Travelling the Philippines

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How much of the Philippines have you seen? This cool website let's you plot all the places you've been to, and gives you a grade for it too! I got a C.. Time to strive for a better mark and keep on traveling!


My Lakbayan grade is C!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!
Created by Eugene Villar.

Planning July - Penang, Malaysia

(Update: We have just come back from our Penang trip and it was a blast! Check these two links for an entry on our trip and our amazing tour guide, David)


Karen and I are planning another first—what would be our closest foray into backpacking—when we travel to Penang, Malaysia sometime in July. We will be staying in a 3-star tourist hotel and are bracing for what we, in quite derogatory humor,  term as an “adventure.” 

May: Boracay

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Do you ever get the feeling that you need to rush when you’re on vacation? As if time away is never enough (well, it almost always isn’t), and there’s just too much you want to do? I get that feeling often, and sometimes realize too late that I’ve rushed my vacation away. 

Boracay is, in my limited experience, a good way around that tendency.