If there’s anything I’d like to do RIGHT NOW, it would be to sit on a tiny stool while hunched over a big bowl of hot beef pho at a side street somewhere in Ho Chi Minh City. Considering that I’ve been to Vietnam quite a number of times already, I can’t seem […]
We’ve been attempting to heed London’s call since my sister-in-law Dean got married more than five years ago and moved to that part of the world. But the few chances that we had were slim to begin with, what with Ignacio always getting in the way. 😉 This year seems more promising, though. We […]
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 […]