Travelblog#44: Ifugao Rice Terraces – the Philippines

15th-18th February, 2015 Leaving Manila in behind, me and my three travelling companions – James, Chloe and Pedro – made our way to the bus station, where were loaded upon an aged vehicle. Once every space was filled, extra chairs were assembled in the aisle and more passengers were loaded on. This kind of thingContinue reading “Travelblog#44: Ifugao Rice Terraces – the Philippines”

Travelblog#41: The Visayas Part 4 (Sibuyan Island & Climbing Mount Guiting-Guiting) – the Philippines

4th-9th February, 2015 Not many people seem to go to Sibuyan. And this came as a great surprise to me because when I first started reading the Lonely Planet guide for the Philippines, all those months ago, it was one of the places which I circled very thickly with a pen as somewhere I justContinue reading “Travelblog#41: The Visayas Part 4 (Sibuyan Island & Climbing Mount Guiting-Guiting) – the Philippines”

Travelblog#30 Gunung Leuser National Park – Sumatra, Indonesia

9th-12th December, 2014 Day 1 It was not twenty minutes after stepping off from the road and into the jungle, that we caught our first sighting; a startled owl flying away. Its companion though, remained stubbornly upon the branch. After taking a photo we carried on walking, taking breaks every now and then. This firstContinue reading “Travelblog#30 Gunung Leuser National Park – Sumatra, Indonesia”