Here’s Budget Travel Magazine’s Top Budget Destinations for 2011. Manila didn’t make it to the list but my favorite city, Lisbon, did. Here’s an excerpt. We analyzed a year’s worth of news, trends, and statistics to identify the world’s best value destinations for 2011. From China to our own backyard, here are ten places that …




Craving for Pasteis de Nata
This is just great. My craving for Pasteis de Nata is so enormous that I can just buy a ticket and fly all the way to Lisbon now! Well, if you’ve tasted one of these Portuguese egg tarts, you’ll understand why. I can almost taste them… hot from the oven…smelling heavenly… sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar, …

daydreaming of madeira…
…but since it might take me a while to get there, I will just satisfy my wanderlust with this video (for now). This, by the way, is an excellent travel show called Stepping the World. Enjoy!