Hoping to get this post out before the Brrrrrr months set in. I’m not really sure why. I just feel the need to do so. Looking at my calendar (naks! Calendar talaga!), my next adventure won’t be in 7 weeks, at least. Unless something good comes up to shake things up a bit. But before that, when you’re in Bacolod, have you ever heard of this place called Campuestohan Highland Resort?
Sometimes, it is good to not have to be in control, to just go with the flow, see where the tide takes you, and what the waves wash to shore to bring you. Personally, when it comes to travelling, I am the type to want to at least be in the know, have a modicum degree of awareness, on what to expect and what to look forward to. But, sometimes, that, too, can get exhausting. Too much information to hold in at a time when you just want to have fun. And it is at times like these that I appreciate being unaware, and be surprised.
Continue reading “Hidden Gems of Morong, Bataan (and that time we witnessed a pawikan lay eggs)”
This week-long rain is putting a damper on my spirits; it’s as if the sun decided to hide for a bit to make us realize our transgression of complaining about her heat and glare. We’ll never win, I guess. But, to pick myself up, let me just hark back on that day I spent walking around and about Arashiyama in Kyoto, Japan.
Continue reading “[JP18] Arashiyama, Kyoto: Around and About”
The only train rides I’ve been on thus far mostly involved those on subways and metro transits, often packed and speeding through tunnels or in concrete jungles. Shinkansens or bullet trains in Japan are a whole other story, because they speed so fast and stealthy, and you’re boxed inside, unable to breathe in the air outside. It’s definitely nothing like those train rides we see in movies that are set, say, in some parts of the countryside, probably somewhere in Europe. Ya noe, those train rides that evoke… romance…?
Continue reading “[JP18] Arashiyama, Kyoto: Riding the Sagano Romantic Train”
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