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December 31, 2010 – Taipei Backpacker’s

What you see in the photo are the letters of guests who stayed in the Taipei’s Backpackers. Although there are a number of notes written in guests’ native languages, much of them are letters of gratitude and requests for visits from hosts to their countries.

Aside from maximizing every available space and wall for maps and guides, toiletries and picka foods, backpackers’ houses are more personal when it comes to relating with their guests. Every guest can watch TV together, eat on the same table and share the same bedroom. Plus, the hosts are more intimate when it comes to conversation as they don’t speak like they are your servants but instead as friends who welcomed you at their home.

It’s MORE FUN in the Philippines

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check here what we offer

Department of Tourism has released the new slogan for Tourism as my country imparts its beauty to the rest of the world. As part of its campaign towards millions of tourists by the end of my President’s term on 2016, Pinoys are now in rave in moving each beauty of Philippines in front of the other nations. We, as the citizen of the country, are the very medium of this campaign. We are already trending topic in Twitter. Every Pinoy has also released their own ads to promote what they have already visited and are proud about the Philippines. Check them here. And it looks like every Pinoy has turned his head to this challenge. Haha.!

It is more fun because we have a lot to offer perfectly sprinkled on each of our 7,107 islands! =)

It’s MORE FUN in the Philippines

I Tried My Best

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I made tteokbokki out of rice cake and hot sauce I bought from a korean store. I have to do this again, but should consider putting sesame seed and onion next time. Wiiihooo! This streetfood is sooo sticky that I have to stir it from time to time.

Did anyone try korean ice cream? tsarap! You should try..

Motors

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April 8, 2009 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Our bus was mugged by motorcycles amidst a traffic jam!!

Everyone should somehow know that driving a motor in Ho Chi Minh gives a higher probability of accident. This motorcycle-city has 50 accidents every day. However, they still rule the road. Haha! Much like how people in Manila.

Goodbyes of Travel

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I witnessed a number of travel phlogs in these past few weeks popping out as their authors rekindle their love for travel one photo at a time. One has truly made me a true follower. Theirs remind me the pleasure of wandering even I am just staring at my computer doing plainly nothing.

But there is one thing I think saddens me about traveling…These are the goodbyes we have to bid after we finally found the connection we were seeking when we arrived.

It is when you know that as you enter a new land, you know you are also bound to leave these places soon. 3 days is never enough so you always hunger for longer stay. The next travels tend to be longer and you being more of a challenger for the unknown. You tend to be keener. You realized that you can leave your touristy attitude away then act like a local. You realized that there is more to a luxurious hotel, hopping at bars, following a tourist guide for the entire travel and souvenir shops. You realized that traveling means meeting people, being immersed in each of the new places, riding the public buses and eating street foods. You realized that traveling is not really about spending a lot in order to learn about the country or a new city but it is about exploring what is already there: things and places that do not require a chunk of your hard-earned money. You realized that ability to travel is not about showing what you have but showing to people what the world has. You also realized that traveling is a way to learn new things, things you know you would never know if you will not try to check those in the other side. You know traveling widens you. You start to love each places, sometimes loving one more than the others. At the end of the travel, you realized that the place is not foreign anymore to you. You realized it is loving you back. You know you already have the feeling of belongingness.

But..you know there is an end in every adventure.  Goodbye is for people who truly had experienced first times with the place. But as the travel photographer Mitchell Kanashkevich puts it, Despite everything, the travel bug that bit you says “The show must go on”.

Goodbyes of Travel