First-time Travels

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Claire Algarme - 9 June 2015 - 9:26 pm

Sipping a hot soup of beef with rice noodles, cilantro and mint, I can’t help but allow a bowl of pho to transport me to[…]

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 - 27 April 2009 - 8:19 pm

When I posted online that I was embarking on a long trip and one of my destinations would be HCMC, so many asked me if[…]

Claire Algarme - 14 April 2009 - 12:55 pm

Years ago, after my return to the Philippines from a seven-month stay in Indonesia, I gifted myself with a Southeast Asian Travel Guide. It was[…]