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Month: July 2011

My Top 15 Travel Quotes

July 21, 2011

Sharing my top 15 travel quotes. These travel quotes are like messages found on the beach, beautiful, sometimes mysterious, can lift your spirits and can touch your intuitions. 1. If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space. ~ Anonymous 2. To get away from one’s working environment is, in a … More My Top 15 Travel Quotes

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Falling in Love with Bora

July 21, 2011

I have been to almost all the beautiful beaches in the Philippines but I still haven’t found anything that will beat Boracay’s long stretch of talcum white sand, turquoise seas and sexy summer breeze anytime of the year. I fell in love with the place since the first time I saw it. I know I’m … More Falling in Love with Bora

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I am a fan of backpacking/budget trips. For one obvious reason, it is CHEAP. If you give me a choice of staying in a five star hotel or in a small nipa hut in a fishing village, the hut would win hands down. I also truly love the challenge of going to a certain place by my own means. My curiosity makes me need and want to see what unique things can be found in the area. I like the thought that I know I can survive with everything on my backpack and that material possessions don’t mean a whole lot out there, and really the only thing that matters is the experiences I bring with me and the experiences I take home with me.

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