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#29: Lake Toba – Sumatra, Indonesia

3rd-7th December, 2014 Danau Toba is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. What makes this fact even more impressive is that it is actually a crater for a gargantuan volcano. Thought to have caused a period of ice-age when it erupted 70,000 years ago – the time when geneticists believe the population of the humanContinue reading “Travelblog#29: Lake Toba – Sumatra, Indonesia”