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Manila is no vanilla but I loved it

Sonia October 8, 2024 0 Comments

My philosophy is that if a place feels like extra precautions are needed so as not to run into trouble, I'd rather not visit. Nothing spoils a trip more for me than having to be on alert constantly. And yet, when it seemed that I have exhausted ideas within easy reach of Hong Kong for a quick getaway - mind you, ideas that'd jolt me out of my day-to-day reality and show me a totally new angle - I...

3 weeks in a weird country – Philippines – Part 2

Sonia March 20, 2020 15 Comments

When I divided my post about the short trip to Myanmar into two parts, it was because of the Ngapali beach. This beach is so spectacular that it deserved a separate post. By the same token, I am writing separately about Cebu city since it’s such a spectacular dump that it deserves an individual post too. But don’t expect overtly ugly photos here either. You see, I’m an optimist, glass is...

3 weeks in a weird country – Philippines – Part 1

Sonia March 9, 2020 22 Comments

Let me just say that planning the trip to Philippines was a real nightmare. OK maybe that’s a bit exaggerated but it certainly wasn’t easy. The thing is that I like to have a plan when I travel. For someone like me whose leave is always allocated in advance it’s absolutely unthinkable to go somewhere and wing it. Therefore, I always buy return flight tickets in advance also within the...