now you can plan your […]
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Photo Diary: Greetings of Peace from Bethlehem
By PinayTraveller on December 25, 2013
In Bethlehem, it seems that everyday is Christmas Day. After all, this is where the most famous birth story took place. But despite being the birthplace of the “Prince of Peace”, Bethlehem has been at the center of numerous territorial disputes for over two thousand years. That’s why this sign particularly struck me when I […]
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What’s in your Suitcase?: A Family Trip to Kathmandu
By PinayTraveller on December 17, 2013
Kathmandu is one of those places that always ends up in ‘places to visit before you die’ lists. I for one have been fantasizing about Kathmandu for decades (!). These fantasies have a soundtrack, too: Will Ackerman’s “A Happy Home in Kathmandu” (from the album The Opening of Doors, 1992), a song that I have loved […]
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Green Gestures Plants a Tree for Pinay Traveller
By PinayTraveller on December 15, 2013
Whenever I hear the term ‘carbon emissions’, I automatically equate it with nasty black smoke expelled by cars and factories. But apparently, computers are also spewing the dreaded CO2, albeit invisibly. In fact, the laptop I am using now is emitting 20 milligrams (0.0008 ounces) of CO2 as I type. OMG! That is why Green Gestures, […]
