When I was planning what to pack for my RTW trip, one thing that I was definitely sure I wouldn’t bring was a pair of jeans. I brought 2 travel pants with me instead due to the following reasons:
1. Jeans take up a lot of room.
2. Are heavy.
3. Hard to wash.
4. Take a long time to dry.
I focused too much on the disadvantages that I didn’t realize until about 7 …
I’ve been relying heavily on my pen and Moleskine notebook for the last few weeks. I brought them with me mainly for recording names, phone numbers, or addresses of hostels, restaurants, and attractions I plan to visit when arriving in a new city in a poor country, where using a smartphone might make you a target of robbery.
For everything else, my Dell Streak Android phone with the Evernote app had been my primary tools. …
Most foreign visitors in the Philippines get a 21-day tourist visa for free. I was born in the Philippines but now a US citizen (Philippines didn’t allow dual-citizenship until 2003). I was looking online on how to extend my visa as I’m planning on staying here for at least a month, then I found out about the balikbayan visa which applies to me since I was born in the country.
I actually just checked my …
Latin America is the first part of my RTW trip. I spent approximately 10 months backpacking there, 4 months longer than I originally planned. Below is a summary of my trip.
After a 17-hour bus ride from Buenos Aires, I finally reached the town of Puerto Iguazu near the Iguazu Falls, my last stop in Argentina. From here I will be heading to Brazil, with my first stop in the town of Foz do Iguacu to check out the falls on the Brazilian side.
Below is a quick summary of my trip.
I arrived at the town of Puerto Iguazu in the afternoon …