After 4 days, it’s almost completely gone. Guess it wasn’t a bad sting – just hurt like hell for a few hours and then slowly went away.
Traveling through the center of the Philippines
The Visaya region of the Philippines treated me really well. Glad that I could finally get the video of it all put together. Hope you enjoy! ^_^
Innovative charity work across the Philippines
Gawad Kalinga is an organization started about 7 years ago. They started out focused on building projects and are most well known for that, but recently they’re moving more into Social Entrepreneurship. I visited a site in Bulacan where they plan on setting up a sort of showcase site for entrepreneurs and their products who [...]
Eating Balut in Manila!
Mmmm…yummy. My friendly hosts took me out for a local delicacy called Balut. It’s a baby duck embryo in the egg. O.o
Mabuhay – Welcome to the Philippines!!
The trip is starting out great! Couldn’t ask for better people to be around. I’m loving Manila so far!
Loco Travel Quick Tip – Osaka, Japan
In Japan, one of the best places to spend the night is in a net cafe. Or in this case, if you arrive at 6am on the night bus, you can get a shower and a nap in the net cafe for a super-discounted night pack price if you check in before 8am!
Fears
Today I finally packed everything into the bag. It was a scary feat – one that I didn’t expect to work. I actually have 3 bags: a 70 liter Osprey Aether 70, a daypack that I used here in Tokyo for the past couple years, and a small shoulder pack for the little stuff. But [...]
RTW packing lists
I’m preparing a list of links to all the RTW travelers I can find who have posted their packing lists online. Hope this’ll help you – I’m SURE it’ll help me. ^_^/ Just the beginnings for now, so bear with me. If you know of any others, please tell me in the comments! * The [...]
