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New Year’s Eve in Skopje
Oh New Year’s Eve ! I was telling my friends that since I moved to Europe in 2008, one of the biggest cultural shifts for me was on how to celebrate the New Year’s. In the Philippines, it’s all about...
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Rocking at Rock Werchter
There’s something about festivals that make me want to come back for more. But as years went by my attitude towards it changed. As a teenager, festivals like Glastonbury and Benicassim were stories...
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What makes an adventure an adventure?
What’s an adventure? Is it something that needs to involve an exotic place or a dangerous activity? It came to mind when Nigel Clifford, a traveler and the founder of Adventure Underwear, asked me to...
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Paragliding in Lima
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” – Leonardo Da Vinci I’ve always dreamt...
View ArticleKiev: A tale of two cities
When I visited in Kiev last year, it was a different city than what is in the news today. I went there in November, a couple of weeks before the current political turmoil started. I’ve been invited by...
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A walking tour of Kiev in photos
After my post last week on the Euromaidan issue, you may be wondering why I am passionate on talking about Kiev in the first place. Kiev is an underrated destination when it comes to travel but the...
View ArticleCan travel heal a broken heart?
He flashed that smile; his green eyes twinkled under the fairy lights on Orchard Road that Christmas evening. I traced the dent on his cheek and muttered, “Dimples. That’s what it’s called in English.”...
View ArticleHow I ended up making Motanka dolls in Ukraine
Yes, you read it right, dolls. I never thought that I’ll be making dolls and especially in a country like Ukraine. After walking around Kiev, I, Claudia, a fellow traveller, and Natalya our Active...
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Stranded in Java: When a volcano forces you to stay longer
If you’ve seen my previous post, you would have known by now that I set out to Java to heal my broken heart, the first in a series of monthly travel-will-heal trips. I had a cinematic expectation of...
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Learning something new when you travel
No doubt, the biggest benefit of traveling is new learning. Just to be in a new place, absorbing the sights, sounds and senses beats reading books or watching it on travel channels. We find that the...
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