The first time is always the sweetest. When I saw Paris for the first time, I was filled with a sense of surreal wonderment. Maybe because I couldn’t believe that I was actually there. I felt like I was the luckiest girl on earth! It was 1999. I was single and ready to fall in […]
Off-travel: JesCom Young Visionaries Video Competition Call for Entries
By PinayTraveller on July 25, 2011Jesuit Communications Foundation (JesCom) in cooperation with the Ateneo de Manila Department of Communication presents the JesCom Young Visionaries Video Competition 2011. The competition is open to all college students in Metro Manila. Please click on the poster below for details.
Pinay Traveller Recommends #9: Fantasizing About Mobile Living
By PinayTraveller on July 21, 2011Recently, Will Smith drew a lot of flak from New Yorkers when he parked his gargantuan motorhome in Soho during a shoot. The two-story, thirty-foot monster naturally created a lot of traffic and caused such a furor among the locals that Smith had to have it removed ASAP. But honestly, since when did people need […]
An Afternoon in Montserrat
By PinayTraveller on July 19, 2011Montserrat is a Catalan word which means “serrated mountain”. It pertains to the unique rock formation of the mountain chain near Barcelona, Spain. While in Barcelona, I was lucky enough to visit the Our Lady of Montserrat Basilica which is nestled among these beautiful formations. The Basilica was built and is still maintained by Benedictine […]
Remember the pilgrimage my company (JesCom) led in 2008? Well, we are doing another pilgrimage in October this year, this time in the Holy Land in Israel. Led by His Excellency Bishop Chito Tagle, the pilgrimage will be a different take on the usual Holy Land pilgrimage as it features Via Lucis or Way […]




