[The World in a Nutshell] WanderTales: Stories of adventures and misadventures
December 22, 2017
Time for the famed Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle!!! Due to time constraints, and how well I know myself, I opted to just do Sigiriya and Dambulla. Based on my Siem Reap experience, I realize I’m the type of person who’s Read more…
I’ll be honest, the allure of Kandy completely missed me. To this day, I look back at my Sri Lanka trip fondly (even Colombo!), but Kandy I will definitely skip the next time I go back. Having said that, if Read more…
I’ll keep the introduction short – especially for those who’ve been following my 7-day Sri Lanka solo female backpacker story! If you want to read things in order, my very first stop in Sri Lanka was at Colombo, followed by Ella Read more…
December 21, 2017
I’ll be honest, Colombo is not, and will probably never be, one of my favorite cities. In many ways, it reminds me too much of Manila (all the bad things that I absolutely hate about my home city) – it’s Read more…
December 20, 2017
The Philippines is world-renowned for its sun kissed beaches, most prominent of which is Boracay. However, the Palawan beaches are no lightweights either – with the golden trifecta of Puerto Prinsesa, El Nido, and Coron easily holding their weight against Read more…
December 12, 2017
FOOD TIME! Okay, so half the time, we ended up eating at whatever restaurant was available (e.g. when in Everland), or we tried our hand at cooking (slight fail). But, for the other half of the trip, we tried our Read more…
I’ve been trying to push myself to become more active (to minimal success, if I’m honest with myself). But essentially, what that means is… I try to do a “hike” in every location I go to. For Seoul, we figured Read more…
Who loves theme parks? Me, that’s who! Whenever I head over to a certain location with a well-known theme park, you can bet I’d allocate one whole day for that (and that I’d bug EVERYONE with me to wake up Read more…
December 10, 2017
Sydney and Melbourne may both be in Australia, but they’re worlds apart – only similarity being the chill vibe evoked by pretty much everyone in the city, and of course, the absolutely delicious food (and coffee!) For me, the biggest Read more…