300 Days Before Turning 30

Happy 420! This sketchy looking post isn’t because I am high AF. It is actually exactly 300 days before I turn 30 years old. Every truly young-at-heart person dreads the end of their 20s. I am one of them! And in the fashion of the movie, 300, I must ‘kill’ every one of these 300… Continue reading 300 Days Before Turning 30

2017 is the Year You Finally Start Your Travel Blog

You have been daydreaming about being a travel blogger for quite a while now but procrastination and other shit happens. Maybe you’ve attempted to blog months or years ago, but perfectionism and a mountain of backlogs have sent your masterpiece into hiatus. Stop the regrets and shed your green-eye monster persona whenever you come across… Continue reading 2017 is the Year You Finally Start Your Travel Blog

Don’t Go To Donsol To See Whale Sharks: The Other Side of the Story (Part 2)

© Jurgen Freund / WWF-Philippines.

We shared the boat with two couples: a Filipino married duo who were in their late 30’s and an Indonesian-European pair who were in their mid-20’s. Our new foreigner friends made me realize what a big tourist attraction swimming with the whale sharks really is. They were only staying in the country for 4 days… Continue reading Don’t Go To Donsol To See Whale Sharks: The Other Side of the Story (Part 2)

Don’t Go To Donsol To See Whale Sharks: The other side of the story (Part 1)

© Jurgen Freund / WWF-Philippines.

If you have never been to Donsol, or have never laid eyes on a real whale shark (locally called butanding) in the wild, then you have probably gone seaweed green with envy from the tales of your friends’ encounters; their happy and enthralled faces on photos parading on your news feed bear witness of the… Continue reading Don’t Go To Donsol To See Whale Sharks: The other side of the story (Part 1)