The Winter Vacation Kids Will Love

01/13/201801/13/2018 / bunsongpayat / Leave a comment

The long holiday of Christmas and New Year just wonderfully ended! It was a 2-week vacation of icy wind hunting with family in Baguio and food feasting with close friends. My 2017 was very exhausting but the long vacation have given me enough drive to start 2018 with brighter hopes. I hope you did too! Happy Winter!

The welcoming spirit of 2018 has enthused me to turn my laptop on and continue writing this 2-month old draft blog. This was meant to be posted before the holiday in hopes you would have more ideas for a good snowy holiday. I hope I am not too late! I wish you booked a trip to Hokkaido for the first two weeks of February.

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Staycation Is Golden

05/17/201705/20/2017 / bunsongpayat / 2 Comments

Staycation is becoming the treasure I seek.

“I am just so laaazy to get up and walk and…. ahh. I am so lazy to even talk” brushing off all deliverables. “Yeaaaaah. I’ve turned down night-outs so many times. I’d rather sleep”, my bestfriend said.

Staycation is my latest trend. And I recently did one in Hidden Valley Bed and Breakfast.

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A First of Airbnb

09/10/201601/13/2018 / bunsongpayat / 4 Comments

Traveling like a local sounds cliche to me but can’t ignore how this line keeps me grounded when experiencing new things in a different country. I become more accepting and ready for discomfort. And as I evolve in my travels, I become more intrigued on how it feels to live, eat, sleep and wake up in a local house.

Local House as Travel Accommodation. A house that I can throw my stuff around and lounge on the spacious floor, a kitchen where I can cook meals and a bathroom for myself.

I learned from travels and research that hotels are indeed capitalists in spite of little things I can only do with their amenities. I stayed many times in hostels and guesthouses and I can still say these are still the accommodations that worth of every peso I pay. However, the catch with hostels and guesthouses is I always need to make sure my stuff are secured.

I want a place where I can say I am home but I am traveling.

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Market Spree in Japan – 日本に買い物に行こう！

03/10/201511/01/2016 / bunsongpayat / 1 Comment

For this week’s blog, I will share with you what you can enjoy buying in Japan.

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Essentials for Better Travel Experience

02/03/201503/13/2015 / bunsongpayat / 2 Comments

Clothes, toiletries, camera, phones, cash, cards and passport are the things we need to bring when we travel.

These are all important for us, however, there are other essentials that are not really “important” but can provide cleanliness, security and access that make our travel both efficient and comfortable. So, what are these things exactly? Here are my share of travel essentials: