First-time Travels

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Garden in Taichung

Gardens and Green Escapes: Nature’s Beauty in 10 Cities

As I pursued on exploring various countries and cities, my travels unveiled the beating heart of each metropolis. Amid bustling streets, verdant havens provide solace—a[…]

Philippine interconnectivity with Palau and Guam

There’s good news for Palau and Guam! And this is good news even for travelers heading to these places, too. There is  a recent development[…]

Canada as Top Travel Destination in 2017

Canada is emerging as a top travel destination in 2017. While travelers are looking at it as a great destination for some adventure, experience or[…]

Cyber Christmas Shopping with GCash

Black Friday, a day after Thanksgiving, is often regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping season in the US. Along with it, Cyber Monday[…]

Make Wanders Happen in Northern Mariana Island

For quite sometime now, I have been looking towards the east, hoping I would someday explore more territories just beyond my country, the Philippines. After[…]

My 5 Memorable Train Travels

Getting from one city to another by plane may be the fastest way but traveling by train can be a whole lot of fun. I’m[…]

Earth Hour 2016

Earth Hour 2016: Dim The Lights, Light the Future

I love browsing photos of famous global landmarks in various websites. They look breathtaking in the morning and they even appear amazing at night. But[…]

Philippine beaches

Fly Straight to these Philippine Beach Destinations

Fly from Los Angeles, USA to Cebu, Philippines (or vice versa) Non-Stop With Philippine Airlines (PAL)! Wanting to go to a warmer place and enjoy[…]

20 Travel-Related Books In My Shelf

It seems that my thirst for travel is not just limited to actually going out and exploring the world. It also extends to my other[…]

Traveling and Worshiping

When one has a day job and has to take some time off to travel to some foreign destination, the journey is often scheduled near[…]

Party Perks: Travel-themed Children’s Party

I was excited to receive an invite from my high school buddy. She gave birth earlier this year and she would be having a christening[…]

Top 10 Destinations Bucket List

* Spain is a great country to explore. Image above by VideoVik. Though I have hit the road many times and explored places many have[…]

“One Year Lived” free e-book

I get a lot of propositions in my First-time Travels e-mail every now and then. I read through them all and choose which best suits[…]

Travel to Learn English

I recently read this infographic on learning English at the Kaplan International website. Infographic via the KIC Blog. The data is interesting. One of the[…]

Travelers and their “Firsts”

It has taken me a few more days to put this together due to some late submissions and my increased work load in my day[…]

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