My social networks were agog yesterday with the new slogan unveiled by the Department of Tourism to attract foreign visitors: It's more fun in the Philippines (official website here). What can I say :time to bring our national pride out of hiding! Am proud to say am a living embodiment of this slogan. In my twenties, I lived and worked in Western Europe.... I could have chosen to marry an English chap and stay there. Destiny brought me to marry an American and people are always egging me to grab that green card at the first opportunity. Still, we choose to stay in MY ... Continue Reading...
No visa? No problem, no cry!
As a follow-up to my post on countries where Filipinos can travel freely, it just occurred to me that countries in the list are worth exploring. True that most of them are not as accessible to Filipinos since they're not open to budget fares but they do host some of the most beautiful sights around. For example, if you're a lover of the great wildlife, Kenya can be a good alternative to South Africa. For a minimal amount, Filipinos can have a visa issued upon arrival and just be in time to view the Masai Mara (the Great Animal Migration) from July to September. This ... Continue Reading...
No visa required for Filipinos (updated)
As chart above shows (via Henley & Partners website), passport holders of Scandinavian countries Denmark, Sweden and Finland have the greatest freedom to travel among citizens of the world. This is according to the Henley Visa Restrictions Index which ranks countries according to the travel freedom their citizens enjoy."Score" represents the number of countries they can go to without the need of a visa. In Asia, getting the highest scores were the Japanese (visa-free travel to 170 countries), Singapore (164 countries), South Korea (163 countries) and Malaysia ... Continue Reading...
Hello 2012 & remembering 2011 (part 2)
Some of you might be bored but am writing this to help me remember the highlights of my 2011 ;) 2011 was definitely the year of the groupons! The Philippines' dynamic group buying sites like Deal Grocer, awesome.ph, Ensogo and Cashcashpinoy definitely filled up my inbox and I had to restrain myself from clicking on every tempting deal :) This is because some of them expired on me, either because I got very busy or they were too far from where am based. As a groupon user, I aim to give consumers some groupon buying tips in 2012. We really have to be discerning and ... Continue Reading...
Hello 2012 & remembering 2011…..
Where I sit, it's less than two hours before we ring in 2012 ... a year referred to with doom by some. Hope not! We remain optimistic and abide by the reference to our Catholic prayer about a "world without end." After the tsunami that hit Japan in March and the damages caused by typhoons Pedring and Sendong in the Philippines, we can only pray that there'd be no more calamities of such magnitude that will visit us in the coming year. As we say hello to 2012, am ready to offer a thanksgiving because 2011 was, overall, a good year. There were hurdles but I'd like to ... Continue Reading...
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