February 3, 2011

Great Gift Ideas for Travelers

Are you looking for some great gift ideas for your traveling friend or perhaps for yourself? Flip found ten great gift items that any backpacker or traveler would definitely love. This is also Flip’s personal wishlist for himself . Check out Flip’s Amazon Store for some cool products. photo from google images-vagabondish.com Reef Stash This [...]

Promote your Blog and Hometown

Are you interested to write about your hometown but shy about it? Now, is your chance to do it!!! Are you thinking of what to write? What about: 1. Your hometown’s history 2. Fiesta or unique celebration 3. Culture 4. Special cuisines 5. Landmarks, architectures or famous areas in your hometown and the list goes [...]

Chengdu: City of Panda

It was around the third week of August 2009 when I was in Kangding. I remember that I was contemplating if I’m going to retrace my route to Litang or head on to Chengdu. I allotted almost two weeks for my “Kunming to Chengdu Overland Adventure” trip before heading on to Nepal. I realized that [...]

Hell Bus from Xiangcheng to Kangding

I woke up around 4AM and checked out of the hostel. The ticket booth didn’t sell us any ticket the day before and asked us to buy it that morning. It was really cold and dark. I walked straight to the small house of the ticket seller with my backpack. It wasn’t open yet. All [...]

Lessons from the Road

I was trying to get some sleep but I just couldn’t dodge the thoughts that suddenly bombarded my mind. I got up and turned on the computer and in a few minutes from now, you’ll see this post on my blog. I’ve been a traveler ever since I was a little boy. My parents used [...]

Bus from Shangri-La to Xiangcheng

I left my room around 4AM and waited for another 30 minutes before the caretaker opened the door. The wind was cold and it was still dark. I was deciding if I’m going to walk from my hostel to the bus station or not which was a bit far. I took a taxi instead and [...]

Dreaming of Shangri-La

It was raining when I arrived in Kunming around mid August of this year. I immediately checked myself in a cheap backpacker’s hostel together with an Israeli couple that I met on the bus. The hostel was great, the staff were all English speaking and there’s a lot of useful travel books and brochures that [...]

Flip’s Top 10 Misadventures

10. Flip never had anything stolen from him in his travels, but he forgot a lot of his stuff in hostels. 9. Flip organized a Boracay trip with his friends and got left by the ferry in Manila Port Area. Flip bought an air ticket and flew instead. It was Flip’s first plane ride. 8. [...]

Things You’ll Love About Bangkok

Bangkok is definitely my favorite city in Asia. It’s strategically located in the center of Indochina which makes traveling to neighboring countries really easy. It also hosts a lot of cheap airlines including Cebu Pacific and Air Asia. Traveling in this vibrant city is easy, relax and definitely affordable. Here’s my list of the things [...]

Hanoi’s Bustling Old Quarters

Hanoi seems to be the tourism center of Vietnam, maybe because of it’s proximity to Sapa and Halong Bay. The city is loaded with rich history and tourist facilities that cater to different kinds of travelers. My adventure in Hanoi started when I arrived from an arduous overland crossing from Laos which I mentioned in [...]