The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and claimed political leader for Tibetan people, and a spiritual leader for countless more around the world. I’m glad I had a chance to see him speak. ^_^
Loco RTW Vlog #7 – Cebu!
4th video from the Philippines – Cebu was lots of great times!
Uplifting singing from Filipino kids
The kids in this squatter community really love to sing! Apparently they heard We Are the World all the time on the radio after it was revived for Haiti earthquake relief.
My masochistic tendencies and jellyfish fantasies
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!
