What do you take with you on your trips aside from clothes? A tin of Altoids? A block of eraser? A copy of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’? On Air New Zealand’s “I Am Packed” site, you’ll see all these and more. I Am Packed is a photo-sharing site where users get to post how and…
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Pinay Traveller Recommends #18: Backpacker’s Checklist
Are you backpacking soon? Here’s a great backpacker’s checklist you can use before you brave your next destination. I just wish whoever made this spelled ‘equipment’ correctly before this went viral.:) (source unknown)
Pinay Traveller Nominated Best Female Blogger
Just when I thought this year would be the last for Pinay Traveller because of some technical blackhole she fell into, the universe decides to spit her out one more time and with a pat on the back to boot. (And yes, I’m writing about Pinay Traveller in the third person here, much like Ate…
The Wolfgang Puck Express in Harajuku
Celebrity Chef Wolfgang Puck’s business thrives well in Japan. But my discovery of the Iron Chef’s restaurant in Tokyo was purely accidental. My friend Arnold and I were going to see Harajuku, that famous street where young Japanese people hang out dressed in their favorite anime characters. I personally wanted to see this: But when…
1,000 square meters of Tubbataha Reef Damaged by USS Guardian
If you have been following the news lately, you’d know that the US minesweeper USS Guardian has run aground the Tubbataha Reef last January 17. Today, initial assessment by the US Navy and Philippine divers reveal that about 1,000 square meters of the reef has been damaged. The minesweeper has been stuck in the reef…