Archive | September, 2009

Four Movies About Road Trips

30. September 2009

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Four Movies About Road Trips

[ad#agile336] Do you still remember that pivotal moment when you suddenly had that craving to hit the road? Not all roadies were born on the road, growing up in a traveling family who spends all their days moving from one place to another. Some of us did not hear the call of the road until [...]

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We Need Help | Typhoon Ondoy

27. September 2009

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We Need Help | Typhoon Ondoy

If you’re a reader of this blog and you have some resources to spare, please, we need all the help we can get. My country has been hit by a very strong typhoon and a lot of my countrymen are badly in need of help. To make sure that your donations go directly to those [...]

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Christmas Travel In The Philippines

27. September 2009

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With hundreds of thousands of passengers (maybe millions, who knows) going home to their cities and provinces during the week preceding the 25th, and especially more so on the 23rd and 24th of December, the airports are gonna be packed tighter than your favorite brand of sardines.

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Cebu Pacific Air Christmas Promo 2009

27. September 2009

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We’re bringing Christmas early to Filipinos with an P888 ‘Go Lite’ seat sale to any domestic destination starting now until September 30, 2009 for travel beginning November 1 until December 31, 2009.

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Why Travel To The Philippines

25. September 2009

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Why Travel To The Philippines

[ad#agile336] Travelling to the Philippines can be one of the most rewarding adventures you can have in your life. This may be a biased statement considering that I am a Filipino so let me tell you the reasons why. Reason #1 – The Weather This goes without saying. The Philippines is a tropical island which [...]

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Homeless Weekend In Makati

17. September 2009

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[ad#agile336] Cheap Makati Hotel | Pension House It’s not only when I’m on the road that I find myself homeless. There are also extraordinary times when I have to vacate my apartment and live in a hotel. Like what happened last weekend. A few relatives of the significant other arrived from the province to attend [...]

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Fillers

9. September 2009

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Since it’s gonna be a while before my next trip (hopefully to Busuanga), I will be posting articles (still travel related) about the road.  And if I can pull it off, perhaps a few travel tales as well.  The bad thing about working behind a desk is that there are certain obligations that force me [...]

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Road Trip Essentials – Soundtracks

9. September 2009

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Road Trip Essentials – Soundtracks

How does one traveller set a really good mood during a road trip? Scenery is a given, and a travelling companion is a ‘nice to have’ but not really necessary. I myself like to do road trips alone, but that’s just me. Music, I find is a really good companion when the scenery becomes monotonous. [...]

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Anatomy Of A Roadtrip

6. September 2009

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Anatomy Of A Roadtrip

The best road trip is one that’s unplanned. Planning sometimes can cause major disappointments due to unmet expectations. I find that when there’s very little planning involved, the pleasure derived from that activity is increased dramatically. Note: Apologies for the awful lighting, it was really cloudy when I took these photos and I only have [...]

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Traveller Tips For Siargao Island

6. September 2009

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Traveller Tips For Siargao Island

How To Go To Siargao Island Thanks to the Cloud 9 fame, Siargao has become synonymous with surfing. And with that notoriety comes a lot of international attention and of course a huge boom in tourism especially around September, when the waves start coming in and surfing competitions, both local and international, are organized. In [...]

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