Category: North America
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Gardens and Green Escapes: Nature’s Beauty in 10 Cities
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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 timeless narrative of culture, history, and urban-nature harmony. These are the parks and gardens found in modern and busy cities, providing refuge to the weary.…
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Philippine interconnectivity with Palau and Guam
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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 in terms of interconnectivity with Southeast Asia and the US that will create milestones on the services and communities of Palau and Guam. Things will…
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Canada as Top Travel Destination in 2017
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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 vacation, many are even planning to work and live in Canada. But before we get to that part, let us first look at the lists…
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Cyber Christmas Shopping with GCash
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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 is also another event that shoppers are anticipating. But even those from other parts of the world, including the Philippines, can now also enjoy the Black…
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Make Wanders Happen in Northern Mariana Island
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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 New Zealand trip, my curiosity of such territories was piqued when I encountered people from the Pacific Islands. Guam, Palau, Micronesia, and their neighboring…
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My 5 Memorable Train Travels
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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 the type of traveler who loves to see the scenery, that is why I always prefer the window seat. And train travel gives me that…
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Earth Hour 2016: Dim The Lights, Light the Future
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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 each year, I like seeing pictures of these tourist spots from their dazzling night scenes to having their lights switched off. That’s the scene every…
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Beaches in the Philippines: Fly to these Destinations
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Wanting to go to a warmer place and enjoy the islands? Now, there’s a way for travelers from the US to fly straight to the heart of the Philippines — the Visayas region, where thousands of beaches and islands are sprawled across the central part of the country. Philippine Airlines,…
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20 Travel-Related Books In My Shelf
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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 interests, such as my postcards collection and the books I keep in my cabinet. I’ve found that apart from travel guides and language books, I…
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Traveling and Worshiping
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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 the weekends to make the most of it. That’s what I always do. Several times, I time my trips during the Holy Week when business…
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A Journey Around the World at a Travel-Themed Christening
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Some invitations instantly stand out. Others leave you counting the days until the event arrives. When my high school friend invited me to the christening of her third child, her only son, Andrei Teomar, I immediately knew this would be something special. Aside from the honor of being chosen as…
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Top 10 Destinations Bucket List
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* Spain is a great country to explore. Image above by VideoVik. Though I have hit the road many times and explored places many have not gone before, I still consider myself lacking when it comes to my travel experiences. I have seen a lot, but I have also seen…
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Travel to Learn English
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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 reasons why foreigners prefer to travel to the Philippines is that majority of the Filipinos can easily converse in English. In fact, there are many…
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Travelers and their “Firsts”
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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 job. I couldn’t accommodate more submissions though because I have set a deadline. I hope you enjoy whatever I have compiled in this blog carnival…
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Walking around Downtown LA solo
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Traveling solo is not my gig, unless I am sent on a business trip. I am used to traveling alone but it was always for a meeting or when I had to go home. As much as possible, I prefer not to venture exploring various sights on my own because…