Last August, I wrote about how I missed a talk by Australian professor and Camino guide Marc Grossman, lamenting how frustrated I was that I missed it and how going to this pilgrimage is really a lifelong dream of mine. So imagine my delight when four months later, on Christmas Eve last…
Category: Destinations
Top Budget Travel Destinations for 2011 via Budget Travel
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…
Manila Traffic
So I just got back from Aklan and let me tell you, that trip just added to the ten thousand posts that I need to start writing ASAP. I know, I know… my mountain of backlog is just piling up! Bad blogger. Bad, bad blogger! Seriously, it was such a wonderful and refreshing trip that…
But First, I’m Off to Aklan!
We interrupt the Barcelona series with this important news: my 2011 travel calendar officially begins today. Yup! I’m going home to Aklan with Hubby and my brother for a five-day holiday to visit our parents and to take part in the Ati-Atihan Festival. Ati-Atihan is the liveliest and most fun (or do you say ‘the…
Delectable Tapas, Scary Mimes, Biting Cold and Borrowed Boots
The Boots “Oh no, you’re not!” Left Foot screams as I look at the pair of boots with disdain apprehension. “You are definitely not going to wear that,” agrees Right Foot. But what can I do? I arrived in Barcelona totally unprepared for the cold. The weather guides all over cyberspace agreed that it wasn’t…