First-time Travels

Through the eyes of the uninitiated.

Discover your untapped potential and become the hero of your own narrative, where every day is an opportunity for a new, epic adventure.

Claire Algarme - 16 February 2016 - 12:43 am

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[…]

Claire Algarme - 24 January 2016 - 11:40 pm

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[…]

Claire Algarme - 14 April 2011 - 6:52 pm

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[…]

Claire Algarme - 17 March 2010 - 3:00 pm

I woke up one early June morning feeling restless. It was my last day in LA and I had to be in San Francisco before[…]

Claire Algarme - 4 January 2010 - 3:23 pm

Watching travelers in an airport coffee shop while waiting for my flight, I couldn’t help but wonder what 2010 has for me when it comes[…]

Claire Algarme - 9 July 2009 - 1:52 pm

“LA is great big freeway…” so the song goes. And big freeways, indeed, fill the Los Angeles landscape. Next to rows of palm trees, of[…]