February 3, 2011

Happy Deepavali: Festival of Lights

Last Friday, Ron of Fliptravels and I went to Little India to take a look at the celebration of the Indian sector here in Singapore. There were a lot of people on the streets drinking, eating and chatting with probably their friends and family members. There were also a lot of tourists who seemed to [...]

Top Three Fictional Destinations

There are some fictional places that intrigue me a lot. And sometimes I just so wish that they were true so I could visit and explore them. Here are my top three imaginary destinations: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Pic by popculturegeek The architecture of the school is amazing. I’m fascinated with the moving [...]

Halloween at Clark Quay

Last October 30, 2010, Clark Quay hosted the biggest (probably in Singapore) Halloween Party. A lot of costume clad individuals walked the bridge en route to the main partying area. A stage was built in the fountain area to accommodate the facilitator and game participants. I was really amazed and entertained just by watching people [...]

Dancing Prisoners of Cebu, Philippines

Where else can you find prisoners dancing in the tune of Thriller or Soulja Boy’s tunes… no where else but only in Cebu City, Philippines. I went there a couple of years back and had a chance to see them dance live. Here’s the video that propelled them to “Stardom.” Video from Mr. Byron Garcia [...]

Meet the Nomads: Sankara Subramanian C

Sankara is a photographer, writer, entrepreneur, engineer and a blogger. An adventurer at heart, Sankara shares his travels in his country, India. Get to know more about Sankara, visit him at www.beontheroad.com. Here’s Flip’s short interview with Sankara. How did you discover your passion for travelling? “It started at a very young age when my [...]

Scariest and Weirdest Trip Ever

I don’t know if I believe in ghost or any other supernatural beings. I have experienced a lot of “weird stuff” in my own home and in some places that I travelled to and I always try to find the logic behind those “scary moments” that I encounter although sometimes there really is no explanation. [...]

I’m not Nationalistic but…

I often meet people who have this prejudice against Filipinos. I don’t know why because I know that there are more nice Filipinos roaming the planet than the “not so nice” ones, although I couldnt blame them if they had a bad experience with some of our fellow Filipinos before. And I also don’t know [...]

Happy 1st Birthday Flipnomad

Exactly one year ago, I was a bummer who just got back from a six month backpacking trip across, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Nepal and India. I wasn’t planning to go back yet but because of the death of my beloved Grandma last September 2009, I’ve decided to come back home. I’m a [...]

Meet the Nomads: Andreas Sigurdsson

I stumbled upon Andreas’s personal blog after logging in to Twitter. Someone twitted about his link and mentioned that he’s currently travelling in Xinjiang, which captured my attention right away. I was planning to travel last year to Xinjiang but due to the commotion that broke out, I was advised by some Chinese friends not [...]

Three Places that Made me Cry

Travel is all about fun and laughter, right. That’s what I thought. I travel to have fun, to enjoy, to meet people, to party and sometimes to get drunk… until I get to these places that slapped me in the face and woke me up. Hiroshima, Japan (Peace Memorial Museum) As you walked inside the [...]