Tokyo Night Views
on Nov 18, 2009 in Tokyo Dome Roppongi Night Views Tokyo Tower Shinjuku Odaiba Ebisu Japan Tokyo Shibuya Tokyo is one of my favorite cities in Japan. It's clean, safe and full of energy. Just like other big Japanese cities, it may seem dull during the day. But when the sun sets, the whole city transforms into a sea of lights filled with neons competing...

Off To Albay
on Nov 12, 2009 in Philippines Busay Falls Mayon Volcano Bicol Albay Hoyop Hoyopan Cave After a whole day in CWC, my friends and I spent the 2nd day of our Bicol weekend getaway in Albay. We left CWC early in the morning and since our friend's aunt lent us her van and driver, we just sat back and relaxed until we arrived in Albay around...

CamSur Watersports Complex
on Nov 3, 2009 in Philippines Camarines Sur wakeboarding Bicol CWC Naga Pili Around this time 2 years ago, my friends and I decided to head to Bicol for a weekend getaway. Since this was my first time to go to the Bicol region, I was so excited. We decided to head first to Camarines Sur to try out wakeboarding and spend the n...

10 Hours In Macau
on Oct 21, 2009 in A Lorcha Macau A-ma Temple Macau Tower China Senado Square Venetian St. Paul Cathedral Last February, I went to Macau with my friends who are living in Hong Kong. We took the ferry from Hong Kong to Macau and arrived at around 12noon. From the port, we took a free shuttle to the Venetian where my friend and I met up with our other comp...

Typhoon In The Middle Of Summer
on Oct 13, 2009 in Philippines Bicol Sorsogon Butanding Typhoon Pepeng Typhoon Ondoy Typhoon Dante Donsol Around three weeks ago, typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) struck Metro Manila and its nearby provinces flooding most of the country's capital. A week after Ondoy, typhoon Pepeng (Parma) made landfall in Northern Luzon killing dozens and destroying crops and in...

The Wrath Of Ondoy (Typhoon Ketsana)
on Sep 30, 2009 in Philippines Typhoon Ketsana Ondoy Manila Over 240 deaths... 4.6 billion pesos worth of damage... 80% of the Philippines' capital and surrounding provinces under water.. That is what Ondoy or typhoon Ketsana did to the Philippines. On September 26, 2009, the typhoon brought over a months wor...

The Island of Corregidor
on Sep 22, 2009 in Philippines Corregidor Sun Cruise Malinta Tunnel Batter Grubbs Filipino Memorial Pacific War Memorial Japanese Memorial Battery Way Battery Hearn Spanish Lighthouse The island of Corregidor was used as a military base to prevent Japanese troops from entering Manila Bay during the second world war. However, in 1942, the Japanese defeated the Filipino and American troops and finally took over Corregidor and then M...

Vietnam-Cambodia-Thailand Overland
on Sep 14, 2009 in Cambodia Aranyaprathet Saigon Bavet Siem Reap Thailand Poipet Moc Bai Vietnam Suvarnabhumi International Airport Phnom Pehn Bangkok Traveling overland is a cheaper but slower way to get around Indochina. But since my friend, Lor and I were traveling on a budget, this was the best way to go. When we were planning our Indochina trip, we had a hard time finding out how to travel fro...

Breathtaking Siem Reap
on Sep 7, 2009 in Ta Prohm Cambodia Angkor Wat Phnom Bakheng Angkor National Park Bayon Siem Reap Khmer food Bantay Kdei Angkor Thom After spending our first day in Saigon, my friend, Lor and I headed for Siem Reap in Cambodia. Since we traveled overland, it took around 12 hours (including stopovers in the border and Phnom Pehn) before arriving in Siem Reap. Basically our second d...

One Day In Saigon
on Aug 31, 2009 in Cu Chi Tunnels Notre Dame Saigon Reunification Palace Opera House Vietnam Around 2 weeks ago, my friend and travel buddy Lor and I went on a 4-day trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. Because we lacked time, we decided to just go to Saigon in Vietnam and Siem Reap in Cambodia. And since we will be traveling overland, we basically...